Family Health and Emergency Guide

• ISBN13: 9780737011043
• ISBN10: 0737011041
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-06-01
• Publisher: Grand Central Pub

Summary

Know when an emergency or an illness requires a doctor's attention and when home treatment is appropriate. This book is packed with useful information, like a special Emergency/First Aid Section that includes step-by-step instructions and illustrations showing what to do for common emergencies, from burns or choking to heart attack and seizures. It also teaches you how to best stock your medicine cabinet. Organized by type of ailment, the book presents alternative and conventional therapies side by side. Includes helpful charts and diagrams.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION	4	(1)
GUIDE TO ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES	5	(3)
Acupressure Points	8	(2)
EMERGENCIES/FIRST AID	10	(34)
Bleeding	12	(1)
Burns	13	(1)
Cardiac and Respiratory Arrest	14	(4)
Choking	18	(3)
Drowning or Near-Drowning	21	(1)
Ear Emergencies	22	(1)
Electric Shock	23	(1)
Emergency Childbirth	24	(2)
Eye Emergencies	26	(2)
Fractures and Dislocations	28	(2)
Head, Neck, and Back Injuries	30	(1)
Heart Attack	31	(1)
Heatstroke and Heat Exhaustion	32	(1)
Hypothermia and Frostbite	33	(1)
Internal Bleeding	34	(1)
Loss of Consciousness	35	(1)
Nose Emergencies	36	(1)
Poisoning	37	(1)
Seizures	38	(1)
Shock	39	(1)
Snakebites	40	(2)
Your Medicine Chest	42	(2)
AILMENTS AND OPTIONS	44	(98)
Abdominal Pains	44	(4)
Allergies	48	(4)
Arthritis	52	(6)
Athletic Injuries	58	(4)
Backache	62	(2)
Bee and Wasp Stings	64	(2)
Bladder Infections	66	(4)
Bowel Movement Abnormalities	70	(2)
Bronchitis	72	(4)
Canker Sores	76	(2)
Chickenpox	78	(2)
Common Cold	80	(4)
Conjunctivitis (Pinkeye)	84	(2)
Croup	86	(2)
Diaper Rash	88	(2)
Earache	90	(2)
Flu	92	(4)
Gas and Gas Pains	96	(2)
Headache	98	(6)
Hemorrhoids	104	(4)
Insect and Spider Bites	108	(2)
Measles	110	(2)
Mumps	112	(2)
Poison Ivy	114	(2)
Premenstrual Syndrome	116	(4)
Rashes	120	(4)
Sinusitis	124	(4)
Sore Throat	128	(4)
Toothache	132	(2)
Vomiting	134	(4)
Warts	138	(2)
Yeast Infections	140	(2)
INDEX	142