Emergency First Aid

Sally Pederson

• 08 juli 2013
• 9781301399604

Samenvatting:

Learn the basics of how to respond during a medical emergency.
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 worker,
•Mechanisms of injury capable of producing spinal injury

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