Sudden disasters and on-site first aid

Author: Liu Yilin
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Publish Date: 2003-02-01
Features: This book primarily includes topics such as disaster overviews, earthquake disasters, meteorological and flood disasters, road traffic accidents, fires, acute poisoning, criminal, electric shock accidents, nuclear and chemical accidents, travel-related incidents, psychological diseases, first aid techniques, and disasters and insurance. Each chapter introduces disasters, prevention, emergency response, and on-site first aid from the perspective of individuals in society, accompanied by audiovisual materials, practical activities, and discussion questions. The chapter on first aid techniques emphasizes four major skills: critical illness management, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), foreign body in the airway, and first aid for injuries. The book is easy to understand, concise, illustrated, and accessible to both specialists and the general public, featuring readability,, practicality, and applicability. If readers master the key knowledge in this book, they can effectively prevent major emergencies and save lives in critical moments. The book strongly promotes the implementation of relevant laws, actively responds to international disaster reduction strategies, and serves as a meaningful for all sectors of society committed to sustainable development, economic and social progress, socialist construction, and disaster prevention and relief. It can be used as a textbook for colleges and universities, reference material for employees in factories, mines, and enterprises, community residents, and scientific and technological personnel engaged in disaster reduction research, as well as for reference by all sectors of society.
This book is based on the lecture notes of "Prevention and Self-Saving in Emergencies" and has been continuously enriched and improved through eight years of teaching practice. It mainly includes twelve parts: disaster overviews, earthquake disasters, meteorological and flood disasters, fires, road traffic accidents, electric shock accidents, acute poisoning, criminal, nuclear and chemical accidents, travel-related incidents, psychological diseases, and first aid techniques.
The book features eight pages of color illustrations at the beginning and numerous illustrations in the main text, along with standardized symbols such as road signs and markings for reference.