First Aid Handbook - Crucial Survival Skills, Emergency Procedures & Lifesaving Medical Information

Essential Survival and Emergency Response GuideBy Department of the Army, Department of the Navy, Department of the Air Force

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Whether you are faced with an open wound, an airway obstruction, a head injury, a fracture or a snakebite, this book will teach you how to help yourself or save somebody's life. Here you will find thoroughly explained and easy to follow first aid measures for all types of casualties. Be prepared to act in a split second when emergency occurs: Content: Fundamental Criteria for First Aid: Understanding Vital Body Functions for First Aid Terminology Basics of First Aid Evaluating Causality... Basic Measures for First Aid: Open the Airway and Restore Breathing Breathing Process Assessment of and Positioning the Casualty Rescue Breathing (Artificial Respiration) Mouth-to-Mouth Method Mouth-to-Nose Method Heartbeat Stop the Bleeding and Protect the Wound Entrance and Exit Wounds Manual Pressure Digital Pressure Tourniquet Check for Shock Causes and Effects Signs and Symptoms... Specific Injuries: Head, Neck and Facial Injuries Chest Wounds Abdominal Wounds Burn Injuries Dressings and Bandages... Fractures: Signs and Symptoms Splints, Padding, Bandages, Slings, and Swathes Upper Extremity Lower Extremity Jaw, Collarbone and Shoulder Spinal Column Neck Climatic Injuries: Heat Injuries Cold Injuries Bites and Stings: Snakes Human or Animal Bites Marine Animals Insects... Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Environment: Classification of Chemical and Biological Agents Conditions for Masking Signs and Symptoms Background Information on Nerve Agents Blister Agents Choking Agents (Lung-Damaging Agents) Cyanogen (Blood) Agents Incapacitating Agents Toxins Nuclear Detonation... Psychological Reactions: Situations Requiring Psychological First Aid Respect for Others' Feelings Emotional and Physical Disability Combat and Other Operational Stress Reactions Severe Stress or Stress Reaction Reactions and Limitations...

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Length5 hrs 8 mins

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Publish dateMay 14, 2017

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1First Aid Handbook - Crucial Survival Skills, Emergency Procedures &amp; Lifesaving Medical Information

644-9. Jaw, Collarbone, and Shoulder Fractures

2PREFACE

654-10. Spinal Column Fractures

3CHAPTER 1 FUNDAMENTAL CRITERIA FOR FIRST AID

664-11. Neck Fractures

41-1. General

67CHAPTER 5 FIRST AID FOR CLIMATIC INJURIES

51-2. Terminology

685-1. General

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61-3. Understanding Vital Body Functions for First Aid

695-2. Heat Injuries

71-4. Adverse Conditions

705-3. Cold Injuries

81-5. Basics of First Aid

71CHAPTER 6 FIRST AID FOR BITES AND STINGS

91-6. Evaluating a Casualty

726-1. General

10CHAPTER 2 BASIC MEASURES FOR FIRST AID

736-2. Types of Snakes

112-1. General

746-3. Snakebites

12Section I. OPEN THE AIRWAY AND RESTORE BREATHING

756-4. Human or Animal Bites

132-2. Breathing Process

766-5. Marine (Sea) Animals

142-3. Assessment of and Positioning the Casualty

776-6. Insect (Arthropod) Bites and Stings

152-4. Opening the Airway of an Unconscious or Not Breathing Casualty

786-7. First Aid for Bites and Stings

162-5. Rescue Breathing (Artificial Respiration)

79CHAPTER 7 FIRST AID IN A NUCLEAR, BIOLOGICAL, AND CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENT

172-6. Preliminary Steps — All Rescue Breathing Methods

807-1. General

182-7. Mouth-to-Mouth Method

817-2. First Aid Materials

192-8. Mouth-to-Nose Method

827-3. Classification of Chemical and Biological Agents

202-9. Heartbeat

837-4. Conditions for Masking Without Order or Alarm

212-10. Airway Obstructions

847-5. First Aid for a Chemical Attack

222-11. Opening the Obstructed Airway — Conscious Casualty

857-6. Background Information on Nerve Agents

232-12. Opening the Obstructed Airway — Casualty Lying Down or Unresponsive

867-7. Signs and Symptoms of Nerve Agent Poisoning

24Section II. STOP THE BLEEDING AND PROTECT THE WOUND

877-8. First Aid for Nerve Agent Poisoning

252-13. General

887-9. Blister Agents

262-14. Clothing

897-10. Choking Agents (Lung-Damaging Agents)

272-15. Entrance and Exit Wounds

907-11. Cyanogen (Blood) Agents

282-16. Field Dressing

917-12. Incapacitating Agents

292-17. Manual Pressure

927-13. Incendiaries

302-18. Pressure Dressing

937-14. Biological Agents and First Aid

312-19. Digital Pressure

947-15. Toxins

322-20. Tourniquet

957-16. Nuclear Detonation

33Section III. CHECK FOR SHOCK AND ADMINISTER FIRST AID MEASURES

96CHAPTER 8 FIRST AID FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL REACTIONS

342-21. General

978-1. General

352-22. Causes and Effects

988-2. Importance of Psychological First Aid

362-23. Signs and Symptoms of Shock

998-3. Situations Requiring Psychological First Aid

372-24. First Aid Measures for Shock

1008-4. Interrelationship of Psychological and Physical First Aid

38CHAPTER 3 FIRST AID FOR SPECIFIC INJURIES

1018-5. Goals of Psychological First Aid

393-1. General

1028-6. Respect for Others’ Feelings

403-2. Head, Neck, and Facial Injuries

1038-7. Emotional and Physical Disability

413-3. General First Aid Measures

1048-8. Combat and Other Operational Stress Reactions

423-4. Chest Wounds

1058-9. Reactions to Stress

433-5. First Aid for Chest Wounds

1068-10. Severe Stress or Stress Reaction

443-6. Abdominal Wounds

1078-11. Application of Psychological First Aid

453-7. First Aid for Abdominal Wounds

1088-12. Reactions and Limitations

463-8. Burn Injuries

1098-13. Stress Reactions

473-9. First Aid for Burns

110APPENDIX A FIRST AID CASE AND KITS, DRESSINGS, AND BANDAGES

483-10. Dressings and Bandages

111A-1. First Aid Case with Field Dressings and Bandages

493-11. Shoulder Bandage

112A-2. General Purpose First Aid Kits

503-12. Elbow Bandage

113A-3. Dressings

513-13. Hand Bandage

114A-4. Standard Bandages

523-14. Leg (Upper and Lower) Bandage

115A-5. Triangular and Cravat (Swathe) Bandages

533-15. Knee Bandage

116APPENDIX B RESCUE AND TRANSPORTATION PROCEDURES

543-16. Foot Bandage

117B-1. General

55CHAPTER 4 FIRST AID FOR FRACTURES

118B-2. Principles of Rescue Operations

564-1. General

119B-3. Considerations

574-2. Kinds of Fractures

120B-4. Plan of Action

584-3. Signs and Symptoms of Fractures

121B-5. Proper Handling of Casualties

594-4. Purposes of Immobilizing Fractures

122B-6. Positioning the Casualty

604-5. Splints, Padding, Bandages, Slings, and Swathes

123B-7. Medical Evacuation and Transportation of Casualties

614-6. Procedures for Splinting Suspected Fractures

124B-8. Manual Carries

624-7. Upper Extremity Fractures

125B-9. Improvised Litters

634-8. Lower Extremity Fractures

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