This was actually brought up in another topic, but it is old and buried, and not specific to this topic, so I started a new one.

I have had some conversations with the medical professionals I have known for years (decades in some cases), all have extensive experience dealing with almost every conceivable medical situation imaginable in very austere and remote environments. These are the books they recommend for me, and by that I mean that they would be applicable to us non-medical professional/lay people.

1. Where There Is No Doctor: A Village Health Care Handbook
by Jane Maxwell (Author), Carol Thuman (Author), David Werner (Author), Carol Thuman (Author), Jane Maxwell (Author)
http://www.amazon.com/Where-There-No-Doc...8690&sr=8-1

2. Wilderness Medicine, 5th Edition
by Paul S. Auerbach (Author)
http://www.amazon.com/Wilderness-Medicin...8758&sr=8-1

3. The Merck Manual of Medical Information: 2nd Home Edition
by Mark H. Beers (Author)
http://www.amazon.com/Merck-Manual-Medic...8808&sr=8-2

I have ordered them, even though the price is high for "Wilderness Medicine". I intend to rip it apart and scan it for my own use as a searchable database. The other two are much more affordable.