First Aid Handbook
Author(s): ANNE PIPPA PH.D. & CHARLISH KEECH
New Releases | Family, Parenting & Childcare
This fully illustrated, comprehensive guide provides expert, up-to-date information on the safest and easiest ways to prevent and deal with all kinds of problems and emergencies.
Step-by-Step Help. Simple step-by-step text and more than 650 colour photographs and illustrations explain a broad range of vital techniques, including how to carry out emergency life-saving procedures, deal with major wounds and severe bleeding, apply slings, dressings and bandages, treat burns, from sunburn to chemical scolding, recognise heart problems such as palpitations, angina and cardiac arrest, give vital help to those with breathing difficulties, detect and deal with symptoms of poisoning.
Wide-Ranging Information. The book includes: A special life-saving priorities section, chapters highlighting problems specific to babies and small children, an outdoor safety section, providing sensible safety tips for those enjoying active hobbies or travelling abroad, a chapter on safety and security, and how to avoid accidents and dangerous medical situations, a section on complementary therapies and alternative treatments and solutions.
This authoritative manual brings all the safe, accessible and reliable first aid information you will need together into one handy volume. Understanding at least the basics of first aid is a vital skill that everyone should master, and this book is the perfect teacher.
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Anne Charlish (Editorial consultant)is an experienced medical and health writer. She has written over 40 books on subjects ranging from pregnancy and complementary therapies to cancer and depression. Anne was the 1993 joint winner of the Medical Journalists’ Association Pain Relief Award for The Complete Arthritis Handbook. She also contributes to a number of magazines including Inside the Human Body, Essentials and SHE.
Anne's published works include: Getting Pregnant: How To Improve Your Chances Of A Healthy Pregnancy, Caught In The Middle, Reiki, Your Natural Pregnancy, Alternative Answers To Arthritis & Rheumatism, and Eating For Health: Low-Carb Cooking.
Dr Pippa Keech MB ChB MRCGP is an experienced family and hospital doctor with particular expertise in emergency medicine and psychiatry. Over the years, her work has involved her in the full spectrum of emergency care, from dealing with relatively minor complaints and injuries, to major trauma and resuscitation. A regular contributor to a range of specialist and general magazines, Dr Keech has also worked as a medical advisor and editor for Pulse magazine. Her published works include The Practical Guide To First Aid and The Complete Practical Manual of First Aid and Family Health.
General Fields
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- : Anness Publishing
- : Anness Publishing
- : 01 June 2011
- : 168mm x 220mm
- : 01 January 2013
- : books
Special Fields
- : ANNE PIPPA PH.D. & CHARLISH KEECH
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- : VF