The Complete First Aid Handbook

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Fast and effective emergency care: expert easy-to-follow advice with step-by-step techniques shown in 900 photographs. This authoritative manual brings all the safe, accessible and reliable first aid information you will need together into one handy volume. Understanding first aid is a vital skill that everyone should master, and this book is the perfect guide. It provides up-to-date information on the safest and easiest ways to prevent and deal with all kinds of problems and emergencies, with chapters covering special life-saving techniques, problems specific to babies and small children, outdoor safety, tips for active hobbies or going abroad, how to avoid accidents and dangerous medical situations, as well as a guide to complementary therapies and alternative treatments. It covers all the basics you need from how to cope and care in an emergency including splints, simple bandages and slings, to life-saving techniques. Designed to help you assess, recognize and handle medical emergencies of all kinds swiftly, calmly and efficiently, the book deals in detail with every level of problem, from sickness and headaches to serious incidents, with special chapters on everyday health care and life-saving techniques for babies and small children.