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Summary: Excellent, excellent book
Review: I'm currently enrolled in an 18-week First Aid: Responding to Emergencies course at my college and this is the textbook we're using. This thing is packed full of information! Everything from how to care for victims of various injuries and illnesses to life threatening conditions. Lots of articles in it-- I'm learning stuff I never gave second thoughts to before. It's very readable and it presents the information in a well-organized way. Lots of photos to show how different procedures are done (although nothing replaces firsthand practice). The end-of-chapter study guides are also extremely helpful. If you take a Red Cross First Aid/CPR course, keep this book after you finish the class-- it's great to refer back to.
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Summary: An excellent source of what to do during an emergency.
Review: The book was used during a SIRT (Serious Injury Response Team) class that I took at work. It was a very easy to follow and informative book on how to handle emergencies when they arise. I felt like I had learned quite a bit during the class and even bought my own copy after the class had ended because three days with the book was not enough to learn everything the book had to offer. I have only one sugestion, Chapter 15 on Poisoning.....the scenerio deals with Ashley and Kristen but the "Mind At Work" problems dealt with Rosa and Tommy. Somehow someone goofed but as it turns out the answers are the same even though the names were changed to protect the innocent (hee hee!!!)Seriously though, I did enjoy the book and am very glad I decided to purchase it from the Red Cross after the class was over.
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Summary: Excellent introduction for citizen responders
Review: There is a more-recent edition (2001) that is used in the Red Cross course, which is not listed on Amazon as of January 2004. Get it at the Red Cross directly.Responding to emergencies is something most people do rarely if ever, but when faced with a life-threatening injury to someone else, how would you respond? I recommend that everyone get the basic Red Cross certifications; this book is the text for the most-advanced of the three courses: 1. CPR and AED (AED: automatic external defibrillator)
2. First Aid and CPR/AED
3. Responding to Emergencies Doing this will take all of three days out of your life, but it will prepare you for the rest of your life by teaching you what to do when seconds can mean the difference between life and death. This book is great by itself; it is superb as the text supplement to a Red Cross certification.
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Summary: A Real Look at Emergencies
Review: This book is full of very realistic photos depicting first aid emergencies. I used it in a college CPR and First Aid course. I recommend it highly as a supplement to any first aid class or training. It really helped me.
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Summary: A Single Source for Citizen-Responder First Aid!
Review: This ISBN is for the latest THIRD EDITION of the American Red Cross manual, First Aid: Responding to Emergencies. This is the Third Edition, with a 2001 copywright, is Emergency Cardiac Care (ECC) 2000-compliant for CPR and Airway Management techniques. BE CAREFUL! OLDER EDITIONS ARE NO LONGER USED IN RED CROSS COURSES AND THEY DON'T MEET THE NEWER STANDARDS. This is the standard First Aid text used in many college, high school, and para-professional/workplace courses taught by the American Red Cross. It is designed in modular format and combines and expands upon several courses you may also take seperately:
- Citizen-Responder First Aid
- Adult/Child/Infant CPR
- Preventing Disease Transmission/Bloodborne Pathogens Training
- First Aid, When Help is Delayed (the rules change when help is more than 30 minutes away from the scene)
- First Aid to People With Special Needs
- Emergency Childbirth (Lay Responder) Not only is this a great textbook, but compared to many other current Red Cross manuals, this one makes a great desk (or in-vehicle) reference, and has many articles and facts that are not taught in the classes. If you haven't taken a First Aid course lately, the CPR techniques have changed and the skill sheets in this book present these new methods at a glance. Good Samaritan Laws vary by state, but they all require a prudent Citizen-Responder to act within the level of his or her training and the immunity from civil lawsuit that the knowledge in this book can convey to you is worth its price many times over (not to mention your ability to make a positive difference at the scene of an accident or a disaster).
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Summary: A Single Source for Citizen-Responder First Aid!
Review: This ISBN is for the latest THIRD EDITION of the American Red Cross manual, First Aid: Responding to Emergencies. This is the Third Edition, with a 2001 copywright, is Emergency Cardiac Care (ECC) 2000-compliant for CPR and Airway Management techniques. BE CAREFUL! OLDER EDITIONS ARE NO LONGER USED IN RED CROSS COURSES AND THEY DON'T MEET THE NEWER STANDARDS. This is the standard First Aid text used in many college, high school, and para-professional/workplace courses taught by the American Red Cross. It is designed in modular format and combines and expands upon several courses you may also take seperately:
- Citizen-Responder First Aid
- Adult/Child/Infant CPR
- Preventing Disease Transmission/Bloodborne Pathogens Training
- First Aid, When Help is Delayed (the rules change when help is more than 30 minutes away from the scene)
- First Aid to People With Special Needs
- Emergency Childbirth (Lay Responder) Not only is this a great textbook, but compared to many other current Red Cross manuals, this one makes a great desk (or in-vehicle) reference, and has many articles and facts that are not taught in the classes. If you haven't taken a First Aid course lately, the CPR techniques have changed and the skill sheets in this book present these new methods at a glance. Good Samaritan Laws vary by state, but they all require a prudent Citizen-Responder to act within the level of his or her training and the immunity from civil lawsuit that the knowledge in this book can convey to you is worth its price many times over (not to mention your ability to make a positive difference at the scene of an accident or a disaster).
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