Emergency First Aid

By Sally Pederson

Learn the basics of how to respond during a medical emergency.
Content includes:
•Priority Action Approach for conscious and unconscious patients
•First aid for airway, breathing and circulation emergencies,
•First aid for minor wounds,
•Patient handling techniques with spinal precautions to initially move an injured worker,
•Mechanisms of injury capable of producing spinal injury

This book teaches you how to recognize and treat emergencies such as cardiac arrest, stroke and choking. It includes instruction in dealing with adult, child and infant obstructed airways (choking), adult, child and infant CPR theory, rescue breathing skills and the use of an Automated External Defibrillator. It also teaches you how to control bleeding and proper bandaging techniques.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Sally Pederson
• Release date: Jul 8, 2013
• ISBN: 9781301399604

Sally Pederson

Sally is a highly skilled and versatile professional with a background in healthcare, education, and the hospitality industry. She has a passion for helping others and a dedication to making a positive impact in the world. As a Certified Life Coach and the founder of Global Citizen Life, a boutique consulting company that helps entrepreneurs and business owners legally reduce taxes, obtain citizenships and residencies, and protect assets while living in a country of their choice.Her expertise in health and safety is evident in her role as the Director of Operations and an Instructor at a Safety Training and Consulting company for 20 years where she helped organizations meet government rules and regulations by providing health and safety-related training, developing courses, and designing safety manuals, emergency response plans, and hazard assessments. She was also a certified instructor for First Aid, CPR, and AED, where she helped train people to handle emergency situations and wrote several books on various illnesses.As an award-winning freelance travel writer, she combined her love of exploring new places with her writing talent to create compelling stories.Staying healthy is very important with her busy schedule so when she is not working she can be found in a gym, outside running, or practicing yoga. In her spare time, she enjoys dinner and drinks with friends, reading, and is most likely making her next travel plans.Fueled by pasta and seafood, cheese and chocolate, wine and whiskey – the only requirements for survival – Sally has the true ‘Wanderlust Gene’.

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Emergency First Aid

With CPR and AED

Sally Pederson

Copyright Sally Pederson 2013

Published by Blue Stone Publishing at Smashwords

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Table of Contents

Introduction

Anatomy & Physiology

Choking

The Heart

The Brain

The EMS System

Barriers

DR. 911. CABD

CPR

Defibrillation

Recovery Position

Special Considerations

Shock, Fainting, Unconsciousness

Bleeding & Bandaging

Introduction

Throughout this book you will learn the necessary life-saving skills of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR). CPR is an emergency procedure that keeps blood and oxygen flowing to vital organs when the heart has stopped beating. You will also learn how to recognize an emergency including Heart Attacks, Strokes, and Choking (foreign-body airway obstruction) patients. Approximately 330,000 people die annually from coronary heart disease before reaching an emergency room in North America. In addition to all of this, you will also learn how to deal with people (1) going into shock, (2) bleeding as well as (3) correct bandaging techniques.

Risk Factors

There are several risk factors for the development of Cardiovascular Disease (CVD). CVD includes all diseases of the circulatory system including acute myocardial infarction (heart attack), ischemic heart disease, peripheral vascular disease, arrhythmias, hypertension (high blood pressure), and cerebral vascular disease (stroke). CVD begins when fatty deposits, like cholesterol and cellular debris, accumulate in the inside of the arteries. As the yellowish substance builds, the arteries become narrower and less blood flows through them. As this procedure continues the heart has to work harder to pump the blood through the narrow arteries. The decisions you make everyday in our life may increase our chances of developing CVD.

Controllable Risk Factors

-Drinking Alcohol - Some studies have shown moderate use of alcohol will reduce the risk of heart disease. If you drink, limit your consumption to less than two drinks per day. One drink is considered 1-350ml beer @ 5%, 1-50ml oz of liquor @ 40%, or 1-150ml glass of wine @ 12%. Do not binge drink.

-Being Overweight - Being overweight is one of