The American Red Cross First Aid and Safety Handbook (Paperback)

by American Red Cross (Author), Kathleen A. Handal (Author) "As a lay "rescuer," your role is to identify and give first aid for a life-threatening condition until medical help arrives..." (more)
Key Phrases: point bleeding control, clothes drag technique, unconscious victim anything, Poison Control Center, Red Cross, Cold Exposure (more...)

Editorial Reviews

Review
I remember my mother keeping an old Red Cross first aid manual in the house when I was a kid; I would consult it whenever my teddy bear needed a sling or bandage. My bear survived, but I'm not sure what happened to that book. Happily, I found this new Handbook. It still has instructions for making slings, as well as current information for dealing with all sorts of emergencies from cuts and burns to electrocutions and strokes. Be sure to keep it with your first aid kit for on-the-spot reference. -- From The WomanSource Catalog & Review: Tools for Connecting the Community for Women; review by FGP

Product Description
Helps readers learn the crucial first aid measures to be applied in any situation, from cuts and burns to cardiac arrest, with instructions and drawings adapted for the first time for home use. 150,000 first printing. $400,000 ad/promo. Lit Guild.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Little, Brown and Company; 1 edition (May 27, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0316736465
• ISBN-13: 978-0316736466
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #139,397 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Needs Update, August 2, 2005

By	Richard L. Freeh - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The book has much of what you expect in a first aid book. The one problem is that the book hasn't been updated in a long time. One of the treatments recommended was outdated and wrong.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Out of date, January 30, 2009

By	Von (St. Louis, MO) - See all my reviews

While the first aid portion of the book is very good, all of the CPR information is out of date and does not reflect the standards adopted in 2005. This includes the standards for adult, child, and infant CPR; child and infant rescue breathing, and unconscious choking for adult and child.

15 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must for every home, May 22, 1999

By A Customer

This is one of the books Michael Hyatt recommends be in your Y2K library. It is the standard reference for dealing with injury and illness until the patient can get to a doctor.

The odds are that every day, people will be injured and you will want to be able to keep them alive and from additional injury. The Red Cross has been a major player in this area throughout the 20th century, and this book is a valuable tool for every household today AND in 2000. The more likely Y2K scenarios will still have medical help available, perhaps just harder to access. Even in the unlikely case where medical care is unavailable, the steps in this book will still be the appropriate first steps for treatment. You may want to find a book on 'wilderness medicine' to cover followup treatment if no doctor is available.