This book not only teaches you how to recognize and treat emergencies such as cardiac arrest, stroke and choking. The book includes instruction in dealing with adult, child and infant obstructed airways, adult, child and infant CPR theory, rescue breathing skills and the use of an Automated External Defibrillator. Learn the basics of how to respond during a medical emergency. Book content includes: Priority Action Approach for conscious and unconscious patients First aid for airway, breathing and circulation emergencies, First aid for minor wounds, Patient handling techniques with spinal precautions to initially move an injured person, Roles of first aid attendants in the transportation of injured workers, The priority action approach, and Mechanisms of injury capable of producing spinal injury.

Ever wondered what food would be best for your children when they are coming down with a cold, sore throat, chicken pox or other illness? This exciting book explains how the body fights back, and provides recipe solutions to help defeat the bug or other nasty and aid recovery. Clear text and botanical- style illustrations of ingredients explain the science of the immune response and why certain foods will help children get better quicker. An invaluable cook book marrying science and practicality, this will help all parents who have wondered what to feed their children when they are ill.

This book is for amateur athletes, youth sports coaches, parents, and teachers who are called upon to deal immediately with sports injuries soon after they occur. Nearly 8 million sports injuries occur in the United States each year; about 50% of them occur in children aged 14 and younger in school and organized sports and other recreational activities. Despite the type of sports injury or how it happened, healing and returning to sports activity are facilitated by applying specific first aid measures as soon as possible after an injury occurs. This book describes how to manage the most common sports injuries until competent medical attention can be obtained; the book most definitely is not intended to replace competent medical care. The book is authored by Stanley H. Inkelis, M.D., Professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine and Eric Golanty, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Health and Wellness at Las Positas College and author of How to Prevent and Help Heal Running and Other Sports Injuries and Health and Wellness.

Trauma Care for the Worst Case Scenario by Gunner Morgan covers medical considerations for dealing with serious injury resulting in severe bleeding or an open chest wound which are two leading causes of death from trauma such as gunshot wounds, knife wounds and blast injuries. Topics covered include: Types of emergency medical training, Tactical Combat Casualty Care applied to civilians, Individual First Aid Kit (IFAK) considerations, IFAK components to include a tourniquet, chest seal, pressure dressing, hemostatic agent, nasopharyngeal airways, and gloves. Also covered are practical exercises. This book is targeted for law enforcement officers, military personnel, correctional officers, detention officers, probation & parole officers, preppers and others who want to know what medical gear to carry for treating the worst case scenario. When time is of the essence you must be ready to respond. If you are not prepared for the Worst Case Scenario you are not prepared

This book teaches you how to recognize and treat emergencies such as cardiac arrest, stroke and choking. The book includes instruction in dealing with adult, child and infant obstructed airways, adult, child and infant CPR theory, rescue breathing skills and the use of an Automated External Defibrillator.

Keep a doctor on your family bookshelf. From IBS to CPR find practical advice, written by an experienced GP, on home treatment for more than 150 common medical conditions. You'll find information on whether to consult a doctor before starting treatment and find out what to do if your self-help doesn't work. Learn how to treat your family's ailments following step-by-step photographs and practical tips and techniques on complementary remedies as well as conventional medical treatments. Plus, find basic first aid procedures as well as a quick-reference A-Z covering over-the-counter drugs and natural remedies. It's like having your own doctor on call 24/7.

Every year two million people are accidentally poisoned by something they encounter in or around the house, and more than half of them are children. While most parents know to keep medicines, cleansers, and anti-freeze safely locked away, many are not aware of other potential hazards, like freshly cut azaleas, daffodil bulbs, or the takeout Chinese food left sitting on the counter. "Deadly Daffodils, Toxic Caterpillars" is the first consumer guide to identifying household poisons, as well as preventing and treating accidental poisoning.
More than 150 common and uncommon substances are identified -- from medications to mushrooms, morning glories to daylilies, leftovers to alcohol, caterpillars to spiders. This easy-access guide offers all the information you need to keep your family safe from hazards, and explains clearly how to take effective action should an accident occur. It even includes a section on safety for household pets.
The first ever single-volume, all-inclusive book on poisons written for family use, "Deadly Daffodils, Toxic Caterpillars" belongs in every home. This important -- and potentially lifesaving -- book should be required reading for parents, school nurses, teachers, and administrators, as well as camp counselors, babysitters, and other child-care workers.

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A practical, packable source of clear, reassuring first aid advice, Wilderness First Aid is the only such guide written by a board-certified emergency medicine specialist.Wilderness First Aid presents 125 outdoor medical emergencies and succinct, step-by-step treatment advice. Arranged by symptom for easy access, treatments cover everything from blisters to broken bones, heat stroke to hypothermia, snake bites to poison ivy. Direct and to the point, Wilderness First Aids spread-by-spread design gets readers where they need to be quickly­­making calm, informed treatment decisions.

The UK's only fully authorized first aid guide is packed with step-by-step first aid advice, from emergency first aid and first aid for babies and children, to the latest guidelines on resuscitation, helping a drowning casualty, and snake bites. First Aid Manual is endorsed by St John Ambulance, St Andrew's First Aid, the British Red Cross, and is used as the official training manual for the UK's leading first aid organisations' courses. Find out how to treat over 100 different conditions from splinters and sprained ankles to strokes and unresponsiveness, and learn how to use essential equipment including a defibrillator. Step-by-step photography, all shot in-situ to reflect real-life issues, shows you what to do in any situation. The bestselling First Aid Manual covers all aspects of first aid - it is the ideal first aid book for you and your family. Keep it handy; it could be a life-saver. Previous edition ISBN 9781409342007