Premergency First Aid, CPR and AED Manual

Table of Contents

CHAPTER 9 - Other Emergencies...................... 347 • Environmental Injury ......................................348 • Hypothermia .....................................................351 • Frostbite..............................................................359 • Heat Exposure ...................................................362 • Heat cramps .......................................................363 • Heat exhaustion.................................................364 • Heatstroke ..........................................................366 • Poisoning and drug overdose ..........................368 • Opioid Overdose and Naloxone (Narcan).....376 • Lightning injury ................................................378 • Emergency Childbirth and Miscarriage.........379 • Mental Health Emergencies.................................. 393 • Ontario 211.............................................................. 395 • Assessment and First Aid.................................... 397 • First Aid Documentation & Acronyms..........405 • Vital Vocabulary................................................406

CHAPTER 10 - Lifting and Moving .................409 • Body Mechanics for Lifting and Moving ...410 • Emergency clothes drag ...............................413 • Blanket drag ...................................................414 • Arm drag ........................................................414 • Extremity drag ...............................................415 • Human crutch ................................................416 • Pack strap carry .............................................416 • Seat carry ........................................................417 • Fore/aft carry ..................................................417 • Stretchers .........................................................420 • Improvised stretchers ....................................423 • Blanket stretcher.............................................424 • Chair Carry .....................................................425 • Vital Vocabulary.............................................426

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