Calling 911 in an emergency may be the most important thing you ever do. However, it is only one tool to get you and yours through a medical emergency. This guide lays out a smarter process to improve the odds that you and your charge(s) have successful outcomes (i.e., survive) when going through a medical emergency. That means getting yourself, your family, your charges, your home, and your environment ready for a medical emergency. You need to make your home and environment "responder ready." You need to learn how to give critical aid that keeps your charge stable until professional help arrives. You need to know how to get responders to your charge quickly and be as helpful to them as you can while they are there. It's also important to know how to get prompt care at - and "work" - a hospital emergency department. Finally, you need to plan for and get through the recovery process with your charge and take care of yourself, too. That includes learning from the experience so you can improve what you know and better handle things the next time. It also includes assessing the emergency's impact on you, the caregiver, so that you can successfully recover yourself.

"Accidents are probably the last thing on your mind when heading out for a wilderness adventure. But miles from nowhere the unthinkable can occur and suddenly leave you faced with a medical problem or emergency. What should you do?

This medical detective story traces the ongoing quest to reverse sudden death, looking at such breakthroughs in our understanding as respiration, circulation and defibrillation. It includes a guide to emergency CPR

It's Time to Call 911 offers parents a children's book about emergencies, and how to deal with them.

Terrorist attacks. Natural disasters. Domestic crackdowns. Economic collapse. Riots. Wars. Disease. Starvation. What can you do when it all hits the fan? You can learn to be self-sufficient and survive without the system. **I've started to look at the world through apocalypse eyes.** So begins Neil Strauss's harrowing new book: his first full-length worksince the international bestseller The Game, and one of the most original-and provocative-narratives of the year. After the last few years of violence and terror, of ethnic and religious hatred, of tsunamis and hurricanes–and now of world financial meltdown–Strauss, like most of his generation, came to the sobering realization that, even in America, anything can happen. But rather than watch helplessly, he decided to do something about it. And so he spent three years traveling through a country that's lost its sense of safety, equipping himself with the tools necessary to save himself and his loved ones from an uncertain future. With the same quick wit and eye for cultural trends that marked The Game, The Dirt, and How to Make Love Like a Porn Star, Emergency traces Neil's white-knuckled journey through today's heart of darkness, as he sets out to move his life offshore, test his skills in the wild, and remake himself as a gun-toting, plane-flying, government-defying survivor. It's a tale of paranoid fantasies and crippling doubts, of shady lawyers and dangerous cult leaders, of billionaire gun nuts and survivalist superheroes, of weirdos, heroes, and ordinary citizens going off the grid. It's one man's story of a dangerous world–and how to stay alive in it. Before the next disaster strikes, you're going to want to read this book. And you'll want to do everything it suggests. Because tomorrow doesn't come with a guarantee...

A handy guide to field-tested medical procedures for when no doctor is available—from the author of The Neighborhood Emergency Response Handbook. When disaster strikes and no first responders are around, you’ll have to rely on your own medical knowledge to survive. Prepper’s Survival Medicine Handbook goes beyond basic first aid to teach you military-tested methods for treating life-threatening medical conditions, including: Gunshot wounds Third degree burns Radiation exposure Broken bones Ruptured arteries Severed limbs Poisonous snakebites Anaphylactic shock The author, an emergency responder, details step-by-step treatment for everything from hypothermia and heat stroke to seizures and cardiac emergencies. Using information from actual military field manuals, this book provides everything you need to keep you and your loved ones safe when there’s nowhere else to turn.

Cardiac arrest can strike a seemingly healthy individual of any age, race, ethnicity, or gender at any time in any location, often without warning. Cardiac arrest is the third leading cause of death in the United States, following cancer and heart disease. Four out of five cardiac arrests occur in the home, and more than 90 percent of individuals with cardiac arrest die before reaching the hospital. First and foremost, cardiac arrest treatment is a community issue - local resources and personnel must provide appropriate, high-quality care to save the life of a community member. Time between onset of arrest and provision of care is fundamental, and shortening this time is one of the best ways to reduce the risk of death and disability from cardiac arrest. Specific actions can be implemented now to decrease this time, and recent advances in science could lead to new discoveries in the causes of, and treatments for, cardiac arrest. However, specific barriers must first be addressed. Strategies to Improve Cardiac Arrest Survival examines the complete system of response to cardiac arrest in the United States and identifies opportunities within existing and new treatments, strategies, and research that promise to improve the survival and recovery of patients. The recommendations of Strategies to Improve Cardiac Arrest Survival provide high-priority actions to advance the field as a whole. This report will help citizens, government agencies, and private industry to improve health outcomes from sudden cardiac arrest across the United States.

Updated to the new National EMS Education Standards and endorsed by the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, the fifth edition of our core first responder textbook, Emergency Medical Responder, continues to take an assessment-based approach to emergency medical responder training. Designed to meet the needs of law enforcement personnel, fire fighters, rescue squad personnel, athletic trainers, college students, and laypersons, the text and features found in the fifth edition will help students take the next step toward becoming outstanding Emergency Medical Responders.

You Know How To Survive A Disaster? If the answer is "NO," then the Disaster Survival Handbook is a MUST-HAVE! Proven Survival Medicine In a Post-Disaster World, You Can Worth Your Weight in Gold! As the Only Survivor of Medical Knowledge After a Disaster World, There is only one vital skill that very few survivors will have. Fighters and builders are significant, but there is no survivor as valuable and sought after as one who can aid in the event of illness or injury. As any good prepper knows, thinking ahead and planning ahead would make it possible for you to live a healthy and healthy life completely off the grid. The ability to take care of the sick and injured? This is one of the most essential plans you can make. I've spent my life honing my own skills as a survivor, and now I'm here to show you how you can keep your precious ONES HEALTHY AND ALIVE Hello, I'm David Burke. I'm an expert survivor, and I've had a lot of practice living off the beaten track, making my way with nothing but a set of basic tools and my own experience to sustain me. I've studied the terrain and learned to do it, and now I'm here to put that experience to good use: to show you how to be an emergency response that you and your loved ones will need after a disaster. Give me one day and I'll DOUBLE Your Chances of Survival Give me a week and you'll have a comprehensive knowledge and understanding of the crises you're likely to encounter in the post-disaster world. If you are searching for a comprehensive guide to all kinds of home remedies and survival-based medicine — look no further! Because you've already found it! Here in this book we cover everything from a minor headache to the treatment of critical conditions such as strokes and seizures! In this troubled world, we can't always rely on prompt emergency services. But this book gives you and your loved ones the extra edge you may need to survive. This comprehensive medical guide goes through major symptoms of illness and walks you through how to treat these diseases step by step. The book also lists vital essential oils and other home remedies that are sure to alleviate disease and improve recovery. Even if the power goes out, the hurricane hits, or you get caught in a blizzard, the information presented here can help to bring you back to health. You should get this book if you care about your health!

Do you have what it takes to save the day? Can you keep your cool in a crisis, ensure your own survival, and protect your home and family no matter what? Don't worry, we've got you covered. Be a Survivor This newly revised and updated manual is packed with life-saving resources. Easy-to-follow tips, step-by-step illustrations, and simple, effective, real-world strategies cover essential pandemic health and safety guidelines and much, much more-everything from hurricanes to blizzards, car troubles to floods to angry raccoons. Prepare for Anything As the saying goes, fortune favors the prepared-and this book is packed with the tools and skills, the checklists and drills you need to prepare for the worst, and perform at your best no matter what happens. Pitch In In the aftermath of a major disaster, it's a great feeling to be able to help out friends, neighbors, and the larger community. Whether you want to lead a search-and-rescue team or stay home with a victory garden, this book is packed with inspiration for not just surviving but thriving. Outdoor Life brings its millions of readers the best in outdoor recreation and survival topics through their magazine and website, as well as a popular survival blog, and a series of best-selling survival manuals. Book jacket.