First Aid Handbook--Crucial Survival Skills, Emergency Procedures & Lifesaving Medical Information by Department of the Army -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Table of Contents

PREFACE CHAPTER 1 FUNDAMENTAL CRITERIA FOR FIRST AID

1-1. General 1-2. Terminology 1-3. Understanding Vital Body Functions for First Aid 1-4. Adverse Conditions 1-5. Basics of First Aid 1-6. Evaluating a Casualty

CHAPTER 2 BASIC MEASURES FOR FIRST AID

2-1. General Section I. OPEN THE AIRWAY AND RESTORE BREATHING

2-2. Breathing Process 2-3. Assessment of and Positioning the Casualty 2-4. Opening the Airway of an Unconscious or Not Breathing Casualty 2-5. Rescue Breathing (Artificial Respiration) 2-6. Preliminary Steps — All Rescue Breathing Methods 2-7. Mouth-to-Mouth Method 2-8. Mouth-to-Nose Method 2-9. Heartbeat 2-10. Airway Obstructions 2-11. Opening the Obstructed Airway — Conscious Casualty 2-12. Opening the Obstructed Airway — Casualty Lying Down or Unresponsive

Section II. STOP THE BLEEDING AND PROTECT THE WOUND

2-13. General 2-14. Clothing 2-15. Entrance and Exit Wounds 2-16. Field Dressing 2-17. Manual Pressure 2-18. Pressure Dressing 2-19. Digital Pressure 2-20. Tourniquet

Section III. CHECK FOR SHOCK AND ADMINISTER FIRST AID MEASURES

2-21. General 2-22. Causes and Effects 2-23. Signs and Symptoms of Shock 2-24. First Aid Measures for Shock

CHAPTER 3 FIRST AID FOR SPECIFIC INJURIES

3-1. General 3-2. Head, Neck, and Facial Injuries 3-3. General First Aid Measures 3-4. Chest Wounds 3-5. First Aid for Chest Wounds 3-6. Abdominal Wounds 3-7. First Aid for Abdominal Wounds 3-8. Burn Injuries 3-9. First Aid for Burns 3-10. Dressings and Bandages 3-11. Shoulder Bandage 3-12. Elbow Bandage 3-13. Hand Bandage 3-14. Leg (Upper and Lower) Bandage 3-15. Knee Bandage 3-16. Foot Bandage

CHAPTER 4 FIRST AID FOR FRACTURES

4-1. General 4-2. Kinds of Fractures 4-3. Signs and Symptoms of Fractures 4-4. Purposes of Immobilizing Fractures 4-5. Splints, Padding, Bandages, Slings, and Swathes 4-6. Procedures for Splinting Suspected Fractures 4-7. Upper Extremity Fractures 4-8. Lower Extremity Fractures 4-9. Jaw, Collarbone, and Shoulder Fractures 4-10. Spinal Column Fractures 4-11. Neck Fractures

CHAPTER 5 FIRST AID FOR CLIMATIC INJURIES

5-1. General 5-2. Heat Injuries 5-3. Cold Injuries

CHAPTER 6 FIRST AID FOR BITES AND STINGS

6-1. General 6-2. Types of Snakes 6-3. Snakebites 6-4. Human or Animal Bites 6-5. Marine (Sea) Animals 6-6. Insect (Arthropod) Bites and Stings 6-7. First Aid for Bites and Stings

CHAPTER 7 FIRST AID IN A NUCLEAR, BIOLOGICAL, AND CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENT

7-1. General 7-2. First Aid Materials 7-3. Classification of Chemical and Biological Agents 7-4. Conditions for Masking Without Order or Alarm 7-5. First Aid for a Chemical Attack 7-6. Background Information on Nerve Agents 7-7. Signs and Symptoms of Nerve Agent Poisoning 7-8. First Aid for Nerve Agent Poisoning 7-9. Blister Agents 7-10. Choking Agents (Lung-Damaging Agents) 7-11. Cyanogen (Blood) Agents 7-12. Incapacitating Agents 7-13. Incendiaries 7-14. Biological Agents and First Aid 7-15. Toxins 7-16. Nuclear Detonation

CHAPTER 8 FIRST AID FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL REACTIONS

8-1. General 8-2. Importance of Psychological First Aid 8-3. Situations Requiring Psychological First Aid 8-4. Interrelationship of Psychological and Physical First Aid 8-5. Goals of Psychological First Aid 8-6. Respect for Others’ Feelings 8-7. Emotional and Physical Disability 8-8. Combat and Other Operational Stress Reactions 8-9. Reactions to Stress 8-10. Severe Stress or Stress Reaction 8-11. Application of Psychological First Aid 8-12. Reactions and Limitations 8-13. Stress Reactions

APPENDIX A FIRST AID CASE AND KITS, DRESSINGS, AND BANDAGES

A-1. First Aid Case with Field Dressings and Bandages A-2. General Purpose First Aid Kits A-3. Dressings A-4. Standard Bandages A-5. Triangular and Cravat (Swathe) Bandages

APPENDIX B RESCUE AND TRANSPORTATION PROCEDURES

B-1. General B-2. Principles of Rescue Operations B-3. Considerations B-4. Plan of Action B-5. Proper Handling of Casualties B-6. Positioning the Casualty B-7. Medical Evacuation and Transportation of Casualties B-8. Manual Carries B-9. Improvised Litters