Premergency First Aid, CPR and AED Manual

Table of Contents

CHAPTER 7 - Bleeding, Wound Care & Trauma.193 • Bleeding ............................................................. 194 • External Bleeding ............................................. 195 • Signs and Symptoms ....................................... 196 • Severe external bleeding.................................. 196 • Controlling Bleeding........................................ 196 • Open Wounds and Precautions...................... 198 • Types of Wounds .............................................. 198 • Assessment and First Aid................................ 204 • Internal Bleeding .............................................. 205 • Wound Infection .............................................. 208 • Dressings and Bandages .................................. 208 • Securing bandages............................................ 213 • Head and Face injury....................................... 218 • Scalp Wound..................................................... 220 • Ear Injuries........................................................ 221 • Eye injuries........................................................ 222 • Nosebleed .......................................................... 229 • Mouth injuries .................................................. 230 • Neck and Throat injuries................................. 230

• Puncture injury................................................. 231 • Penetrating Chest Wound ............................... 232 • Abdominal wounds.......................................... 234 • Gunshot wounds .............................................. 236 • Blast injury ........................................................ 237 • Crush injury ..................................................... 239 • Burns.................................................................. 250 • Anatomy of a Burn........................................... 251 • Assessment and First Aid................................ 256 • Chemical burns ................................................ 256 • Electrical burns................................................. 258 • Inhalation burns ............................................... 261 • Radiation burns ................................................ 262 • Slivers or splinters ............................................ 263 • Bites and stings ................................................. 264 • Vital Vocabulary............................................... 277

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