Description
First Aid for Colleges and Universities, Tenth Edition, is intended for students in a full-semester course, designed specifically for college-level courses in First Aid, and meets American Red Cross (ARC) and American Heart Association (AHA) guidelines. Course completion leads to First Aid/CPR certification from the ARC and AHA. In addition to preparing students to pass certification exams, it also contains more depth and detail than other available texts in the same market. In addition to comprehensive coverage of all first aid situations a responder is likely to encounter, this book provides self-tests, critical thinking exercises, and skill assessment checklists. The Tenth Edition features the new 2010 AHA and ARC CPR Guidelines, which affect many critical procedures in the entire field. In addition to being extremely current, the book also features a helpful end of chapter summary highlighting both the ARC and AHA guidelines of that chapters/content. A fresh new design makes this book engaging to the reader, while easy to navigate. Illustrations and photos have also been selectively updated and refreshed throughout the book.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction to First Aid Care
2. Anatomy and Physiology of Body Systems
3. Victim Assessment
4. Basic Life Support: Artificial Ventilation
5. Basic Life Support: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
6. Bleeding and Shock
7. Soft-Tissue Injuries
8. Injuries to the Face, Eye, and Throat
9. Injuries to the Chest, Abdomen, and Genitalia
10. Dressing and Bandaging
11. Musculoskeletal Injuries
12. Common Sport and Recreational Injuries
13. Head and Spine Injuries
14. Poisoning Emergencies
15. Drug and Alcohol Emergencies
16. Cardiovascular and Stroke Emergencies
17. Respiratory Emergencies
18. Diabetic Emergencies
19. Acute Abdominal Distress and Related Emergencies
20. Seizures, Dizziness, and Fainting
21. Childbirth and Related Emergencies
22. Pediatric and Geriatric Emergencies
23. Bites and Stings
24. Burn Emergencies
25. Heat and Cold Emergencies
26. Water Emergencies
27. Wilderness Emergencies
28. Psychological Emergencies and Disasters
29. Lifting and Moving Victims
30. Vehicle Stabilization and Victim Extrication
Purchase Info 
With CourseSmart eTextbooks and eResources, you save up to 60% off the price of new print textbooks, and can switch between studying online or offline to suit your needs.
Once you have purchased your eTextbooks and added them to your CourseSmart bookshelf, you can access them anytime, anywhere.
First Aid for Colleges and Universities, CourseSmart eTextbook, 10th Edition
Format: Electronic Book
$43.99 | ISBN-13: 978-0-321-76604-5
