First Aid Kits for Home and Auto: Essential Gear to Survive until Help Arrives - Softcover

Simon, R. Bryan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1733623213 ISBN 13: 9781733623216

Publisher: Ourea Publishing, 2019

Synopsis

Be prepared! First Aid Kits for Home and Auto is a guide for those who want to be better prepared to take care of themselves, their family, and others in an emergency. Why buy an expensive and poorly constructed and provisioned kit when you can build a personalized and well-stocked one that is purpose-built for your family and your environment? This book takes you step-by-step through risk assessment, common injuries and illnesses, and the essential gear needed in your first aid kit to care for others until medical help arrives. Do not take chances on the lives of the people you love – get the knowledge and the gear to save lives. This book is written for mothers, fathers, and grandparents who want to gain the knowledge and materials needed to increase safety at home and while traveling.Written by R. Bryan Simon, a registered nurse, and former US Army infantry officer, who instructs and regularly writes on the topics of first aid and remote medicine, this easy to read text guides you through building a kit specific to your family’s needs. Drawing on the latest evidence-based medicine and statistical analysis of household accidents, each chapter takes you sequentially through the process of prepping a first aid kit. Chapter 1 talks through the what and the why providing up-to-date information on unintentional injuries and why you need to prepare and build your own focused kit. Chapter 2, utilizing data collected by the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC), takes you step-by-step to assess your environment and associated dangers with attention to weather conditions and other environmental extremes. Chapter 3 focuses on location, organization, and design for first aid kits with an emphasis on the type of containers to use. Chapter 4 is all about building the kit using the PAWS mnemonic, developed at the University of Utah School of Medicine. This chapter then delivers tips and techniques on where to inexpensively buy first aid gear. Chapter 5 provides sample kit contents for personal use, travel, home, and auto; and Chapter 6 describes specialty kits such as additional safety/survival gear for automobiles, RV and travel trailers, boats, aircraft, and off-road vehicles (ATVs, UTVs, and snowmobiles). Chapter 7 details storage, care, and inspection of gear while Chapter 8 discusses in detail the many classes and programs that can give you the necessary skills and confidence to treat injuries until help arrives. The appendices provide a thorough list of over the counter medications and additional resources for learning.Remember, the better prepped you are for accidents and injuries, the more likely you and your loved ones are to survive!

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About the Author

R. Bryan Simon, a native of West Virginia, is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, a former U.S. Army infantry officer, and a graduate of the US Army Ranger School. After an injury in 2003, he left the military to pursue other goals. He is a Fellow in the Academy of Wilderness Medicine (FAWM), is the first registered nurse to ever earn a Diploma in Mountain Medicine (DiMM) from the International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation (UIAA), and has a masters degree in mountain medicine from University of Leicester, UK.

Bryan is a partner in the firm Vertical Medicine Resources (vertical-medicine.com), the senior editor for Accidents in North American Climbing, and serves on the editorial board of the journal, Nursing. He is also one of the founding directors for the non-profit Appalachian Mountain Rescue Team (AMRT) based in western North Carolina, serves on the board for the New River Alliance of Climbers (NRAC) and writes the climbing medicine column for the magazine, Wilderness Medicine. His work has been featured in outdoor and climbing industry magazines such as Climbing and Dead Point Magazine.

Bryan met his wife, Deb, on Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania in 2001, and since that time they have climbed and trekked together around the world. When not on the road, trail, or rock, Bryan can be found at his home in the New River Gorge, WV.

Edition details

• Publisher: Ourea Publishing
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1733623213
• ISBN 13: 9781733623216
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 106