First Aid Handbook - Crucial Survival Skills, Emergency Procedures & Lifesaving Medical Information
By Department of the Army, Department of the Navy, Department of the Air Force
Length5h 7m
About this audiobook
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...
Audiobook details
GenreHealth and Wellness, Children's Literature
Length5 hrs 7 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 14, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1PREFACE
574-10. Spinal Column Fractures
21-1. General
584-11. Neck Fractures
31-2. Terminology
595-1. General
41-3. Understanding Vital Body Functions for First Aid
605-2. Heat Injuries
51-4. Adverse Conditions
615-3. Cold Injuries
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61-5. Basics of First Aid
626-1. General
71-6. Evaluating a Casualty
636-2. Types of Snakes
82-1. General
646-3. Snakebites
92-2. Breathing Process
656-4. Human or Animal Bites
102-3. Assessment of and Positioning the Casualty
666-5. Marine (Sea) Animals
112-4. Opening the Airway of an Unconscious or Not Breathing Casualty
676-6. Insect (Arthropod) Bites and Stings
122-5. Rescue Breathing (Artificial Respiration)
686-7. First Aid for Bites and Stings
132-6. Preliminary Steps — All Rescue Breathing Methods
697-1. General
142-7. Mouth-to-Mouth Method
707-2. First Aid Materials
152-8. Mouth-to-Nose Method
717-3. Classification of Chemical and Biological Agents
162-9. Heartbeat
727-4. Conditions for Masking Without Order or Alarm
172-10. Airway Obstructions
737-5. First Aid for a Chemical Attack
182-11. Opening the Obstructed Airway — Conscious Casualty
747-6. Background Information on Nerve Agents
192-12. Opening the Obstructed Airway — Casualty Lying Down or Unresponsive
757-7. Signs and Symptoms of Nerve Agent Poisoning
202-13. General
767-8. First Aid for Nerve Agent Poisoning
212-14. Clothing
777-9. Blister Agents
222-15. Entrance and Exit Wounds
787-10. Choking Agents (Lung-Damaging Agents)
232-16. Field Dressing
797-11. Cyanogen (Blood) Agents
242-17. Manual Pressure
807-12. Incapacitating Agents
252-18. Pressure Dressing
817-13. Incendiaries
262-19. Digital Pressure
827-14. Biological Agents and First Aid
272-20. Tourniquet
837-15. Toxins
282-21. General
847-16. Nuclear Detonation
292-22. Causes and Effects
858-1. General
302-23. Signs and Symptoms of Shock
868-2. Importance of Psychological First Aid
312-24. First Aid Measures for Shock
878-3. Situations Requiring Psychological First Aid
323-1. General
888-4. Interrelationship of Psychological and Physical First Aid
333-2. Head, Neck, and Facial Injuries
898-5. Goals of Psychological First Aid
343-3. General First Aid Measures
908-6. Respect for Others’ Feelings
353-4. Chest Wounds
918-7. Emotional and Physical Disability
363-5. First Aid for Chest Wounds
928-8. Combat and Other Operational Stress Reactions
373-6. Abdominal Wounds
938-9. Reactions to Stress
383-7. First Aid for Abdominal Wounds
948-10. Severe Stress or Stress Reaction
393-8. Burn Injuries
958-11. Application of Psychological First Aid
403-9. First Aid for Burns
968-12. Reactions and Limitations
413-10. Dressings and Bandages
978-13. Stress Reactions
423-11. Shoulder Bandage
98A-1. First Aid Case with Field Dressings and Bandages
433-12. Elbow Bandage
99A-2. General Purpose First Aid Kits
443-13. Hand Bandage
100A-3. Dressings
453-14. Leg (Upper and Lower) Bandage
101A-4. Standard Bandages
463-15. Knee Bandage
102A-5. Triangular and Cravat (Swathe) Bandages
473-16. Foot Bandage
103B-1. General
484-1. General
104B-2. Principles of Rescue Operations
494-2. Kinds of Fractures
105B-3. Considerations
504-3. Signs and Symptoms of Fractures
106B-4. Plan of Action
514-4. Purposes of Immobilizing Fractures
107B-5. Proper Handling of Casualties
524-5. Splints, Padding, Bandages, Slings, and Swathes
108B-6. Positioning the Casualty
534-6. Procedures for Splinting Suspected Fractures
109B-7. Medical Evacuation and Transportation of Casualties
544-7. Upper Extremity Fractures
110B-8. Manual Carries
554-8. Lower Extremity Fractures
111B-9. Improvised Litters
564-9. Jaw, Collarbone, and Shoulder Fractures
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