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Learn basic first aid, as well as how to prevent and treat outdoor medical emergencies, from common illness and injury to catastrophe. A worst-case scenario can happen anytime, anywhere‿but you don‿t want to fret about safety. Put your mind at ease with expert guidance from Patrick Brighton, MD, FACS. Dr. Brighton has served as an emergency room surgeon, has managed mass-casualty situations, and has participated in several mountain rescues. Now, he‿s sharing his expertise with you in Staying Safe: Backyard to Backcountry. Find out what preventative steps you can take to minimize your risk, whether you‿re mowing the yard, hiking with friends, or camping with children. Discover the recommended and the essential items to keep on hand‿in case the worst should happen‿regardless of where you are, what you‿re doing, and how far you are from help. Dr. Brighton guides you through recommended first-aid responses and treatments to a variety of wilderness illnesses, injuries, and emergency situations‿from sunburn and toothache to appendicitis and heart attack. Inside you‿ll find:Basic techniques in first aid, as well as potentially life-saving treatmentsInformation organized by type of injury, so you can quickly find what you needEasy-to-understand instructions that help you assess each situation and decide how to proceedConsiderations for nature‿s variable challenges, like limited resources, weather, victim/rescuer capabilities, and evacuation optionsMedical techniques based on the latest research from the American College of Surgeons, the American Heart Association, and Dr. Brighton‿s decades of experienceYou‿re getting sound advice from an expert in wilderness medicine. Plus, the book includes field notes‿real stories from the field. So whether you encounter mild sickness or life-or-death conditions, use Staying Safe: Backyard to Backcountry to prevent and prepare.

The decisions you make in the first hours of an emergency response will likely dictate the success of the outcome. In order to make good decisions with limited information during those critical first hours, you need a plan. QR codes offer quick access to the related book or APP. The NASAR Initial Actions Pocket Reference guide is designed to prepare emergency services responders to take correct initial actions when starting an investigation and searching for missing or injured subjects. This lightweight folding guide is waterproof to withstand rigorous use in the field and is a must-have reference tool for any responder. Made in the USA, profits from the sale of this guide support ongoing training by NASAR.

Whether it's a symptom you have been ignoring for a while or something like a sudden pain after a fall, this book tells you what it could be and what action to take.Check out any health problem and discover what it might be and what you should do. A series of head-to-toe visual diagnostic guides help you identify suspected conditions or injuries. Once you've narrowed it down, a cross-reference takes you to easy-to-follow descriptions of the condition at the back of the book. Potentially life-threatening situations and ailments that need urgent medical advice are clearly flagged. Fully illustrated throughout, Medical Symptoms is an invaluable reference.

"U.S. Army First Aid Manual" by the Department of the Army is the official guide to treating every type of injury or medical emergency in the field. Developed over decades of experience in wars and conflicts all over the world and in every imaginable environmental condition, the "U.S. Army First Aid Manual" details how to treat wounds, fractures, insect bites and stings, damage to organs, head injuries, and many more afflictions in an easy-to-read and understandable format. With an emphasis on keeping the injured alive so that they may be transported to a medical facility, the guide explains how a person can treat both injuries to oneself and to others so that further damage and physical suffering can be minimized. Practically arranged and concisely written, the manual is an invaluable reference in any emergency where immediate medical care cannot be found. "U. S. Army First Aid Manual" is an essential resource for doctors, nurses, military personnel, parents, childcare providers, doomsday preppers, outdoor enthusiasts, hikers, campers, and anyone who would like to better know how to save a life in an emergency situation. This edition is printed on premium acid-free paper.

This text is the part of a real textbook written by one of the two most powerful Intelligence Communities in the USSR - the Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the USSR (the USA equivalent would be the DIA (Defene Intelligence Agency)). It was titled: 'Ensuring the Combat Capabilities and Survival Abilities of Reconnaissance Parties' and was published in Moscow, in 1990.The textbook translated and edited by Andrew Senatas. The original text, illustrations and tables were supplemented by American units of measurement.At the time of publication and for some time after, this textbook was marked as 'Not for public use' and was used to help officers and NCOs of Soviet intelligence units to train reconnaissance troops.The published text has been translated from Russian to English and includes a chapter entitled "INFLUENCE OF PHYSICAL-GEOGRAPHICAL CONDITIONS ON THE COMBAT CAPABILITY OF RECONNAISSANCE PARTIES". The chapter gives a brief description of the most extreme physical and geographical regions of the globe (the Arctic, Northern coniferous forest zone (taiga), deserts, jungles, and the Global Ocean) from the standpoint of survival factors.This book is the first in a series of publications that include interesting and useful chapters from the above textbook, which are applicable and that can be used not only by a narrow range of military specialists, but also by a wider range of readers, among which are tourists, fishermen, hunters, scouts, etc.

The Camino de Santiago offer's numerous challenges, but the plants along "The Way" not only make the journey more interesting but can bring relief from health issues that pilgrim may face during their journey.This book was written as a guide for every Camino pilgrim, regardless of their previous herbal plant knowledge. Fifty common plants found along the Camino Frances, address sixty-nine frequent health issues encountered by pilgrims, including blisters, sunburn, inflammation, headaches, colds, and sleep issues. Each plant is accompanied by a black and white illustration, detailed description, where found, part used and first aid instruction. Although the plants found in this book represent those common along the Camino Frances, most will be found throughout much of Spain and Portugal.During the spring of 2017, Darcy Williamson walked the Camino Frances in remembrance of her deceased husband, Robert Sweetgall. Medicinal Camino, Plant First Aid Along "The Way" rose from that pilgrimage.Darcy is an herbalist and author. During her fifty-year career, she has written over twenty books and taught more than one hundred and thirty apprentices the knowledge and preparation of backyard herbal medicine. Darcy continues to lecture and teach about the amazing healing benefits of plants.

The essential guide to take care of your family’s health when you can’t get medical help or answers right away.It's the worst snowstorm you can remember. The ice-covered streets are abandoned. You hear a boom in the distance, and your computer screen goes blank. Darkness. A crash and another bang from inside the house. In the hallway, your husband sits on the floor, soaked in blood. You dial 911, and all you get is a busy signal. Would you know what to do next? The Survival Doctor’s Complete Handbook will teach you just what you need to know to take care of yourself and your loved ones in the event you aren’t able to get professional medical help right away. Encompassing but going well beyond immediate first aid, the book covers: how to put a dislocated joint back into place how to prevent hypothermia when your heat has gone out what to do for asthma when you don’t have your inhaler whether you can really drink your own urine if you run out of water what to feed your toddler if he has a fever and you have no medicine and much more Featuring more than 100 illustrations, along with quick quizzes and real-life examples, The Survival Doctor’s Complete Handbook will take you step by step through the essentials of medical care during a crisis. Perhaps you’ve been stranded by a sudden storm when out camping. Maybe you live alone in a rural area, and can’t easily get to a doctor when you hurt your arm. Or you just want to make sure you and your family are prepared to safely weather the next Superstorm Sandy, polar vortex, tornado strike, heat wave, earthquake, or other natural disaster. Whatever your situation and your health needs, The Survival Doctor’s Complete Handbook is your must-have medical resource.

A guide to using plants in your environment for their medicinal properties! A whole host of tips and tricks for tending to your bumps and bruises and keeping yourself healthy. Health care and medical doctors are getting more and more useless, but there's a lot of stuff you don't need them for, and being able to tend to your health in small ways is a key adulting skill. Cute illustrations from Giovanni Caputo and a generally fun vibe and feel! Includes healing cuts and scrapes, burns, rashes, sunburns, building a first aid kit, gut problems, aches & pains, bugs, bruises, bleeding, parasites, and a list of further reading resources.

Experts agree everyone will have to confront at least one type of natural or man-made disaster in his or her lifetime. This resource allows the reader to customize and personalize each step to preparedness and develop self-reliance with dozens of supply checklists for building home, car, work, school, and pet emergency kits and organizing important financial, legal, medical, and insurance information.

A Department of Defense publication, "Special Operations Forces Medical Handbook" is an invaluable resource for medics with a special focus on treating patients in the field. This detailed and informative guide was developed specifically for the Special Operations Command and contains information for anyone interested in surviving or helping others to survive in harsh and unforgiving conditions far from standard medical care. The handbook defines and explains the standard of care in both general and adverse conditions in the field and assists with acute care in all its forms, including general medicine, gynecology, treating parasites, infections, hyper and hypothermia, shock, altitude sickness, conditions particular to diving and swimming, and guidance on proper sanitation to protect health. The guide is helpfully organized according to symptoms with special sections on organ groups and areas of the body. It also describes varying operating environments and the procedures that must be used to ensure better outcomes for patients. "Special Operations Forces Medical Handbook" is an essential resource for doctors, nurses, military personnel, doomsday preppers, outdoor enthusiasts, hikers, campers, and anyone who would like to better know how to save a life in an emergency situation. This edition is printed on premium acid-free paper.

A possible life-saving reference to keep around the house or in the car, DK's First Aid Manual looks at more than 100 different conditions, from splinters and sprained ankles to strokes and unconsciousness, and shows exactly what to do with step-by-step photographic sequences. Every condition is clearly explained, outlining causes, symptoms, and signs, and action plans. The updated design makes the instructions easier to follow, whether you need information on emergency first aid, first aid for babies and children, or tips on resuscitation. This ACEP First Aid Manual is an invaluable resource to keep you and your loved ones safe and healthy.

Colloidal silver is one of those rare substances that offers extreme benefits with few side-effects, unlike many of the commercially available prescription drugs on the market today. Used for centuries, this amazing suspension is considered nature's antibiotic, curing or easing everything from antibiotic resistant infections like staph to skin rashes, headaches to acne, lupus to Pink Eye, and so much more. NASA has even utilized colloidal silver as a way to purify water for the astronauts, eliminating the dangerous need for chlorine. With such an arsenal of uses and benefits associated with Colloidal Silver, it is no wonder that science is taking a hard look at this substance, discovering new avenues for treatments daily and confirming what Natural Medicine has long known... Colloidal Silver needs to be in your medicine cabinet. This guide explains everything you need to know about this prestigious and almost miraculous suspension, from where to get it to how to use it, what to use it for and what dangers may be associated with it. For anyone seeking to incorporate Colloidal Silver into their daily health routine, this is the book you need to read.

The best protection against viral infections like corona is a strong immune system. A strong immune response from your own body can ensure that you do not die even though you are infected. Are you ready to do what is necessary to do? It is not difficult. All you need are two over-the-counter, safe and affordable supplements: vitamin D and magnesium.Vitamin D is vital for your immune system, because vitamin D is the clock for cell division. The active vitamin D in the blood tells the cells when to divide and when not. Metaphorically speaking, vitamin D is, so to speak, the general in war, telling his soldiers when and where they should go on missions. If the general is missing, in other words, the vitamin D in the blood, the soldiers wander aimlessly and cannot carry out a complete attack.Here you will find concrete instructions on how much of what you should take to bring your vitamin D level up to the immune-protective level even without a laboratory test.

Most people only know castor oil as a laxative. But so far only known in insider circles is the fact that a dozen diseases have already been cured with the help of castor oil. Whether severe Allergies, Tinnitus, Hair loss / Balding, Histamine intolerance, Acne, Migraines and even Myopia and much more. All these healing successes are based on the experience of people who have tried it and whose experience reports have been written down in this book. In addition, the book provides specialist information about the exact mechanism of action and the prostaglandins, you will learn precise instructions for detoxification and everything you need to know about castor oil. Environmental toxins such as heavy metals, pesticides and other chemical cocktails are on the rise, requiring efficient means of removing toxins from the body. With castor oil, nature has provided us with a gentle, safe and effective remedy whose detoxifying effects were previously only known in insider circles and are still known today.

CPR and AED, Eighth Edition is ideal for use within training courses designed to certify lay responders in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external defibrillation. More than a stand-alone text, this student manual is the center of an integrated teaching and learning system that offers many resources to better support instructors and prepare students to learn life-saving skills. CPR and AED, Eighth Edition includes: Updated content that meets and exceeds the scientific recommendations developed by the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR) and is consistent with the CPR and Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC) Guidelines as established by the American Heart Association and other resuscitation councils around the world Current information on CPR, AED, choking and airway obstruction, and special situations New and updated content on back blows for adults, encircling thumbs CPR technique for infants, opioid overdose response, compression-only CPR, and COVID-19 precautions Contents CHAPTER 1 Introduction CHAPTER 2 Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation CHAPTER 3 Airway Obstruction and Choking Care CHAPTER 4 Automated External Defibrillation CHAPTER 5 CPR Precautions, Complications, and Special Situations ECSI programs are offered in association with the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and the American College of Emergency Physicians-two of the most renowned medical organizations in the world. These organizations provide medical direction to ECSI and stand behind the content of our training materials. Our programs are consistent with ILCOR recommendations and meet or exceed the American Health Association (AHA) guidelines. To learn how to become an ECSI instructor or approved ECSI Education Center, visit https: //www.ecsinstitute.org/get-started/instructor

× Important! Please Note: This product can only be purchased by approved Emergency Care & Safety Institute Education Centers. To become an ECSI center please visit ecsinstitute.org" If you are not part of an ECSI Education Center, we recommend purchasing First Aid and CPR Guide without ECSI Course Completion Card. Based on current Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC) Guidelines and scientific recommendations developed by the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR) and other resuscitation councils around the world, First Aid, CPR, and AED Guide, Eighth Edition is an excellent resource for action at common emergencies. This quick reference gives lay responders the tools necessary to prevent and minimize injury, provide comfort, and maximize care until professional medical care arrives. This guide is perfect for anybody who wants quick, portable access to vital first aid and basic life support information in place of, or in addition to, taking a formal first aid or CPR and AED course. A digital course completion certificate is included with this publication. The First Aid, CPR, and AED Guide, Eighth Edition may be used within first aid, CPR, and AED refresher training courses offered through the Emergency Care & Safety Institute (ECSI). About Emergency Care & Safety Institute Emergency Care & Safety Institute (ECSI) is an internationally renowned organization that provides training and certifications that meet job-related requirements as defined by regulatory authorities such as OSHA, The Joint Commission, and state offices of EMS, Education, Transportation, and Health. ECSI's courses are delivered throughout a range of industries and markets worldwide, including colleges and universities, business and industry, government, public safety agencies, hospitals, private training companies, scouting groups, and many more. ECSI offers world-class training solutions in the areas of: Advanced Cardiac Life Support Automated External Defibrillation Babysitter Safety Bloodborne and Airborne Pathogens CPR (Layperson and Health Care levels) Emergency Medical Responder (formerly known as First Responder) First Aid (Standard, Advanced, Pediatric, Wilderness, and other levels) Oxygen Administration

If you are an approved Emergency Care & Safety Institute Education Center, you may want to purchase First Aid, CPR and AED Guide with ECSI Course Completion Card. If you are not currently associated with an ECSI center, you can save as much as 50% compared to other national training organizations. Learn more at ecsinstitute.org Based on current Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC) Guidelines and scientific recommendations developed by the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR) and other resuscitation councils around the world, First Aid, CPR, and AED Guide, Eighth Edition is an excellent resource for action at common emergencies. This quick reference gives lay responders the tools necessary to prevent and minimize injury, provide comfort, and maximize care until professional medical care arrives. This guide is perfect for anybody who wants quick, portable access to vital first aid and basic life support information in place of, or in addition to, taking a formal first aid or CPR and AED course. The First Aid, CPR, and AED Guide, Eighth Edition may be used within first aid, CPR, and AED refresher training courses offered through the Emergency Care & Safety Institute (ECSI). Please note that ECSI digital course completion certificates are not included.