This excellent pocket size manual has been described as the simplest, most concise short guide to First Aid in Australia. Designed by Australians for Australian Conditions, this mini-manual contains 64 pages including all major First Aid Topics. Best Pocket Manual.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Section: 1 ‘Introduction to First Aid’
Aims of First Aid
First Aid Hygiene
Reassurance in First Aid
Assessment Principles
What to do in an Emergency
Basic Life Support Flow Chart
Section: 2 ‘Resuscitation’
Performing Rescue Breaths
Rescue Breaths in Infants & Children
Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (C.P.R.)
Checking a Pulse
Defibrillation
Asthma
Choking
Electric Shock
Fainting
Section: 3 ‘Bleeding’
Types of Bleeding
Control of External Bleeding
Internal Bleeding
Bleeding from Embedded Foreign Objects
Amputations
Shock
Section: 4 ‘Medical Conditions’
Heart Attack
Stroke
Epileptic Seizures
Febrile Convulsions
Diabetic Emergency
Section: 5 ‘Trauma’
Head Injuries / Skull Fractures
Fractures
Jaw & Facial Injuries
Spinal Fractures
Soft Tissue Injuries
Dislocations
Eye Injuries
Burns (Flame & Scald)
(Chemical)
(Mouth Throat / Inhalation)
(Radiation / Sunburn)
Section: 6 ‘Poisons’
Swallowed Poisons
Absorbed Poisons
Injected Substances
Section: 7 ‘Bites & Stings / Allergic Reactions’
Snake & Funnel Web Spider
Red Back Spider
Bee / Wasp / Ant Stings
Tick Bite
Blue Bottle & Non-Box Jelly Fish
Box Jelly Fish
Blue-Ringed Octopus
Allergic Reactions
Section: 8 ‘Extremes of Temperature
Hypothermia
Frostbite
Hyperthermia
Section: 9 ‘Bandages / Slings’
Section: 10 ‘Injury Report’