Responding to emergencies is something most people do rarely if ever, but when faced with a life-threatening injury to someone else, how would you respond?
I recommend that everyone get the basic Red Cross certifications; this book is the text for the most-advanced of the three courses:
1. CPR and AED (AED: automatic external defibrillator)2. First Aid and CPR/AED3. Responding to Emergencies
Doing this will take all of three days out of your life, but it will prepare you for the rest of your life by teaching you what to do when seconds can mean the difference between life and death.
This book is great by itself; it is superb as the text supplement to a Red Cross certification.
This is the standard First Aid text used in many college, high school, and para-professional/workplace courses taught by the American Red Cross. It is designed in modular format and combines and expands upon several courses you may also take seperately:- Citizen-Responder First Aid- Adult/Child/Infant CPR- Preventing Disease Transmission/Bloodborne Pathogens Training- First Aid, When Help is Delayed (the rules change when help is more than 30 minutes away from the scene)- First Aid to People With Special Needs- Emergency Childbirth (Lay Responder)
Not only is this a great textbook, but compared to many other current Red Cross manuals, this one makes a great desk (or in-vehicle) reference, and has many articles and facts that are not taught in the classes.
If you haven't taken a First Aid course lately, the CPR techniques have changed and the skill sheets in this book present these new methods at a glance.
Good Samaritan Laws vary by state, but they all require a prudent Citizen-Responder to act within the level of his or her training and the immunity from civil lawsuit that the knowledge in this book can convey to you is worth its price many times over (not to mention your ability to make a positive difference at the scene of an accident or a disaster).
