First Aid Guide and Home Doctor

Fully illustrated.
Detailed explanations of CPR, rescue breathing and other first aid techniques.
Comprehensive step-by-step description of what-to-do in over 60 medical conditions.
Warning signs of heart attack, stroke and other medical conditions are discussed.
Special sections on wound treatments, wilderness, diver rescue and more.
Illustrated human anatomy chapter.
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Table of Contents
Basic First Aid: 1. Survey the scene | 2. Survey the patient | 3. Call for emergency services
Secondary survey: Introduction | 1. Interview the victim | 2. Vitals | 3. Head-to-toe examination
Conditions that require first aid
Bites: Insect and animal bites and stings | Snakebite | Spider bite | Removing an insect in the ear canal
Bleeding: Hemorrhage (heavy bleeding) | Nosebleed | Wounds
Bone: Bone fracture | Spinal/neck injury
Breathing: Altitude sickness | Anaphylaxis (constriction of airways) | Asthma | Choking | Diver rescue | Hyperventilation and anxiety | Sucking chest wound (Pneumothorax)
Cold and flu: Common cold | Flu | Fever | Fever convulsions (febrile seizures)
Diabetes: Hyperglycemia (diabetic coma) | Hypoglycemia (insulin shock)
Head: Fainting | Head Injury | Migraine | Stroke | Anxiety attacks and nervousness
Heat and cold: Heat stroke | Heat syncope | Hypothermia (low body temperature) | Frostbite | Blisters
Internal organs: Appendicitis | Heart attack | Heart failure | Gastrointestinal bleeding
Loss of consciousness: Convulsion (Seizure ) | Fainting | Head Injury | Heart attack | Poisoning | Stroke | Shock | Spinal/neck injury
Muscle: Bruise | Convulsion (Seizure ) | Cramps | Muscle Strain | Sprain
Pain: Appendicitis | Chest Pain | Heartburn | Migraine | Toothache
Poisoning: Poison control center | Poisoning | Food Poisoning | Carbon Monoxide | Carbon Dioxide | Poison-ivy and poison-oak | Overdose from drugs | Heroin Overdose | Cocaine Intoxication | Vomiting
Skin: Blisters | Bruise | Burns | Wounds
Women only: Normal Childbirth | Childbirth - emergency delivery | Miscarriage | Elective abortion
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First Aid Techniques: Artificial respiration | Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) | Auscultation | First Aid Kit | Occlusive dressing | Oxygen first aid | Pulse | Recovery Position | Triage | Tourniquet | Sub-abdominal thrusts (Heimlich Maneuver)
Human Anatomy: Heart | Lung | ... Immune System
Emergency Telephone Numbers: Africa | Australasia | Asia | Europe | North America | South America | Middle East | Mobile telephones | Use of emergency numbers | Configuration and operation | Poison control center | History