This book should be on every boat. It is a complex detailed manual encompassing all of the experience of the U.S. & U.K. Navies. There can be no better book. It contains 400 years of experience. FUNDAMENTAL CRITERIA FOR FIRST AID 1-1. General 1-2. Terminology 1-3. Vital Body Functions for First Aid 1-4. Adverse Conditions 1-5. Basics of First Aid 1-6. Evaluating a Casualty CHAPTER 2. BASIC MEASURES FOR FIRST AID 2-2. Breathing Process 2-3. Assessment of the Casualty 2-4. Opening the Airway 2-5. Artificial Respiration 2-6. All Rescue Breathing Methods 2-7. Mouth-to-Mouth Method 2-8. Mouth-to-Nose Method 2-9. Heartbeat 2-10. Airway Obstructions 2-11. Opening the Obstructed Airway 2-12. Casualty Unconscious Section II. Stop the Bleeding 2-14. Clothing 2-15. Entrance and Exit Wounds 2-16. Field Dressing 2-17. Manual Pressure 2-18. Pressure Dressing 2-19. Digital Pressure 2-20. Tourniquet Section III. Check for Shock 2-21. General 2-22. Causes and Effects 2-23. Signs and Symptoms of Shock 2-24. First Aid Measures for Shock CHAPTER 3. FIRST AID FOR SPECIFIC INJURIES 3-1. General 3-2. Head, Neck, and Facial Injuries 3-3. General First Aid Measures 3-4. Chest Wounds 3-5. First Aid for Chest Wounds 3-6. Abdominal Wounds 3-7. First Aid for Abdominal Wounds 3-8. Burn Injuries 3-9. First Aid for Burns 3-10. Dressings and Bandages 3-11. Shoulder Bandage 3-12. Elbow Bandage 3-13. Hand Bandage 3-14. Leg Bandage 3-15. Knee Bandage 3-16. Foot Bandage CHAPTER 4. FIRST AID FOR FRACTURES 4-1. General 4-2. Kinds of Fractures 4-3. Signs and Symptoms of Fractures 4-4. Purposes of Immobilizing Fractures 4-5. Splints, Bandages, Slings, and Swathes 4-6. Procedures for Splinting Fractures 4-7. Upper Extremity Fractures 4-8. Lower Extremity Fractures 4-9. Jaw, Collarbone, and Shoulder Fractures 4-10. Spinal Column Fractures 4-11. Neck Fractures CHAPTER 5. FIRST AID FOR CLIMATIC INJURIES 5-1. General 5-2. Heat Injuries 5-3. Cold Injuries CHAPTER 6. FIRST AID FOR BITES AND STINGS 6-1. General 6-2. Types of Snakes 6-3. Snakebites 6-4. Human or Animal Bites 6-5. Marine (Sea) Animals 6-6. Insect (Arthropod) Bites and Stings 6-7. First Aid for Bites and Stings CHAPTER 7. FIRST AID IN A NUCLEAR, BIOLOGICAL, AND CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENT 7-1. General 7-2. First Aid Materials 7-3. Chemical and Biological Agents 7-4. Conditions for Masking 7-5. First Aid for a Chemical Attack 7-6. Information on Nerve Agents 7-7. Symptoms of Nerve Agent Poisoning 7-8. First Aid for Nerve Agent Poisoning 7-9. Blister Agents 7-10. Choking Agents 7-11. Cyanogen (Blood) Agents 7-12. Incapacitating Agents 7-13. Incendiaries 7-14. Biological Agents and First Aid 7-15. Toxins 7-16. Nuclear Detonation CHAPTER 8. FIRST AID FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL REACTIONS 8-1. General 8-2. Importance of Psychological First Aid 8-3. Psychological First Aid 8-4. Psychological and Physical First Aid 8-5. Goals of Psychological First Aid 8-6. Respect for Others' Feelings 8-7. Emotional and Physical Disability 8-8. Other Operational Stress Reactions 8-9. Reactions to Stress 8-10. Severe Stress or Stress Reaction 8-11. Application of Psychological First Aid 8-12. Reactions and Limitations 8-13. Stress Reactions APPENDI X A. FIRST AID CASE AND KITS, DRESSINGS, AND BANDAGES A-1. First Aid Case A-2. General Purpose First Aid Kits A-3. Dressings A-4. Standard Bandages A-5. Triangular and Cravat Bandages APPENDI X B. RESCUE AND TRANSPORTATION PROCEDURES B-1. General B-2. Principles of Rescue Operations B-3. Considerations B-4. Plan of Action . B-5. Proper Handling of Casualties B-6. Positioning the Casualty B-7. Medical Evacuation and Transportation B-8. Manual Carries B-9. Improvised Litters