Slips, Trips and Fractured Hips: The ultimate guide to accident prevention and first aid; helping us stay safe, healthy and active as we get older. - Couverture souple

Hammett, Emma

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ISBN 10 : 0995490058 ISBN 13 : 9780995490055

Editeur : First Aid for Life, 2018

Synopsis

Slips, Trips and Fractured Hips is a clear, accessible, reference guide to prevention and treatment of common accidents and injuries in older people. With pictures, diagrams and practical advice, to help carers help those they care for, to remain as healthy, active and independent as possible and live their lives to the full. Endorsed and supported by RoSPA, AGE UK and independent caring specialists.

This book is continually updated and compliant with all the latest Resuscitation Council UK Guidance as well as International updates from ILCOR and the ERC.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

As a qualified nurse, mother and first aid trainer with over 30 years health and teaching experience; Emma Hammett truly appreciates the vital importance of first aid. Emma writes as first aid expert for numerous print and online publications and frequently appears as press spokesperson on first aid, health and accident prevention issues. Emma draws upon her professional and personal experience to provide an engaging and authoritative guide to preventing and treating accidents. Slips, Trips and Fractured Hips is Emma's third book. 'In Slips, Trips and Fractured Hips, Emma discusses safety in relation to older people and uses her many years of experience to give good advice about preventing the most common accidents. Falls and other unintentional injuries are not an inevitable part of ageing and we hope that through the advice given in this book, older people and their loved ones will be able to take steps to prevent them from happening. Sheila Merrill FRSPH UKPHR, Public Health Adviser RoSPA 'Preventing accidents from happening in the first place is, of course, the best option but when there are problems this excellent book is packed full of practical and sound advice. It is there to help you enjoy your life to hilt. Please use it. Carolyn Cripps OBE, Trustee Age UK, Fit for Safety, Institute of Home and Water Safety Emma's second book; Burns, Falls and Emergency Calls was heralded as the ultimate guide to the prevention and treatment of childhood accidents. 'Burns, Falls and Emergency Calls' is a super informative, but easy to read book, for families, parents, grandparents, childminders and carers, to help everyone become aware of potential risks. It teaches the skills needed to help in an emergency without overwhelming the reader, and of course, that could ultimately save lives. This great book empowers and gives confidence to everyone who reads it and I highly recommend that you go out and grab yourself a copy and keep it handy.' Sue Atkins ITV 'This Morning' Parenting Expert & Author of 'Parenting Made Easy - How To Raise Happy Children' First Aid for Life provides award winning first aid training taught by highly experienced medical, health and emergency services professionals tailored to the needs of those attending. In addition to First Aid for humans, Emma established First Aid for Pets - empowering pet owners and those working with pets to give life-saving treatment in those first vital minutes. Her first book was First Aid for Dogs and it has been a huge success and is currently being translated into multiple languages and distributed worldwide. Emma's mission and the goal of www.firstaidforlife.org.uk, www.onlinefirstaid.com and www.firstaidforpets.net is to make it as easy as possible for people to access first aid skills, removing barriers to learning; such as time, money and geography and give more people the skills and confidence to save lives. Firstaidforlife.org.uk is packed full of free resources and useful updates. If you have any questions please contact emma@firstaidforlife.org.uk or call us on 0208 675 4036

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: First Aid for Life
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0995490058
• ISBN 13: 9780995490055
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 160
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Manufactured by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.fr/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxembourg