In recent years, international medicine has become a growth industry. International aid organizations, religious organizations, and medical schools all provide opportunities for health care workers to travel to developing countries to provide needed medical care to the worldβs poorest citizens. Ethi
First Aid: For Community Health Workers in Developing Countries
β Scribed by Muriel Skeet (auth.)
- Publisher
- Macmillan Education UK
- Year
- 1984
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 114
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-ix
What to Find Out and What to Look For when Someone has an Accident or Becomes Ill Suddenly....Pages 1-8
What to Do when Someone Cannot Breathe Properly....Pages 9-16
What to Do when Someone has a Bad Cut or Wound....Pages 17-25
What to Do when Someone is Burned or Scalded....Pages 26-28
What to Do when Someone Cannot be Woken Up....Pages 29-31
What to Do when Someone Swallows Poison or is Poisoned by a Sting or Bite....Pages 32-39
What to Do when Someone has a Belly Pain (Stomach Ache)....Pages 40-46
What to Do when a Pregnant Woman Becomes Ill....Pages 47-52
What to Do when a Pregnant Woman Goes into Labour....Pages 53-61
What to Do when Someone has a Fit....Pages 62-66
What to Do when Someone is Affected by Great Heat or Cold....Pages 67-69
What to Do when Someone Breaks a Bone....Pages 70-80
What to Do when Something is Wrong with the Eye, the Ear, the Nose, or the Mouth....Pages 81-84
How to Take a Patient to Medical Help....Pages 85-93
Back Matter....Pages 94-106
β¦ Subjects
Emergency Medicine
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