Life's Little Emergencies: A Handbook for Active Independent Seniors and Caregivers

Written in plain English with a touch of humor (the best medicine) Life's Little Emergencies, A Handbook for Active Independent Seniors and Caregivers is a medical crisis handbook for active independent seniors and caregivers alike. The first section of the book covers techniques and conditions common to senior citizens: skin tears, fractures, and dehydration to name just a few. It discusses life-saving techniques like CPR and the Heimlich maneuver. The first aid information is backed up by research and twenty plus years experience of actual care by someone who still treats real victims first hand.

However, Life's Little Emergencies, A Handbook for Active Independent Seniors and Caregivers is much more than just a first aid book. The remaining sections discuss learning life-saving skills, how to assess and treat an injury, when you feel sick, the great outdoors and much more. It's a manual for planning and making serious medical decisions and for getting help when seniors need it most - at home or on the road. It includes ways to "call 911" even in other countries where 911 is a different number entirely.

Life's Little Emergencies, A Handbook for Active Independent Seniors and Caregivers guides the reader through anything from a minor cut to a major stroke. There are do-it-yourself first aid tips as well as ways to be prepared for an emergency, advice on when to reach out for help, and how to take care of oneself. Full of practical, clear, and easy-to-understand advice, this resource ensures that every household with an older person is prepared for any medical emergency from cuts to cardiac arrest.

Special Features of Life's Little Emergencies include:

Step-by-step instructions take the reader through life-saving and first aid skills

Illustrated throughout with steps steps illustrated as appropriate

Sidebars throughout the text provide additional information

Each chapter includes a source list for individuals who want more information on the tips and advice in the book

;Part I: Getting Started: Chapter 1. Is This an Emergency?, Chapter 2. The 411 on 911, Chapter 3. Gearing Up, Chapter 4. Keeping A History of You, Chapter 5. Oh What a Pill, Chapter 6. Helping Your Neighbors: Getting Permission and Avoiding Mistakes, Part II: Getting Serious: Life-Saving Skills:Chapter 7. Staying Safe: No Heroics, Chapter 8. Doing CPR, Chapter 9. Choking and Drowning, Chapter 10. Controlling Bleeding, Part III: Assessing and Treating Injuries: Chapter 11. Help! I Don't Know Where to Start, Chapter 12. Caring for Burns, Chapter 13. Knocking the Noggin, Chapter 14. Dressing Cuts and Scrapes, Chapter 15. Treating and Splinting Breaks and Sprains, Chapter 16. DUCK! Treating Slings, Arrows and Other Penetrations or Impalements, Part IV: Feeling Sick: Chapter17. Having Headaches and Pains in the Neck, Chapter 18. Breathing, It's a Good Thing, Chapter 19. Someone's Sitting On My Chest, Chapter 20. Rumbling in the Tummy: Bellyaches and Other Abdominal Pains, Part V: Surviving the Great Outdoors: Chapter 21. Getting Too Hot. Chapter 22. Getting Too Cold. Chapter 23. Dodging Spiders, Snakes and Other Critters, Part VI: Special Stuff: Chapter 24. For the Grandkids, Chapter 25. Avoiding Poisons and Treating Poisonings, Chapter 26. Pushing Drugs: Medication Reactions and Interactions, Chapter 27. Biggest First Aid Myths, Part VII: References;" Concise, comprehensive, and engagingly written, this is an essential resource for any of life's emergencies-
little or not. Whether you read it cover to cover or use it as a reference, it's a book you should own - no
matter what your age."
- RICHARD N. FOGOROS, MD, cardiologist and Guide to Heart Health at About.com

" The Dr. Spock for Baby Boomers - an easy-to-read reference guide for every 'Over 50' bookshelf.
Filled with tips, anecdotes, diagrams, and photos to help you handle any of Life's Little Emergencies."
- SHELLEY PETERMAN SCHWARZ, author of Multiple Sclerosis: 300 Tips for Making Life Easier
and Arthritis: 300 Tips for Making Life Easier

" Life's Little Emergencies is an informative, easy-to-understand guide that is both a first aid manual and a
trusted go-to friend. This book is clear, concise, and a bit irreverent. It is fun to read. Its format supports
remembering the important points for more than a short time."
- FROM THE FOREWORD BY STEWART B. FLEISHMAN, MD, author of Learn to Live Through Cancer:
What You Need to Know and Do