: Wilderness Survival First Aid Handbook: Wilderness Survival First Aid Handbook

Author: Chris McNab
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Publish Date: 2002-09-01
Features: This book is a comprehensive, practical guide specifically designed for survival and first aid in outdoor adventure activities, teaching you key techniques such as diagnostic steps, CPR, and treating shock. It also explains how to handle cuts, burns, fractures, and head injuries, how to identify and avoid poisoning, and how to remove foreign objects from wounds. It explores how to deal with issues caused by temperature and climate, including hypothermia to heatstroke. The book is equipped with over 150 specially crafted illustrative diagrams, providing a self-contained, comprehensive knowledge base covering a wide range of topics from vaccinations to the consequences of blood loss, fire escape guides, and distress codes. Turn danger into safety● Comprehensive, practical guide specifically designed for survival and first aid in outdoor adventure activities● Learn key techniques such as diagnostic steps, CPR, and treating shock● How to handle cuts, burns, fractures, and head injuries, how to identify and avoid poisoning● How to remove foreign objects from wounds● How to deal with issues caused by temperature and climate, including hypothermia to heatstroke● Equipped with over 150 specially crafted illustrative diagrams, providing a self-contained, comprehensive knowledge base● Covers a wide range of topics from vaccinations, the consequences of blood loss, fire escape guides to distress codes.