Book

The good housekeeping family first aid book / medical editor, Andy Jagoda ; illustrated by David Kiphuth.

1st ed.

New York : Hearst Books, ©2000.

xii, 257 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

This comprehensive handbook covers first-aid topics in an easily accessed A to Z format. Also includes tips on prevention. Refreshingly free of jargon, it makes the information clear to the average reader. Fully cross-referenced, The Good Housekeeping Family First Aid Book is the most complete and easy-to-use guide on the market. Features that make it outstanding: Clean, aesthetically pleasant design, using two colors, with color bars to highlight specific sections for quick and easy accessibility; well organized topics, easy to find; up-to-the-minute information, clearly presented; "Playing It Safe": a special section apprising the reader of ways to prevent injuries and illness in the first place, with practical safety advice and tips to follow inside and outside the home. This is a book that no household (or car!) can afford to be without--especially those with young children. Good Housekeeping, with 21 million readers every issue, is a trusted source of information for health and family, and has won a number of awards for its coverage of important health issues.

First aid in illness and injury -- Popular works.

Jagoda, Andy.

Family first aid book

"A CMD publishing book."

"Resources": pages 217-236.

Includes index.

Applying first aid: Being prepared: Home first aid kit -- Take first aide training -- When is it an emergency?: Recognizing major injuries -- Recognizing major illnesses -- Getting emergency help: Emergency Medical Services (EMS) -- Poison control centers -- How to apply first AID: Assess the scene -- Assess the victim -- CPR techniques -- Automated external defibrillators -- Heimlich maneuver -- Precautions and guidelines for the rescuer: Don't become a victim! Preventing injury to the rescuer -- What you should know about good Samaritan laws -- A to Z listings of first aid topics: Abdominal pain -- Alcohol abuse -- Allergic reactions -- Altitude sickness (mountain sickness) -- Asthma attack -- Bites -- Bleeding--external -- Bleeding--internal -- Blisters -- Bloody stool -- Bloody urine -- Bloody vomit -- Breathing emergencies -- Broken bones -- Burns -- Carbon monoxide and other toxic fumes -- Cat, dog, and other animal bites -- Chemical burns -- Chest pain -- Child abuse -- Childbirth (emergency delivery) -- Choking -- Cold exposure -- Cuts (lacerations) -- Dehydration -- Dental pain and injuries -- Diabetic emergencies -- Dislocations -- Drowning -- Earache and ear injury -- Electrical burns -- Eye problems or sudden change in vision -- Fainting -- Fever -- Food poisoning -- Foreign objects in the eye, ear, nose, or throat -- Frostbite -- Genital injury -- Hand injuries -- Head injury -- Headache and head pain -- Heart attack -- Heart exhaustion -- Heatstroke -- High blood pressure -- Hyperventilation -- Hypothermia -- Insect stings -- Marine animal bites and stings -- Muscle injury -- Nose injury -- Nosebleed -- Pelvic pain -- Poison ivy, oak, and sumac -- Poisoning and drug overdose -- Puncture wounds -- Rabies -- Scorpion stings -- Seizure -- Severed limb -- Sexual assault and sexual abuse -- Shock -- Smoke inhalation -- Snake bites -- Spider bites -- Spinal injury -- Strains and sprains -- Stroke -- Suicidal threats or behavior -- Sunburn -- Tetanus -- Thermal burns -- Tick bites -- Unconsciousness -- Vaginal bleeding -- Vomiting -- Zipper injury -- Playing it safe: Playing it safe at home: Carbon monoxide and radon: Silent killers -- Childproofing your home -- Fireproofing your home -- Preventing poisonings -- Room-by-room safety -- Safety around the house and in the garden -- Playing it safe away from home: Safety preparation before traveling -- Automobile safety -- Recreational safety -- Sports injuries -- Safety in the workplace -- Violent weather -- Resources -- Index.

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