Wilderness Medicine: Beyond First Aid (2012)

Wilderness Medicine: Beyond First Aid is a comprehensive guide to medical care in remote and challenging environments.

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The book provides information on various aspects of sutures, such as using sut to minimize hematoma formation in scalp lacerations, suturing techniques for eyebrow and lip closure, suturing inside the mouth with gut sutures, leaving tongue lacerations alone, and the use of different suture sizes and spacing on different parts of the body. It also mentions the use of tape strips or butterfly bandages in combination with stitches, the duration for leaving stitches in different body parts, and special considerations like not shaving the wound area and managing bleeding during suturing.