Fast and effective emergency care: expert easy-to-follow advice with
step-by-step techniques shown in 900 photographs. This authoritative
manual brings all the safe, accessible and reliable first aid
information you will need together into one handy volume. Understanding
first aid is a vital skill that everyone should master, and this book is
the perfect guide. It provides up-to-date information on the safest and
easiest ways to prevent and deal with all kinds of problems and
emergencies, with chapters covering special life-saving techniques,
problems specific to babies and small children, outdoor safety, tips for
active hobbies or going abroad, how to avoid accidents and dangerous
medical situations, as well as a guide to complementary therapies and
alternative treatments. It covers all the basics you need from how to
cope and care in an emergency including splints, simple bandages and
slings, to life-saving techniques. Designed to help you assess,
recognize and handle medical emergencies of all kinds swiftly, calmly
and efficiently, the book deals in detail with every level of problem,
from sickness and headaches to serious incidents, with special chapters
on everyday health care and life-saving techniques for babies and small
children.