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Revised 8th edition First Aid manual

Would you know what to do if someone’s life was in your hands?

Every year in the UK almost 4,000 people die in accidents in the home, but how many of us know what to do in an emergency? Would you know what to do if your baby was choking? Or if your child had suffered an allergic reaction?

The First Aid Manual is quite simply a lifesaver, giving the details of essential emergency procedures for everyone to follow at home, in the workplace or at leisure, and providing the confidence to give effective First Aid treatment anywhere, at any time.
The only First Aid guide to be written and fully authorised by the UK’s leading First Aid providers - St John’s Ambulance, the St Andrew’s Ambulance Association and the British Red Cross - the First Aid Manual, currently in its eighth edition, has been newly updated. Fully revised with new techniques, it continues to build on the sound expertise of the former editions; providing clear, fully illustrated step-by-step advice on dealing with any First Aid situation, whether it’s a nosebleed or a heart attack.

Covering everything anyone needs to know about First Aid, the updated edition is more comprehensive than ever before and incorporates all the latest First Aid techniques, including the revised guidelines on resuscitation published by the UK Resuscitation Council at the end of 2005. These procedures have been simplified and re-photographed making the information in this edition even more accessible. Chapters continue to be colour-coded and within each section, procedures are organised from head to toe. In addition, more than 400 photographs and computer-generated artworks add clarity and understanding, giving the reader increased confidence when handling emergency procedures - there is even step-by-step advice on how to use a defibrillator. A unique 32-page quick-reference emergency booklet is also provided with each copy of the Manual.

The First Aid Manual is the essential guide to keep to hand at home, at work and in the car, to ensure that you know what to do when someone’s life is in your hands.

Can you afford to be without it?