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What's In The Book

Disaster Triage and First Aid for Traumatic Injury and Shock:

1. How to prioritize urgency of injuries by S.T.A.R.T. Rapid Triage.
2. How to recognize life-threatening signs and take appropriate actions.
3. How to anticipate and treat early-stage shock.
4. How to control bleeding.
5. How to splint and immobilize fractures, sprains, and joint injuries.
6. How to connect with your area’s Disaster Response network.

Additional Disaster Survivor Information

1. Action Outline - Master Plan for the First 24 Hours.
2. Techniques for safe lifting and moving the injured, for rescuer safety.
3. What to do in the next few days - Infection Control, and protecting
yourself from environment hazards such as exposure to heat & cold.

You can learn this course from the book, or learn and practice it with others as a group, be taught by your community's Disaster Preparedness Team Leaders, or teach it yourself as a community service or as a small business.

Instructor Kit

The new *2nd Edition Instructor Kit with
a PowerPoint presentation is now available.
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