A Sigh of Relief: The First-Aid Handbook For Childhood Emergencies [Paperback]

Martin Green (Author), Martin I. Green (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 1994

An authoritative guide to childhood emergencies, injuries, and illnesses provides a thumb-indexed guide to more than one hundred first-aid procedures, featuring step-by-step, illustrated directions, as well as tips on poison control, injury prevention, and other key topics.

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Amazon.com Review

In an emergency, the last thing any parent needs is to have to scan through a table of contents or index, and then thumb through pages and pages of dense text looking for the CPR instructions. In A Sigh of Relief, help is a moment away. The back cover's emergency index leads to large, accurate graphics and easy-to-follow written instructions. Other sections include problem prevention, childhood illnesses, and drug identification. This is an excellent first-aid book to keep by the telephone (not far from the fire extinguisher). Oh yeah, it's got a place to write down emergency phone numbers, too.

Product Details

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Bantam; 4 edition (September 1, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 055335180X
• ISBN-13: 978-0553351804
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.5 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #884,649 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book can help save lives, August 22, 2009

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This review is from: A Sigh of Relief: The First-Aid Handbook For Childhood Emergencies (Paperback)

As a child, I grew up with "a sigh of relief" in our home, and it always came in handy when someone was injured. The color coded sections make it quick to find something in an emergency, and nearly every injury imaginable is covered with pictures and text so that when you are in a panic directions are easy to understand.

I recommend this to anyone who has a child and even to adults without children, as the instructions cross over to camping, hunting, fishing, electrical injury and seizures etc.

Additionally, I would recommend that parents give this book to their children to study, as my parents did. I was in a situation with an epileptic in high school who went into a seizure in class, and I was the only one (including the teacher who had apparently been instructed by the school in how to help her) who knew what the proper steps were to clear the space around her, hold the back of her head etc. It was all from reading this book frequently (because I liked the pictures) so giving it to a child can give them the tools to help someone with a potentially serious injury.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Easy to read and easy to use!, October 7, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: A Sigh of Relief: The First-Aid Handbook for Childhood Emergencies (Paperback)

I have owned-A Sigh of Relief- for many years, I find it easy to read and easy to understand. A must for anyone with children!!