First Aid Companion

Informationen zum Autor Sandra Roberts is a senior lecturer at Warsash Maritime Academy, teaching medical and first aid subjects to seafarers. She has hands-on experience of first aid within the maritime and yachting world as well as the voluntary first aid services and the military. Sandra is a registered nurse with 40 years' experience. Klappentext All watersports involve a certain amount of risk, so it is important to have easy to use reference to first aid at hand. First Aid Companion is a splash proof, easy to use guide to most medical emergencies that you may encounter afloat.Includes:* Drowning* Unconconsciousness* Immersion* Fractures* Burns & scalds* Heatstroke* Communications in an emergency Zusammenfassung A handy! splash-proof! on-the-water reference guide for most of the first aid emergencies you could come across afloat! including drowning! unconsciousness! external bleeding! immersion! hypothermia and more. Inhaltsverzeichnis Resuscitation.Drowning.Unconscious Casualty.Choking.Shock.Bleeding.Burns.Fractures/Dislocation.Immobilisation.Spinal Injury.Chest Pain/Asthma.Seizures.Diabetes.Casualty Assessment.Getting Help.

Product details

• Authors: Sandra Roberts, Roberts Sandra
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.02.2011
• EAN: 9780470682067
• ISBN: 978-0-470-68206-7
• No. of pages: 24
• Dimensions: 79 mm x 223 mm x 2 mm
• Series: Practical Companions; Practical Companions
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > Water sport, sailing; SPORTS & RECREATION / Outdoor Skills, Boating, HEALTH & FITNESS / First Aid, Outdoor survival skills, Boating: Sport and leisure, SPORTS & RECREATION / Water Sports / Boating, First Aid For The Home