This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. This portable, quick reference provides comprehensive coverage of first aid procedures and is highly illustrated. Its aim is to enable nurses to effectively and safely provide first aid outside their clinical working environment. However, the principles described will also be useful within the hospital setting and a section at the end of each chapter will describe the appropriate treatment once the patient reaches A&E.

This fully illustrated, comprehensive guide provides expert, up-to-date information on the safest and easiest ways to prevent and deal with all kinds of problems and emergencies. Step-by-Step Help: Simple step-by-step text and more than 650 colour photographs and illustrations explain a broad range of vital techniques, including how to: Carry out emergency life-saving procedures * Deal with major wounds and severe bleeding * Apply slings, dressings and bandages * Treat burns, from sunburn to chemical scoulding * Recognize heart problems such as palpitations, angina and cardiac arrest * Give vital help to those with breathing difficulties * Detect and deal with symptoms of poisoning Wide-Ranging Information: The book includes: A special life-saving priorities section * Chapters highlighting problems specific to babies and small children * An outdoor safety section, providing sensible safety tips for those enjoying active hobbies or travelling abroad * A chapter on safety and security, and how to avoid accidents and dangerous medical situations * A section on complementary therapies and alternative treatements and solutions This authoritative manual brings all the safe, accessible and reliable first aid information you will need together into one handy volume. Understanding at least the basics of first aid is a vital skill that everyone should master, and this book is the perfect teacher.

Community-Based Psychological First Aid: A Practical Guide to Helping Individuals and Communities during Difficult Times presents a practical method for helping those in need in difficult times. No advanced training in psychology is needed to use it. Injuries from disasters, terrorist events, and civil unrest are not just physical. These events also cause psychological trauma that can do lasting damage. Psychological First Aid (PFA) draws on human resilience and aims to reduce stress systems and help those affected recover. It is not professional psychotherapy, and those providing this kind of aid do not need a degree to help. Gerard Jacobs has developed this community-based method of delivering PFA over 20 years and has taught it in over 30 countries. Along with the easy-to-follow method, Jacobs includes examples of how this works in action in different situations, and presents scenarios to practice. Unique in its approach of community engagement to train community members to help each other, this guide is an excellent resource for local emergency managers to engage in whole community emergency management. - Presents a proven method for helping to alleviate the mental health effects of disasters, terrorist attacks, civil unrest, and other community stressors - Offers a community-based model developed and taught by an international expert for over 20 years, requiring no advanced training or education in psychology to use - Provides techniques that are adaptable to individual communities or cultures - Outlines practices for self-care while helping others to prevent burnout - Includes case studies, scenarios, and key terms to help facilitate community training

An indispensable guide to giving emergency first aid anytime, anyplace, anywhere From first-aid essentials to life-saving procedures, Practical First Aid will help you know what to do when coping with life's little (and big) emergencies. The new edition of this guide, fully updated with new techniques and procedures and published in association with the British Red Cross, gives you the knowledge you need instantly. User-friendly, step-by-steps tell you how to treat more than 100 medical conditions and injuries from minor cuts and burns to choking and poisoning. First aid procedures are illustrated photographically to give clear, detailed guidance, all colour-coded for quick reference when you are in a hurry! Keep Practical First Aid handy - for home, school, work and for leisure.

This authoritative manual offers safe, accessible and reliable first aid information in one handy volume. Clear step-by-step techniques, how to deal with accidents in the home, workplace and outdoors.

Authoritative, accessible and reliable advice on dealing with everyday problems and emergencies, clearly illustrated throughout.

A possible life-saving reference to keep around the house or in the car, DK's First Aid Manual looks at more than 100 different conditions, from splinters and sprained ankles to strokes and unconsciousness, and shows exactly what to do with step-by-step photographic sequences. Every condition is clearly explained, outlining causes, symptoms, and signs, and action plans. The updated design makes the instructions easier to follow, whether you need information on emergency first aid, first aid for babies and children, or tips on resuscitation. This ACEP First Aid Manual is an invaluable resource to keep you and your loved ones safe and healthy.