First Aid For The Home books

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. ...

Written by doctors with a wealth of experience, this book covers the fundamentals of wilderness first aid and medicine. Clearly referenced chapters describe both how to minimise risks (including the preparation of first-aid kits) and how to cope with accident or illness in remote settings, from diving to high altitude and from desert to polar.

Achieve the best possible standard with this essential companion to the landmark book of traditional practice and guidance.

This step-by-step first aid guide tells you how to treat babies and children for more than 100 medical conditions and injuries. ...

In the event of a major disaster or wilderness emergency, practical medical knowledge will to vital due to the lack of available services. Combining crucial medical information from U.S. Army Field Manuals and additional real world advice, this book covers everything from injury first aid to jungle snakebites.

Embrace holistic health and prepare natural health remedies for common ailments with essential oils, herbal remedies and pure foods. ...

Provides medical advice for situations where a disaster is preventing access to professional medical care, including information on dental care, fungal infections, and head injuries.

Looks at some of the best techniques for self-rescue and rescue of others on the river. This title teaches you when to stay with the boat and when not to; how to retrieve a lost boat; how to swim out of trouble and when not to swim; how to reach a victim by wading, swimming, or using ropes; and, how to coordinate a rescue effort.

A reference for those who venture away from civilisation. It covers topics ranging from CPR, shock, and fractures to head, eye, and dental injuries, poisonous reactions, frostbite, hypothermia, heat illness, and much, much more. It also includes improvised techniques for when medical supplies aren't on hand.

Everything you need to know about first-aid for when you need to know...

Duct tape, a lifesaver? You'd better believe it! In fact, it's the number-one medical supply Dr. James Hubbard recommends always keeping on-hand for in-a-pinch fix-you-uppers. ...

Foraging involves finding, identifying and harvesting wild edible plants. It is a healthy outdoor activity that puts one in touch with nature and provides a bounty of fresh, nutritious, free food. This handy pocket guide provides simplified reference to the approved practices for harvesting wild edible plants in a sustainable manner. Topics include a harvesting strategy, safety (including the...

Wilderness First Aid covers simple techniques to treat common injuries and sickness in a wilderness situation. This waterproof, folding guide includes great tips and techniques to help you be more comfortable while awaiting rescue or keep you mobile enough to effect self-rescue if required. Be smart, be safe, be skilled. Developed by noted survival expert and master woodsman Dave Canterbury, this...

Based on results from scientific research, this volume offers back pain sufferers a series of simple exercises that target muscles that have been identified as being a common source of back pain. Line illustrations accompany each exercise.

Andy Thompson's true-to-life, graphic and gripping account of his work as an NHS paramedic in Britain's A&E emergency Ambulance Service will shock you, sadden you, entertain you, and perhaps inspire you. You'll smile at some of Andy's real patient encounters, while others will cause you to wipe a tear. ...

The team physician for the New York Knicks tells readers everything they need to know about the body's most vulnerable joint--the knee--and provides invaluable advice on how to prevent, recognize, and treat knee injuries. 15 line drawings.

These practice guidelines are the official statement of the Wilderness Medical Society on the best methodology for handling prehospital care for illness and injury occurring in wilderness areas.