First Aid

by Wikibooks contributors

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Publisher
Wikibooks contributors
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0, as Wikibooks states it
Who can read
Teens profiles and older, judged from its title and subjects

Contents

  1. First Aid
  2. First aid
  3. advanced topics
  4. What needs to be done?
  5. Introduction
  6. Issues in Providing Care
  7. Primary Assessment & Basic Life Support
  8. Secondary Assessment
  9. Circulatory Emergencies
  10. Respiratory Emergencies
  11. Soft Tissue Injuries
  12. Bone & Joint Injuries
  13. Environmental Illness & Injury
  14. Medical Conditions & Poisoning
  15. Appendices
  16. Meta content
  17. Authors
  18. How To Read This Book
  19. What is First Aid?
  20. First Aid Training
  21. Protective Precautions
  22. Legal Liability
  23. Critical Incident Stress & Victim Death
  24. Abuse & Neglect
  25. Emergency First Aid & Initial Action Steps
  26. A for Airway
  27. B for Breathing
  28. C for Compressions
  29. D for Deadly Bleeding
  30. Head-to-toe
  31. History
  32. Vitals
  33. External Bleeding
  34. Internal Bleeding
  35. Heart Attack & Angina
  36. Stroke & TIA
  37. Shock
  38. Burns
  39. Electrocution
  40. Chest & Abdominal Injuries
  41. Anaphylactic Shock
  42. Asthma & Hyperventilation
  43. Obstructed Airway
  44. Musculoskeletal Injuries
  45. Immobilization
  46. Head & Facial Injuries
  47. Suspected Spinal Injury
  48. Heat-Related Illness & Injury
  49. Cold-Related Illness & Injury
  50. Pressure-Related Illness & Injury
  51. Diabetes
  52. Seizures
  53. Mental Health Emergency
  54. Poisoning
  55. Wilderness First Aid
  56. Marine First Aid
  57. Extended Assessment
  58. Airway Management
  59. Oxygen Administration
  60. Automated External Defibrillation
  61. Triage
  62. Appendix A: Glossary
  63. Appendix B: Behind the Scenes
  64. Appendix C: Sources
  65. Appendix D: Notes for First Aid Instructors
  66. Appendix E: First Aid Kits
  67. Appendix F:Emergency Telephone Numbers
  68. List of Images
  69. Manual of Style