first aid in illness and injury

Provides an alphabetic directory on household emergencies and describes how to solve the problem; includes topics such as cuts, burns, stings, broken bones, weather-related injuries, terrorist attacks, and pregnancy.

Designed to be used in conjunction with the American Red Cross Standard First Aid and Personal Safety course.

A guide to first aid for backpackers, providing basic information on assessing a patient's condition, treating shock, fractures and sprains, wounds, stings and bites, heat and cold illnesses, altitude illness, and other illnesses, preparing a first-aid kit, and gathering information to pass on when help arrives.

A guide to dealing with childhood emergency, from cuts and scrapes to choking and poisoning. Contains step-by-step instructions and photographs showing every stage of treatment.

A reference describing the measures to take in common medical emergencies.

Presents step-by-step, illustrated instructions for administering first aid, covering emergencies, wounds, bites and stings, heat and cold, and various other aid cases, and lists the appropriate contents of first aid kits. Also includes the requirements for earning the Boy Scout first aid merit badge.