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The American College of Emergency Physicians has created an essential and comprehensive first aid manual with treatments and techniques explained, step-by-step and illustrated with hundreds of photographs to show how to perform them correctly. Featuring important life-saving procedures, including rescue breathing, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, treatment for a blocked airway, and other life-threatening situations, the book also provides detailed anatomical information and offers treatments for people of any age in any situation.

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• Introduction(p. 10)
• 1 First-Aid Essentials(p. 11)
• Being a first aider(p. 12)
• Looking after yourself(p. 14)
• Regulations and legislation(p. 17)
• Action at an emergency(p. 18)
• Telephoning for help(p. 20)
• Multiple victims(p. 21)
• Road incidents(p. 22)
• Fires(p. 24)
• Electrical injuries(p. 26)
• Water rescue(p. 28)
• Assessing a victim(p. 29)
• Primary survey(p. 29)
• Secondary survey(p. 30)
• Symptoms and signs(p. 32)
• Examining a victim(p. 34)
• Treatment and aftercare(p. 36)
• Passing on information(p. 37)
• Using observation charts(p. 38)
• 2 Techniques and Equipment(p. 39)
• Removing clothing(p. 40)
• Removing headgear(p. 41)
• Monitoring vital signs(p. 42)
• First-aid materials(p. 44)
• Dressings(p. 46)
• Sterile dressings(p. 47)
• Nonsterile dressings(p. 48)
• Adhesive dressings(p. 49)
• Cold compresses(p. 49)
• Principles of bandaging(p. 50)
• Roller bandages(p. 52)
• Elbow and knee bandages(p. 54)
• Hand and foot bandages(p. 55)
• Tubular bandages(p. 56)
• Triangular bandages(p. 57)
• Square knots(p. 58)
• Scalp bandage(p. 59)
• Arm sling(p. 60)
• Elevation sling(p. 61)
• Improvised slings(p. 62)
• Victim handling(p. 63)
• Assisting a walking victim(p. 65)
• Controlling a fall(p. 66)
• Moving from chair to floor(p. 67)
• Moving a collapsed victim(p. 68)
• Moving equipment(p. 69)
• Stretchers and boards(p. 70)
• 3 Life-Saving Procedures(p. 71)
• Breathing and circulation(p. 72)
• Life-saving priorities(p. 73)
• Adult resuscitation chart(p. 75)
• Unconscious adult(p. 76)
• Child resuscitation chart(p. 86)
• Unconscious child (1-7 years)(p. 87)
• Infant resuscitation chart(p. 94)
• Unconscious infant (under 1 year)(p. 95)
• Choking summary charts(p. 99)
• Choking adult(p. 100)
• Choking child (1-7 years)(p. 101)
• Choking infant (under 1 year)(p. 102)
• 4 Respiratory Problems(p. 103)
• The respiratory system(p. 104)
• Hypoxia(p. 106)
• Airway obstruction(p. 107)
• Hanging and strangulation(p. 108)
• Drowning(p. 109)
• Inhalation of fumes(p. 110)
• Penetrating chest wound(p. 112)
• Hyperventilation(p. 114)
• Asthma(p. 115)
• Croup(p. 116)
• 5 Heart and Circulatory Problems(p. 117)
• The heart and blood vessels(p. 118)
• Shock(p. 120)
• Internal bleeding(p. 122)
• Anaphylactic shock(p. 123)
• Angina pectoris(p. 124)
• Acute heart failure(p. 124)
• Heart attack(p. 125)
• Fainting(p. 126)
• 6 Wounds and Bleeding(p. 127)
• Bleeding and types of wounds(p. 128)
• Severe bleeding(p. 130)
• Impalement(p. 132)
• Amputation(p. 132)
• Crush injury(p. 133)
• Cuts and abrasions(p. 134)
• Foreign object in a cut(p. 135)
• Bruising(p. 136)
• Infected wound(p. 136)
• Scalp and head wounds(p. 137)
• Eye wound(p. 138)
• Bleeding from the ear(p. 138)
• Nosebleed(p. 139)
• Bleeding from the mouth(p. 140)
• Knocked-out tooth(p. 140)
• Wound to the palm(p. 141)
• Wound at a joint crease(p. 141)
• Abdominal wound(p. 142)
• Vaginal bleeding(p. 143)
• Bleeding varicose vein(p. 144)
• 7 Bone, Joint, and Muscle Injuries(p. 145)
• The skeleton(p. 146)
• Bones, muscles, and joints(p. 148)
• Fractures(p. 150)
• Dislocated joint(p. 153)
• Strains and sprains(p. 154)
• Major facial fracture(p. 156)
• Cheekbone and nose fractures(p. 157)
• Lower jaw injury(p. 157)
• Fractured collarbone(p. 158)
• Shoulder injury(p. 159)
• Upper arm injury(p. 160)
• Elbow injury(p. 161)
• Forearm and wrist injuries(p. 162)
• Hand and finger injuries(p. 163)
• Injury to the ribcage(p. 164)
• Spinal injury(p. 165)
• Back pain(p. 168)
• Fractured pelvis(p. 169)
• Hip and thigh injuries(p. 170)
• Knee injury(p. 172)
• Lower leg injury(p. 173)
• Ankle injury(p. 174)
• Foot and toe injuries(p. 174)
• 8 Nervous System Problems(p. 175)
• The nervous system(p. 176)
• Impaired consciousness(p. 178)
• Head injury(p. 179)
• Concussion(p. 180)
• Cerebral compression(p. 181)
• Skull fracture(p. 182)
• Stroke(p. 183)
• Seizures in adults(p. 184)
• Absence seizures(p. 185)
• Seizures in children(p. 186)
• Meningitis(p. 187)
• Headache(p. 188)
• Migraine(p. 188)
• 9 Environmental Injuries(p. 189)
• The skin(p. 190)
• Assessing a burn(p. 192)
• Severe burns and scalds(p. 194)
• Minor burns and scalds(p. 196)
• Burns to the airway(p. 197)
• Electrical burn(p. 198)
• Chemical burn(p. 199)
• Chemical burn to the eye(p. 200)
• Flash burn to the eye(p. 201)
• Tear gas or pepper spray injury(p. 201)
• Sunburn(p. 202)
• Prickly heat(p. 202)
• Heat exhaustion(p. 203)
• Heatstroke(p. 204)
• Frostbite(p. 205)
• Hypothermia(p. 206)
• 10 Foreign Objects(p. 209)
• The sensory organs(p. 210)
• Splinter(p. 212)
• Embedded fishhook(p. 213)
• Foreign object in the eye(p. 214)
• Foreign object in the ear(p. 215)
• Foreign object in the nose(p. 215)
• Inhaled foreign object(p. 216)
• Swallowed foreign object(p. 216)
• 11 Poisoning, Bites, and Stings(p. 217)
• How poisons affect the body(p. 218)
• Swallowed poisons(p. 220)
• Chemicals on the skin(p. 221)
• Inhaled gases(p. 221)
• Poisons in the eye(p. 221)
• Drug poisoning(p. 222)
• Alcohol poisoning(p. 223)
• Food poisoning(p. 224)
• Poisonous plants and fungi(p. 225)
• Insect sting(p. 226)
• Other bites and stings(p. 227)
• Tick bite(p. 227)
• Snake bite(p. 228)
• Stings from sea creatures(p. 229)
• Marine puncture wound(p. 229)
• Animal bite(p. 230)
• 12 Childbirth and Medical Problems(p. 231)
• Childbirth(p. 232)
• Childbirth: first stage(p. 233)
• Childbirth: second stage(p. 234)
• Childbirth: third stage(p. 236)
• Miscarriage(p. 237)
• Allergy(p. 238)
• Hiccups(p. 238)
• Fever(p. 239)
• Vertigo(p. 239)
• Diabetes mellitus(p. 240)
• Hyperglycemia(p. 240)
• Hypoglycemia(p. 241)
• Panic attack(p. 242)
• Disturbed behavior(p. 242)
• Earache(p. 243)
• Toothache(p. 244)
• Sore throat(p. 244)
• Abdominal pain(p. 245)
• Hernia(p. 246)
• Vomiting and diarrhea(p. 247)
• Stitch(p. 247)
• Cramp(p. 248)
• Overseas travel health(p. 249)
• 13 Emergency First Aid(p. 252)
• Action in an emergency(p. 252)
• Unconscious adult(p. 254)
• Unconscious child (1-7 years)(p. 258)
• Unconscious infant (under 1 year)(p. 262)
• Choking adult(p. 264)
• Choking child (1-7 years)(p. 265)
• Choking infant (under 1 year)(p. 266)
• Asthma attack(p. 267)
• Shock(p. 268)
• Anaphylactic shock(p. 269)
• Severe bleeding(p. 270)
• Heart attack(p. 271)
• Head injury(p. 272)
• Spinal injury(p. 273)
• Seizures in adults(p. 274)
• Seizures in children(p. 275)
• Broken bones(p. 276)
• Burns(p. 277)
• Eye injury(p. 278)
• Swallowed poisons(p. 279)
• Observation charts(p. 280)

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The American College of Emergency Physicians was founded in 1968 and exists to support quality emergency medical care, and to promote the interests of emergency physicians.