Scouting guide to wilderness first aid More than 200 essential skills for medical emergencies in remote environments
Book - 2019
"In the Scouting Guide to Wilderness First Aid, current Scouts, Scout alumni, and readers interested in the outdoors are provided with time-tested advice on how to safely identify, harvest, and use edible wild plants. Some practical tips include: How to triage, assess, and identify medical emergencies What to include in a first aid kit for your home When to seek help for health emergencies How to safely move a sick or injured person How to perform CPR and use an automatic external defibrillator What the proper procedures are for broken bones, hypothermia, burns, and sprains And so much more! Since 1910, the Boy Scouts of America has helped build the future leaders of this country by combining educational activities and lifelong values ...with fun. The BSA is committed to training youth in responsible citizenship, character development, and self-reliance through participation in a wide range of outdoor activities"--
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- Genres
- Handbooks and manuals
- Published
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New York, NY :
Skyhorse Publishing
[2019]
- Language
- English
- Corporate Author
- Corporate Author
- Other Authors
- Physical Description
- xiv, 164 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBN
- 9781510739710
- Assessment system/CPR
- Abdominal pain
- Allergic reactions and anaphylaxis
- Altitude illness
- Blisters
- Burns
- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
- Chest pain
- Chest trauma
- Dental pain
- Diabetic emergencies
- Drowning
- Eyes, ears, nose, and throat
- Female genital problems
- Frostbite
- Head injury
- Heat illness
- Hypothermia
- Infectious disease
- Lightning
- Lung problems
- Male genital problems
- Musculoskeletal injuries
- Nervous system
- Skin irritation
- Toxins, bites, and stings
- Trauma
- Wound care