American Red Cross First Aid: Responding to Emergencies [Paperback]

American National Red Cross (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 504 pages
• Publisher: Staywell; 3 edition (June 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1584801018
• ISBN-13: 978-1584801016
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #293,234 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent introduction for citizen responders, January 25, 2004

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GEORGE R. FISHER (Boston MA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: American Red Cross First Aid: Responding to Emergencies (Paperback)

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.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, excellent book, April 15, 2004

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Matt Stevenson (Covina, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: American Red Cross First Aid: Responding to Emergencies (Paperback)

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.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Single Source for Citizen-Responder First Aid!, April 1, 2004

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Colonel "searchandrescue" (Fredericksburg, VA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: American Red Cross First Aid: Responding to Emergencies (Paperback)

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).