U S Navy

Captain's Medical Handbook U S Navy

This is the current official First Aid Manual of the U. S. & UK Navies. This commercial edition has been abridged of unnecessary military crap. There is a code which downloads an app to your phone. The app has links to all the complete information. There are codes throughout the manual which will open videos on your phone to fully explain the treatment necessary. This is a necessary reference on all vessels. 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