Buy a copy of this must-have book and with proper first aid training you could save someone’s life

From first-aid essentials to life-saving procedures, it’s vital to know what to do to cope with life’s little (and big) emergencies – and what better time to learn than First Aid Awareness Week? The brand new 9th edition of the[A1]  best-selling First Aid Manual, published by Dorling Kindersley (DK), outlines how to deal with more than 100 medical conditions and injuries, when friends, family or colleagues fall ill or get hurt, whether at home, at work, in the car, in the gym, on holiday or even playing sport. 

The First Aid Manual is the only comprehensive, fully illustrated guide to treating casualties in emergency situations on the market, and features up-to-date guidelines and advice on the latest best practice and first aid techniques, including how to treat asthma and severe allergic reactions.  

This must-have book is the result of a unique and close collaboration between DK and St John Ambulance, St. Andrew’s Ambulance Association, and the British Red Cross, the UK''s three leading first-aid societies and, as their official training manual, the book draws on hundreds of years of their combined experience.  The 9th edition is still the only guide written and endorsed by all three voluntary organisations and the Health and Safety Executive lists the Manual as the source for first aid protocols to which all workplace first aiders in the UK have to be trained.  

 

The 9th edition First Aid Manual has a fresh new look and has been fully revised, both redesigned and restructured, to ensure that information is more accessible than ever before.  Brand new user-friendly, step-by-step photographs, reflecting real-life scenarios, are used throughout the book to show you exactly how to treat casualties. 

The book is divided into 13 chapters. The first three new introductory chapters look at the issues around delivering first aid: what it is like to be a first aider, before, during and – critically – after an event; how to stay safe when managing an incident; and how to go about assessing a casualty.

Keep a copy of the First Aid Manual to hand, whether in your home, suitcase, office first aid kit or car glove-box, in case of emergency.  This book is not only for first aid trainees, but also for anyone who wants an outstandingly clear, accessible guide showing what to do in any first aid situation at home, work or leisure.  Now is the perfect time to make a safe investment: buy a copy of this must-have book and with proper first aid training you could save someone’s life.