Act in a Split Second - First Aid Manual of the US Army

Learn the Crucial First Aid Procedures With Clear Explanations & Instructive Images: How to Stop the Bleeding & Protect the Wound, Perform Mouth-to-Mouth, Immobilize Fractures, Treat Bites and Stings…

This e-book thoroughly explains and shows the necessary first aid measures for all types of casualties. Whether you are faced with airway obstructions, head injury, fracture or snakebite, this e-book will teach you how to help either yourself or others. Be prepared to act in a split second and save someone's life! 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... alles anzeigen expand_more

This e-book thoroughly explains and shows the necessary first aid measures for all types of casualties. Whether you are faced with airway obstructions, head injury, fracture or snakebite, this e-book will teach you how to help either yourself or others. Be prepared to act in a split second and save someone's life!

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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