Emergency Care And First Aid For Nurses

This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. This portable, quick reference provides comprehensive coverage of first aid procedures and is highly illustrated. Its aim is to enable nurses to effectively and safely provide first aid outside their clinical working environment. However, the principles described will also be useful within the hospital setting and a section at the end of each chapter will describe the appropriate treatment once the patient reaches A&E.

This book aims to present a concise survey of the concepts and principles which is essential to the first nursing course in first aid. First aid is, like medicine, an art and science. It is prepared in a lucid manner, so that even a common man, who is not highly educated, could easily understand the concept of First Aid, for that a lot of effort has been put in. Now a days, everybody should have a basic knowledge of first aid not only for nurses, health workers, Policemen, Ambulance crew, Fire and safety officers, but for common men also. Learning of this book will be of great help for them. This book covers: • Anatomy and Physiology of the human body to understand the care of victim • Applications of wound dressings and bandaging • Basic Life Support and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) • Medical emergencies including signs & symptoms and First Aid Treatment • Disaster preparedness and its management are also included. • More than 100 illustrations and tables, which will help anybody to learn First Aid in a practical way.

First aid is one of the very important subjects in the training of nurses. This book aims to present concise concepts and principles, which are the essentials of nursing course. The attempt has been made to present both essential angles of subject and needs of nurses, members of voluntary aid societies, police, ambulance and fire services, and anyone who is interested in to provide first aid. Book jacket.

Developed by WHO and the International Committee of the Red Cross in collaboration with the International Federation for Emergency Medicine Basic Emergency Care (BEC): Approach to the acutely ill and injured is an open-access training course for frontline healthcare providers who manage acute illness and injury with limited resources. BEC teaches a systematic approach to the initial assessment and management of time-sensitive conditions where early intervention saves lives. It includes modules on: the ABCDE and SAMPLE history approach trauma difficulty in breathing shock and altered mental status. The practical skills section covers the essential time-sensitive interventions for these key acute presentations. The BEC package includes a Participant Workbook and electronic slide decks for each module. BEC integrates the guidance from WHO Emergency Triage Assessment and Treatment (ETAT) for children WHO Pocket Book of Hospital Care for Children WHO Integrated Management of Pregnancy and Childbirth and the Integrated Management of Adult/Adolescent Illness (IMAI).

"Designed for use by persons who are responsible for giving emergency care to the sick and injured. It provides the essential information for developing the functional first aid capabilities required by policemen, firemen, emergency squad members, and ambulance attenants."--Preface.

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