The American Red Cross First Aid and Safety Handbook

by American Red Cross, American National Red Cross, Kathleen A. Handal

Book Overview

Helps readers the learn crucial first aid measures to be applied in any situation, from cuts and burns to cardiac arrest, with instructions and drawings adapted for the first time for home use. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0316736457
• ISBN13: 9780316736459
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Little Brown and Company
• Length: 321 Pages
• Weight: 1.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.8" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

Essential safety equipment

A must have for every home and school. While nothing can replace real first aid training, this excellent book serves as a useful suppliment and refresher. Buy it, keep it handy, and read sections of it regularly.

Every household should have a copy.

Every household needs a copy of this book and at least one person familiar with its contents.

A must for every home

This is one of the books Michael Hyatt recommends be in your Y2K library. It is the standard reference for dealing with injury and illness until the patient can get to a doctor.The odds are that every day, people will be injured and you will want to be able to keep them alive and from additional injury. The Red Cross has been a major player in this area throughout the 20th century, and this book is a valuable tool for every household today AND in 2000. The more likely Y2K scenarios will still have medical help available, perhaps just harder to access. Even in the unlikely case where medical care is unavailable, the steps in this book will still be the appropriate first steps for treatment. You may want to find a book on 'wilderness medicine' to cover followup treatment if no doctor is available.