First Aid/How To Read This Book

 First Aid 

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Introduction — Issues in Providing Care — Primary Assessment & Basic Life Support — Secondary Assessment — Circulatory Emergencies

Respiratory Emergencies — Soft Tissue Injuries — Bone & Joint Injuries — Environmental Illness & Injury

Medical Conditions & Poisoning — Advanced Topics — Appendices — Meta content

Internationally-recognized standards

Regional Note
Where there is a different thing to do depending on the place that you're in, it is noted in this box..

This book is international - we have tried to use international standards as much as possible. Where required, we've added regional notes to highlight regional differences.

Boxes highlight important information

Caution
This type of box has instructions where you will need to be more careful

Don't do this!
This shows the reader a usual mistake or something that could hurt someone else.

Best Practice
These boxes show the reader the "best way" of doing something.

 

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Introduction 

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Authors — How To Read This Book — What is First Aid? — First Aid Training