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First Aid Manual, 10ed

Updated 10th edition: includes updates to first aid for choking infants. The First Aid Manual is the UK’s only fully authorised first aid guide, endorsed by St John Ambulance, St Andrew’s First Aid and the British Red Cross and packed with step-by-step first aid advice. Used as the official training manual for the UK’s leading first aid organisations’ courses, the bestselling First Aid Manual covers all aspects of first aid, from emergency first aid and first aid for babies and children, to resuscitation. Find out how to treat over 100 different conditions from splinters and sprained ankles to strokes and unconsciousness and how to use essential equipment. Step-by-step photography, all shot in-situ to reflect real-life issues, shows you what to do in any situation. The ideal first aid book for you and your family, keep the First Aid Manual handy; it could be a life-saver. (Previous edition ISBN 9781405362146).

This publication, now in its revised 10th edition, is the authorised manual of the First Aid Societies – St John Ambulance, St Andrew’s First Aid and the British Red Cross. Together, they have endeavoured to ensure that this manual reflects the relevant guidance from informed authoritative sources, current at the time of publication. While the material contained here provides guidance on initial care and treatment, it must not be regarded as a substitute for medical advice.

The First Aid Societies do not accept responsibility for any claims arising from the use of this manual when the guidelines have not been followed. First aiders are advised to keep up-to-date with developments, to recognise the limits of their competence and to obtain frst-aid training from a qualifed trainer.

The frst three chapters provide background information to help you examine your role as a frst aider, manage a situation safely and learn how to assess a sick or injured person effectively. Treatment for injuries and conditions is given in specifc chapters that follow. Lifesaving treatment for an unresponsive casualty has an entire chapter. In other chapters, injuries and conditions are grouped either by body system, for example Respiratory Problems or by the type of injury, such as Wounds and Bleeding and Effects of Heat and Cold.