Download or read book Survival Medicine for Beginners a Quick Start Guide to Coping with Injury During Disaster written by M. Usman and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-05-01 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Table of Contents Introduction Chapter 1 - What's In Your Kit? I - The Basic contents of a good first aid kit II - Conditions for use and precautions III - Alternative methods for when your pack is not enough Chapter 2 - Maintaining Your Health I - Retaining fluids and preventing dehydration II - Maintaining your nutritional intake III - A guide to sterile and safe hygiene practices IV - The importance of rest Chapter 3 - Using medicines from your kit I - A quick guide to painkillers, their effects and conditions they should be used in II - Antiseptics and their uses in preventing infection III - Antibiotics and the situations they should be used in Chapter 4 - Using indigenous plants that have medicinal properties I - Identifying and using plants as painkillers II - Common plants with antiseptic properties III - Precautions and dangers of using plants as medicines Chapter 5 - Injuries to bones or joints I - Methods for binding injuries II - Materials that can be used as dressings III - A guide to caring for dislocations and sprains Chapter 6 - Emergency and Lifesaving Techniques I - Controlling blood flow from wounds II - A quick guide to CPR Conclusion Author Bio Publisher Introduction Disaster can strike at any given moment - whether you live in close proximity to natural hazards such as an earthquake zone or active volcano, or whether you live in a seemingly safe urban area. Your geographical location is a major factor when considering the different ways that you may be exposed to dangers, however this is an issue that has the potential to affect you at home, on holiday, or even when you're visiting a new area. In such situations, it may be difficult to reach the emergency services or contact someone that may be able to help you - you could find yourself isolated from human settlement and left to your instinctive devices. The basics to survival medicine are often overlooked and cast aside when it comes to common knowledge. How many of us could use indigenous plants as an antiseptic? How many of us could bind a wound using natural dressings? These are key skills that we have no use for in our everyday lives and of course, we can always use a helpful app or the internet to help us, right? But, what could we do in situations when those luxuries are out of reach and the only tools we have is the environment around us? This guide will cover the essential basics in survival medicine, giving you a basic knowledge and understanding of how to cope with injuries in such distressing situations. From the contents of your survival pack to using potentially life-saving plants and applying emergency techniques - this guide will help you to build up a solid foundation. If you ever find yourself injured in a disaster situation, you'll know where to begin.
Download or read book Survival Medicine for Beginners A Quick start Guide to Coping with Injury during Disaster written by M. Usman and published by Mendon Cottage Books. This book was released on 2015-06-11 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Table of Contents Introduction Chapter 1 – What’s In Your Kit? I – The Basic contents of a good first aid kit II – Conditions for use and precautions III – Alternative methods for when your pack is not enough Chapter 2 – Maintaining Your Health I – Retaining fluids and preventing dehydration II – Maintaining your nutritional intake III – A guide to sterile and safe hygiene practices IV – The importance of rest Chapter 3 – Using medicines from your kit I – A quick guide to painkillers, their effects and conditions they should be used in II – Antiseptics and their uses in preventing infection III – Antibiotics and the situations they should be used in Chapter 4 – Using indigenous plants that have medicinal properties I – Identifying and using plants as painkillers II – Common plants with antiseptic properties III – Precautions and dangers of using plants as medicines Chapter 5 – Injuries to bones or joints I – Methods for binding injuries II – Materials that can be used as dressings III – A guide to caring for dislocations and sprains Chapter 6 – Emergency and Lifesaving Techniques I – Controlling blood flow from wounds II – A quick guide to CPR Conclusion Author Bio Publisher Introduction Disaster can strike at any given moment – whether you live in close proximity to natural hazards such as an earthquake zone or active volcano, or whether you live in a seemingly safe urban area. Your geographical location is a major factor when considering the different ways that you may be exposed to dangers, however this is an issue that has the potential to affect you at home, on holiday, or even when you’re visiting a new area. In such situations, it may be difficult to reach the emergency services or contact someone that may be able to help you – you could find yourself isolated from human settlement and left to your instinctive devices. The basics to survival medicine are often overlooked and cast aside when it comes to common knowledge. How many of us could use indigenous plants as an antiseptic? How many of us could bind a wound using natural dressings? These are key skills that we have no use for in our everyday lives and of course, we can always use a helpful app or the internet to help us, right? But, what could we do in situations when those luxuries are out of reach and the only tools we have is the environment around us? This guide will cover the essential basics in survival medicine, giving you a basic knowledge and understanding of how to cope with injuries in such distressing situations. From the contents of your survival pack to using potentially life-saving plants and applying emergency techniques – this guide will help you to build up a solid foundation. If you ever find yourself injured in a disaster situation, you’ll know where to begin.
Download or read book The Survival Medicine Handbook written by Winford Selia and published by . This book was released on 2021-03-16 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you had to deal with an injury or illness in a disaster, would you know what to do? In this Survival Medicine And First Aid book, you will discover: - The golden rules of a first response to make sure your patient survives - The key items you'll want to include in your disaster first aid kit - How to diagnose common maladies and injuries -- and how to help - And much, MUCH more. With this unique book, you'll have a head start on keeping your family healthy in times of trouble.
Download or read book The Ultimate Survival Medicine Guide written by Joseph Alton and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No one knows what the next disaster will be: earthquake, Coronavirus, flu epidemic, flood, terrorist attack. But everyone should know how to survive a medical emergency if a medical professional isn’t available. From Dr. Joe Alton and Amy Alton ARNP comes an updated edition of their bestseller The Survival Medicine Handbook. This unique medical book is meant to enable the average person to handle injuries and illness in situations in which modern medical facilities and professionals aren’t available due to a disaster. This book is written by America’s top medical preparedness experts: Joe Alton, MD, and Amy Alton, ARNP. Their mission: to put a medically prepared person in every family for when medical help is not on the way. Using decades of medical experience, they address, in plain language, dozens of medical issues associated with surviving disasters and epidemics. The Altons also discuss the medical supplies needed to become a medical asset to your family and community as well as alternative and natural strategies for when pharmaceuticals aren’t available. Topics include: Appendicitis and Conditions that Mimic It Urinary Tract Infections Mosquito-Borne Illnesses Allergic Reactions and Anaphylaxis Head Injuries Animal Bites Snake Bites Head injuries Kidney Stones Dislocations and Fractures Nosebleeds Pain Medications Natural Pain Relief And much much more! Most medical books will send you to the doctor or hospital when an emergency happens. The Altons assume that the worst might actually happen—that the average person could be left without medical help in a disaster. With their book, you can keep your family healthy in times of trouble.
Download or read book Survival Medicine First Aid written by Beau Griffin and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-11 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a POST-DISASTER WORLD, You Can Be WORTH YOUR WEIGHT IN GOLD as the ONLY SURVIVOR WITH MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE After a disaster, there's a single, vital skill that very few survivors will have. Fighters and builders are important, but there is no survivor so valuable and sought after as the one who can help out when illness or injury strikes. As any good prepper knows, thinking ahead and planning ahead will enable you to live a good and healthy life completely off the grid. The ability to care for the sick and injured? That's one of the most important preparations you can make.I've Spent My Life Honing My Own Skills as a Survivalist, and Now I'm Here to Show YOU How You Can KEEP YOUR LOVED ONES HEALTHY AND ALIVEHi, I'm Beau Griffin. I'm an expert survivalist and I've had a lot of practice at living off the beaten path, making my way with nothing but a set of basic tools and my own experience to sustain me. I've tested out the territory and learned by doing and now I am here to put that knowledge to good use: teaching you how to be the emergency responder that you and your loved ones will NEED after a disaster.Give Me ONE DAY and I'll DOUBLE Your Chances of SurvivalGive me a week and you'll have a broad knowledge and understanding of the emergencies you are likely to encounter in a post-disaster world.In this book, we'll cover: -The golden rules of a first response to make sure your patient survives-The key items you'll want to include in your disaster first aid kit-How to diagnose common maladies and injuries -- and how to help-And much, MUCH more. If You Don't Read This Guide, You Risk LOSING LIVES TO ACCIDENT AND INJURY in a Post-disaster WorldThe medical techniques in this guide have been proven to work -- thousands of times over! I'm going to show you how you can be prepared for the inevitable illness and accidents that will occur after a disaster.All it takes is time, attention and practice to transform the knowledge within these pages into a basic knowledge of first aid and diagnosis that will save more lives than you might think once medical assistance is no longer available.START PREPARING YOUR POST-DISASTER MEDICAL SKILLS. Get this book NOW!
Download or read book The Ultimate Survival Medicine Guide written by May Vonfeldt and published by . This book was released on 2021-03-20 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you had to deal with an injury or illness in a disaster, would you know what to do? In this Survival Medicine And First Aid book, you will discover: - The golden rules of a first response to make sure your patient survives - The key items you'll want to include in your disaster first aid kit - How to diagnose common maladies and injuries -- and how to help - And much, MUCH more. With this unique book, you'll have a head start on keeping your family healthy in times of trouble.
Download or read book Survival Book Collection written by Helen Clay and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-05-20 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Getting Your FREE Bonus Download this book, read it to the end and see "BONUS: Your FREE Gift" chapter after the conclusion. Survival Book Collection: Survival Guide with First Aid Medications, Hacks, Tips and Tools to Keep You Safe BOOK #1: Survival Communication: Stay In Touch With Your Family When the World Goes Silent It's imperative to keep up communication with your family or friends during a trip as it is the only method for comprehending what's going on and what to do next in any emergency. That is the reason survival radios are a top need when you are making your emergency survival kit. You may ask why we ought to try utilizing a radio when we have less demanding methods for communication these days, by utilizing our mobile phones, tablets, and so forth. BOOK #2: Survival Cookbook: 20 Nutritious Tasty Prepping Recipes In Mason Jars "Survival Cookbook: 20 Nutritious Tasty Prepping Recipes In Mason Jars" is the key to your survival in the most adverse conditions. Whether you're lost away from civilization, or a natural disaster has struck and you're left alone, if you let this book guide you, you'd be able to survive the most unfavorable circumstances.This book is about some recipes that you can take advantage of when you're alone in the wilderness and you need to survive. You can learn how to make the best prepping recipes in mason jars when you have not enough to go on with. If you have done this before, you'd really find this book interesting. I have shared some easy recipes that would help you survive when the whole world is literally upside down around you. BOOK #3: Survival Guide: 15 Best Effective Proven Strategies and Tips to Survive a Disaster This book is about the skills that you need to survive a disaster. Natural disasters can happen at any time and who knows how long you would have to face the consequences of the disasters. To cope with the disasters, one must know how to survive in adverse circumstances. For this, it is essential to have certain survival skills and mindset. In this book, I will give you certain tips on how to survive the after-effects of a disaster. I would try my best to teach you the necessary strategies needed for survival in the harshest circumstances. BOOK #4: Survival Medicine: Things You Need In Your First-Aid Kit And Medical HandbookSurvival Medicine - Things You Need in Your First-Aid Kit and Medical Handbook is useful book that is written to guide you in times of need. Who knows when you might face an emergency situation where lack of basic medical knowledge can result in a huge mishap? This book would help you know some basic tips that would help you in times of a disaster or accident or emergency. You'd learn what basic things you need in your first aid kit so that when an emergency happens, you're ready to handle that before the professionals come in. You'd also learn how to be ready in case of small accidents and emergencies and how to help if someone's injured or wounded. BOOK #5: Survival Medicine Handbook: Essential Things Every Medicine Kit Needs And First-aid In Case Of Emergency Whether you're a naturalist, an athlete, or just spending some time with friends or family, there's always the chance that you will find yourself in need of emergency attention. Don't let an outdated, mostly empty, or worse yet, absent first aid kit make the difference between life and death. Find out, in a few short pages, what is absolutely essential to have at all times for a medical emergency and how to get it with minimal time and effort. Download your E book "Survival Book Collection 5 IN 1" by scrolling up and clicking "Buy Now with 1-Click" button! Tags: Survival Books, Survival Guide, First Aid, Emergency, Survival Skills Book, Emergency Medicine
Download or read book Survival Guide In Emergency written by Howard Searcey and published by . This book was released on 2021-03-20 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you had to deal with an injury or illness in a disaster, would you know what to do? In this Survival Medicine And First Aid book, you will discover: - The golden rules of a first response to make sure your patient survives - The key items you'll want to include in your disaster first aid kit - How to diagnose common maladies and injuries -- and how to help - And much, MUCH more. With this unique book, you'll have a head start on keeping your family healthy in times of trouble.
Download or read book Survival Medicine written by Matthew Coleridge and published by . This book was released on 2020-04-23 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you know how to save lives in survival situations when there is no medical support? Epidemics, hurricanes, fires, earthquakes: sudden disasters can be of any type and in these dramatic situations it is important to put life first. Imagine that one of your relatives needs medical help but you don't know how to act and how you can save their life. It can happen to everybody to end up in an unexpected emergency when a fast intervention can make the difference between life and death. It's important and necessary for everyone to know how to behave and manage a person in mortal danger that requires immediate and proper help. Statistical numbers speak for themselves In UK, every year, approximately 150000 people die for a lack of first aid skills, the same number of dead people from cancer. Every year one million children are victims of accidents. The 82% of parents are unaware of what to do in emergency situations, like burns, chocking and injuries. Extra content: epidemics and viruses At the end of the book, you will find some extra content about epidemics and viruses with historical references, understanding how these invisible enemies take action and how you can face them. What are the contents of this book? You will learn more about: First Aid maneuvers; The necessary items you'll want to include in your first aid kit; How to control panic in emergency situations; First Aid for children; How to diagnose any kind of injuries; Treatment of animal bites, infections, burns and more; How to behave during an epidemic and viruses (extra); And much more! Target: Everyone should read this book to always be prepared for these kinds of situations; If you don't know anything about medicine and first aid; If you care about the lives of the people around you;
Download or read book To Survival 014 written by Dennis Holden and published by . This book was released on 2021-07-30 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This excellent medical book aims to provide A comprehensive course in emergency medicine, including how to maximize survival in any climate or when injured It also aims to enable the average person to handle injuries and illness in situations in which modern medical facilities and professionals aren't available. To Survival 014 The Ultimate A Field Easy Guide medical to Survival for ANY Disaster assumes what might actually happen - that the average person could be left without medical help in a disaster. With this unique book, you'll have a head start on keeping your family healthy in times of trouble. Inside, you'll also discover detailed information on: 1 Basic Definition First aid 2 Personal safety Evaluation of the scene, security, and situation Security rules 3 Injured evaluation Immediate Simultaneous Evaluation Primary evaluation Secondary evaluation 4 Vital Signs Technique V.E.S 5 Airway obstruction Manual methods of airway management Adult airway clearance maneuver Adult airway clearance maneuver unconscious 6 Rescue Breathing for adults Rescue breathing maneuver 7 Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation Cardiopulmonary resuscitation maneuver Recovery position 8 Wounds and hemorrhages Types of wounds and bleeding Methods to inhibit a hemorrhage 9 Sprains, Dislocations, and Fractures Definitions Treatment 10 Bandages Rules for performing a bandage Circular bandage Herringbone bandage Bandage in Sling Capelin 11 Environmental emergencies Heat skin lesions: burns Types of burn Specific burns 12 Systemic heat injuries: cramp. exhaustion. stroke hot Cold skin lesions: frostbite 13 Systemic cold injuries hypothermia 14 Most Common Medical Conditions in Emergencies Epilepsy and seizures Asthma Acute Myocardial Infarction and angina pectoris Hypertensive crisis Poisonings and poisonings Basic elements of a first aid kit
Download or read book The Survival Medicine Handbook written by Joseph Alton and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 671 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Are you prepared to deal with medical issues in a disaster or epidemic if the ambulance is heading in the OTHER direction? What if YOU were the end of the line when it came to your family's health and well-being"--Page 4 of cover.
Download or read book When Disaster Strikes written by Matthew Stein and published by Chelsea Green Publishing. This book was released on 2011-11-16 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Disasters often strike without warning and leave a trail of destruction in their wake. Yet armed with the right tools and information, survivors can fend for themselves and get through even the toughest circumstances. Matthew Stein's When Disaster Strikes provides a thorough, practical guide for how to prepare for and react in many of life's most unpredictable scenarios. In this disaster-preparedness manual, he outlines the materials you'll need-from food and water, to shelter and energy, to first-aid and survival skills-to help you safely live through the worst. When Disaster Strikes covers how to find and store food, water, and clothing, as well as the basics of installing back-up power and lights. You'll learn how to gather and sterilize water, build a fire, treat injuries in an emergency, and use alternative medical sources when conventional ones are unavailable. Stein instructs you on the smartest responses to natural disasters-such as fires, earthquakes, hurricanes and floods-how to keep warm during winter storms, even how to protect yourself from attack or other dangerous situations. With this comprehensive guide in hand, you can be sure to respond quickly, correctly, and confidently when a crisis threatens.
Download or read book Guide for All Hazard Emergency Operations Planning written by Kay C. Goss and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1998-05 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meant to aid State & local emergency managers in their efforts to develop & maintain a viable all-hazard emergency operations plan. This guide clarifies the preparedness, response, & short-term recovery planning elements that warrant inclusion in emergency operations plans. It offers the best judgment & recommendations on how to deal with the entire planning process -- from forming a planning team to writing the plan. Specific topics of discussion include: preliminary considerations, the planning process, emergency operations plan format, basic plan content, functional annex content, hazard-unique planning, & linking Federal & State operations.
Download or read book Outdoor Medical Emergency Handbook written by Spike Briggs and published by Firefly Books. This book was released on 2016-02-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A guide to handling emergency situations in the wilderness. Provides a guide to preparation, emergency response and assessment, aftercare and rescue procedures."--
Download or read book The Survival Doctor s Complete Handbook written by James Hubbard, MD and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-05-17 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's the worst snowstorm you can remember. The ice-covered streets are abandoned. You hear a boom in the distance, and your computer screen goes blank. Darkness. A crash and another bang from inside the house. In the hallway, your husband sits on the floor, soaked in blood. You dial 911, and all you get is a busy signal. Would you know what to do next? The Survival Doctor’s Complete Handbook will teach you just what you need to know to take care of yourself and your loved ones in the event you aren’t able to get professional medical help right away. Encompassing but going well beyond immediate first aid, the book covers: how to put a dislocated joint back into place how to prevent hypothermia when your heat has gone out what to do for asthma when you don’t have your inhaler whether you can really drink your own urine if you run out of water what to feed your toddler if he has a fever and you have no medicine and much more Featuring more than 100 illustrations, along with quick quizzes and real-life examples, The Survival Doctor’s Complete Handbook will take you step by step through the essentials of medical care during a crisis. Perhaps you’ve been stranded by a sudden storm when out camping. Maybe you live alone in a rural area, and can’t easily get to a doctor when you hurt your arm. Or you just want to make sure you and your family are prepared to safely weather the next Superstorm Sandy, polar vortex, tornado strike, heat wave, earthquake, or other natural disaster. Whatever your situation and your health needs, The Survival Doctor’s Complete Handbook is your must-have medical resource.
Download or read book First Aid Survival and CPR written by Shirley A Jones and published by F.A. Davis. This book was released on 2011-10-05 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Awarded AJN Book of the Year Award 2012! From performing CPR on an adult, child, or infant to dealing with bleeding and shock, cuts and broken bones, heart attacks, emergency childbirth, poisoning, drowning, scuba diving mishaps, wilderness survival, and natural disasters such as tornadoes, wildfires, floods, and earthquakes…this portable, waterproof guide helps you quickly find the information you need to develop a plan of action for assessing and treating all kinds of first aid and survival emergencies.
Download or read book Herbal Medic written by Sam Coffman and published by Storey Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2021-08-03 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With a focus on herbal medicine and first-aid essentials, former Green Beret medic and clinical herbalist Sam Coffman presents this comprehensive home reference on medical emergency preparedness for times when professional medical care is unavailable. Herbal Medic covers first-aid essentials, such how to assess a situation and a person in need of treatment and distinguish between illness and injury, as well as how to prepare and use herbs when there is no access to conventional medical treatment. In addition, the book provides a basic introduction to herbal medicine, with detailed entries on the best herbs to use in treatment; information on disease in the body and how herbs work against it; instructions for making herbal preparations; a list of those herbs the author has found most useful in his clinical experience; and a wide array of specific herbal care protocols for a multitude of acute health issues.
