First Aid in Case of Accidents and Emergency Situations

Introduction
1. First Aid Basic Criteria and Equipment
1.1. Introduction
1.2. Definition and the List of First Aid Procedures
1.3. General Principles and Rules of First Aid
1.4. Scope of Fist Aid Measures at Different Kinds
of Injury
1.5. First Aid Equipment
Key Questions for Self-Check
2. First Aid for Wounds. Temporary Bleeding
Control
2.1. Introduction
2.2. Giving First Aid for Wounds
2.3. First Aid for External Bleeding
2.4. First Aid for Chest and Abdominal Injuries
2.5. First Aid for Bites
2.6. First Aid for Eye Injury
Key Questions for Self-Check
3. First Aid for Fractures and Dislocations.
Immobilization
for Transporting. Splints and Bandages
3.1. Introduction
3.2. First Aid for Musculoskeletal Injuries
3.3. First Aid for Injuries to Spinal Column and
Pelvic Bones
3.4. Fist Aid for Traumatic Brain Injury
3.5. First Aid for Chest Injuries
Key Questions for Self-Check
4. Principles and Methods of Cardiopulmonary
Resuscitation.
Rescue Breathing and Chest Compression
4.1. Introduction
4.2. First Aid for Cardiac Arrest
4.2.1. First Aid Algorithm for Respiratory and
Circulatory failure
4.2.2. Restoration of Airways Patency
4.2.4. Artificial Circulation Maintenance (Close
Cardiac Massage)
4.2.5. Artificial Lung Ventilation (Rescue Breathing)
4.3. First Aid for Respiratory Disturbances Caused
by Foreign Bodies
Penetrating the Upper Airways
Key Questions for Self-Check
5. First Aid in Case of Poisoning and Other
Emergencies
5.1. Introduction
5.2. Clinical Signs of Poisoning
5.3. First Aid in Case of Poisoning
5.3.1. Poisoning with Sweetdamp (Carbon
Monoxide)
5.3.2. Poisoning with Concentrated Acids and
Strong Caustics
5.3.3. In Case of Poisoning with Medicaments and
Drugs
5.3.4. Food Toxicoinfection
Key Questions for Self-Check
6. First Aid for Burns
6.1. Introduction
6.2. Burning Injuries, Definition and Classification
6.3. Common Clinical Manifestations of Exposure
to High Temperatures and Diagnosis of Burns of
Different Etiology
6.4. Burns Caused by Chemical Substances
6.5. First Aid in Case of Burns and Exposure to
High Temperatures
Key Questions for Self-Check
7. First Aid in Cases of Frostbite and
Overcooling
7.1. Introduction
7.2. Injuries Caused by Exposure to Low
Temperatures, Types and Classification
7.3. Clinical Manifestations of Overcooling
7.4. Clinical Manifestations of Frostbites
7.5. First Aid for Overcooling and Frostbite
Key Questions for Self-Check
8. First Aid for Acute Diseases and Accidents
8.1. Introduction
8.2. Acute Abdominal Viscera Diseases
8.3. First Aid for Internal Hemorrhages
8.4. Nose Bleeding
8.5. Acute Cardiovascular Diseases
8.5.1. Acute Cardiovascular Insufficiency
8.5.2. Arterial Thrombosis of Limbs
8.6. Allergic Responses
8.7. Drowning
8.8. Electric Trauma and Atmospheric Electricity
Trauma
Key Questions for Self-Check "
9. First Aid for Non-occupational Accidents "
9.1. Introduction
9.2. First Aid for Wounds Sustained in Everyday
Life
9.3. First Aid in Case of Falling From the Height
9.4. First Aid for Burns
9.5. Non-occupational Poisonings and First Aid for Such
Cases
Key Questions for Self-Check
Self-Assessment Tests
Answers
Provisional Modular Control Test
Answers
Case Studies
Answer Keys
Appendix
Appendix 1. What Is Included in Modern First Aid Kit
Appendix 2. Automated External Defibrillator
Appendix 3. Algorithm of Pediatric Cardiopulmonary
Rescusitation
Appendix 4. Algorithm of Cardiopulmonary
Rescusitation in Case
of Drowning
Appendix 5. The Victim Examination
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