Responding to Emergencies Comprehensive First Aid/CPR/AED

✍ Scribed by American Red Cross

• Publisher: American Red Cross
• Year: 2012
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 536
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This participant’s textbook is part of the American Red Cross Responding to Emergencies:
Comprehensive First Aid/CPR/AED program. By itself, it does not constitute complete and
comprehensive training. Visit redcross.org to learn more about this program.
The emergency care procedures outlined in this book reflect the standard of knowledge and
accepted emergency practices in the United States at the time this book was published. It is the
reader’s responsibility to stay informed of changes in emergency care procedures.

✦ Table of Contents

About This Course ________ xiv
Health Precautions and Guidelines During Training __ xix
PART ONE INTRODUCTION ___1
Chapter 1: If Not You . . . Who? _____3
Chapter 2: Responding to an Emergency ___ 17
Chapter 3: Before Giving Care ____ 27
PART TWO ASSESSMENT ___ 43
Chapter 4: The Human Body _____ 45
Chapter 5: Checking the Person ____ 67
PART THREE LIFE-THREATENING
EMERGENCIES ____ 91
Chapter 6: Cardiac Emergencies _____ 93
Chapter 7: Breathing Emergencies ___ 125
Chapter 8: Bleeding ______ 155
Chapter 9: Shock _____ 167
PART FOUR INJURIES ___ 175
Chapter 10: Soft Tissue Injuries____ 177
Chapter 11: Musculoskeletal Injuries ____ 203
Chapter 12: Injuries to the Extremities ___ 219
Chapter 13: Injuries to the Head, Neck and Spine __ 243
Chapter 14: Injuries to the Chest, Abdomen and Pelvis _ 261
Contents v
PART FIVE MEDICAL EMERGENCIES _ 273
Chapter 15: Sudden Illnesses _____ 275
Chapter 16: Poisoning _____ 295
Chapter 17: Bites and Stings ____ 315
Chapter 18: Substance Abuse and Misuse __ 333
Chapter 19: Heat-Related Illnesses and
Cold-Related Emergencies ___ 351
PART SIX SPECIAL SITUATIONS __ 369
Chapter 20: Water-Related Emergencies ___ 371
Chapter 21: Pediatric, Older Adult and Special Situations __ 383
Chapter 22: Emergency Childbirth ___ 405
Chapter 23: Disaster, Remote and Wilderness Emergencies ___ 419
Appendix A: A Safer and Healthier Life ___ 443
Appendix B: Answers to Ready to Respond Questions
and Answers to Study Questions __ 461
Glossary _______ 483
Sources _______ 497
Index ________ 503