This best-selling resource provides a general overview and basic information for all adult intensive care units. The material is presented in a brief and quick-access format which allows for topic and exam review. It provides enough detailed and specific information to address most all questions and problems that arise in the ICU. Emphasis on ...
Completely revised and updated, the new edition of this portable guide offers fast-access solutions to all of the medical situations that can occur in non-traditional settings. Based on Dr. Auerbach's critically acclaimed text "Wilderness Medicine, 5th Edition", this handbook is packed with how-to step-by-step explanations and the latest practical ...
Helps readers learn crucial first aid measures to be applied in any situation, from cuts and burns to cardiac arrest, with instructions and drawings adapted for home use.
Newly revised and completely re-illustrated, this reference volume provides updated explanations of over 10,000 medical terms, diseases, and disorders--300 more than the previous edition. The health manual--which outlines anatomical functions, human development, common procedures, diet information, and basic first aid--has also been updated to ...
First Aid for Colleges and Universities, Ninth Edition, is intended for students in a full-semester course leading to First Aid/CPR certification. It is designed specifically for college-level courses in First Aid and meets American Red Cross guidelines, while providing more depth and detail than the other available texts in the market. In ...
Completely updated for its Fifth Edition, the best-selling "Textbook of Pediatric Emergency Medicine" is the most comprehensive textbook you can buy in this specialty. No other text delivers more information on more aspects of pediatric emergency medicine, including resuscitation; more than 70 signs and symptoms; trauma; medical and surgical ...
Every year, one of every four people sustains injuries serious enough to require medical attention. Knowing what action to take in the first critical minutes of a medical emergency may mean the difference between life and death or permanent disability. This book stresses the do's and don'ts of treating victims of all ages until professional help ...
The team physician for the New York Knicks tells readers everything they need to know about the body's most vulnerable joint--the knee--and provides invaluable advice on how to prevent, recognize, and treat knee injuries. 15 line drawings.
As a coach, you're likely the first on the scene when one of your athletes falls ill or suffers an injury on the field of play. Are you prepared to respond? What exactly is expected of you-by your athletes, their parents, and the law? Newly revised and updated to reflect the latest research and best practices put forth by the American Heart ...
This is an insider's guide to getting the residency program you want. "First Aid for the Match" offers you insider advice on succeeding in the Match and getting the residency program of your choice. With contributions from residency program directors, program directors, and residents, this practical, high-yield book comprehensively covers all ...
"First Aid: Taking Action" covers the material required for a semester long First Aid course. The focus is teaching how to recognize and act in any emergency and to sustain life until professional help can arrive. Quality content will feature information based on the 2005 national guidelines for breathing and cardiac emergencies, including CPR, ...
Prehospital Emergency Care, Seventh Edition is the book for EMT-Bs who want to go above and beyond the United States DOT requirements. Long considered the most complete resource for EMT-B training, this best-selling, student-friendly text contains clear, step-by-step explanations of patient conditions, assessment, and treatment. The material is ...
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, ...
This updated guide contains valuable information on trip planning, staying found, what to do if you get lost, survival priorities, and new research on backcountry water quality and the uses -- and limitations -- of cell phones and global positioning systems (GPS).
From his years helping Third World natives, Ragnar Benson brings you this handbook for doctoring humans with readily obtainable, cheaply priced vet that are often identical to prescription drugs and cost only a fraction as much. Tetanus, typhoid and gun-wound infections will never again strike fear in the hearts of survivalists who pack this ...
When you are faced with an injury or sudden illness in a remote location it is essential to know what to look for and what to do. Wilderness First Aid: Emergency Care for Remote Locations is your comprehensive guide. This indispensable book provides information on how to handle common injuries and illnesses when medical care is an hour or more ...
Following the latest CPR guidelines, this program teaches basic life support and addresses breathing and cardiac emergencies in caring for adults, children and infants.
Here is a book no one should be without. Covering urgent emergency situations as well as the common injuries and ailments that occur in every family, this AMA guide takes the reader step-by-step through basic first-aid techniques, the medical symptoms to recognize before an emergency occurs, and what to do when one does. Line drawings throughout.
The National Safety Council has long been recognized as a leader in emergency care training. The program offers the very latest techniques ad follow the latest guidelines for CPR and meet OSHA's standards for emergency care training. The National Safety Council makes it easy for anyone to learn or teach Standard First Aid, CPR & AED. You will be ...
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