This authoritative manual offers safe, accessible and reliable first aid information in one handy volume. Clear step-by-step techniques, how to deal with accidents in the home, workplace and outdoors.
This fully illustrated, comprehensive guide provides expert, up-to-date information on the safest and easiest ways to prevent and deal with all kinds of problems and emergencies. Step-by-Step Help: Simple step-by-step text and more than 650 colour photographs and illustrations explain a broad range of vital techniques, including how to: Carry out emergency life-saving procedures * Deal with major wounds and severe bleeding * Apply slings, dressings and bandages * Treat burns, from sunburn to chemical scoulding * Recognize heart problems such as palpitations, angina and cardiac arrest * Give vital help to those with breathing difficulties * Detect and deal with symptoms of poisoning Wide-Ranging Information: The book includes: A special life-saving priorities section * Chapters highlighting problems specific to babies and small children * An outdoor safety section, providing sensible safety tips for those enjoying active hobbies or travelling abroad * A chapter on safety and security, and how to avoid accidents and dangerous medical situations * A section on complementary therapies and alternative treatements and solutions This authoritative manual brings all the safe, accessible and reliable first aid information you will need together into one handy volume. Understanding at least the basics of first aid is a vital skill that everyone should master, and this book is the perfect teacher.
From Treating Cuts, Sprains and Bandaging in an Emergency to Making Decisions on Headaches, Fevers and Rashes: Plus All You Need to Know about the Long-Term Health and Fitness of Your Family
From Treating Cuts, Sprains and Bandaging in an Emergency to Making Decisions on Headaches, Fevers and Rashes: Plus All You Need to Know about the Long-Term Health and Fitness of Your Family
The first half of this book is packed with a wide range of information on all aspects of first aid and life saving, with special sections on babies and toddlers, outdoor safety and travel. Informative flow charts, symptom lists and warning boxes are included, and key information explains how to stay healthy and prevent accidents. In the second half of the book hundreds of medical conditions are examined, discussed and diagnosed. Practical and jargon-free advice is given on every type of illness, from everyday complaints such as colds, headaches and fatigue, through to serious conditions including strokes, kidney stones and Parkinson's Disease.
Is democratic governance good for economic prosperity? Does it accelerate progress towards social welfare and human development? Does it generate a peace-dividend and reduce conflict at home? Within the international community, democracy and governance are widely advocated as intrinsically desirable goals. Nevertheless, alternative schools of thought dispute their consequences and the most effective strategy for achieving critical developmental objectives. This book argues that both liberal democracy and state capacity need to be strengthened to ensure effective development, within the constraints posed by structural conditions. Liberal democracy allows citizens to express their demands, hold public officials to account and rid themselves of ineffective leaders. Yet rising public demands that cannot be met by the state generate disillusionment with incumbent officeholders, the regime, or ultimately the promise of liberal democracy ideals. Thus governance capacity also plays a vital role in advancing human security, enabling states to respond effectively to citizen's demands.
This fully illustrated, comprehensive guide provides expert, up-to-date information on the safest and easiest ways to prevent and deal with all kinds of problems and emergencies. Step-by-Step Help: Simple step-by-step text and more than 650 colour photographs and illustrations explain a broad range of vital techniques, including how to: Carry out emergency life-saving procedures * Deal with major wounds and severe bleeding * Apply slings, dressings and bandages * Treat burns, from sunburn to chemical scoulding * Recognize heart problems such as palpitations, angina and cardiac arrest * Give vital help to those with breathing difficulties * Detect and deal with symptoms of poisoning Wide-Ranging Information: The book includes: A special life-saving priorities section * Chapters highlighting problems specific to babies and small children * An outdoor safety section, providing sensible safety tips for those enjoying active hobbies or travelling abroad * A chapter on safety and security, and how to avoid accidents and dangerous medical situations * A section on complementary therapies and alternative treatements and solutions This authoritative manual brings all the safe, accessible and reliable first aid information you will need together into one handy volume. Understanding at least the basics of first aid is a vital skill that everyone should master, and this book is the perfect teacher.
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