This revised edition provides you with everything you need to know to act effectively in medical and first aid emergencies. Written by a team of experienced first aid trainers, the manual teaches you to recognise and assess emergency situations and medical conditions, and guides you in providing appropriate first aid treatment.

Module 1: The principles of first aid 

Mod 2: Action in an emergency

Mod 3: Elementary anatomy & physiology

Mod 4: Multiple casualties and injuries

Module 5: Major first aid techniques

Mod 6: The recovery position

Mod 7: Respiratory emergencies

Mod 8: Shock

Mod 9: Wounds and bleeding

Mod 10: Burns

Mod 11: Bites and stings

Mod 12: Environmental conditions

Mod 13: Poisons

Mod 14: Dressings and bandages

Mod 15: Fractures, dislocations and soft-tissue injuries

Mod 16: Spinal injury

Mod 17: Moving the casualty

Mod 18: Emergency childbirth

Mod 19: Allergies