How to Save Your Child's Life: What to Do After You Call 911

By Debra Brady

Before emergency strikes, learn these essential child-care skills Foreword by William Zajdel, D.O., FACOEP Do you know what to do... If your child isn't breathing? - DO administer mouth-to-mouth or rescue breathing. - DO NOT waste time feeling for a pulse. If your child is bleeding profusely? - DO apply any absorbent material or even your bare hand over the wound. - DO NOT worry if the material isn't sterile---antibiotics to fight infections can be given later. If your child is burned? - DO make sure that your child remains warm. - DO NOT cool down your child's entire body while trying to cool the burn. Essential for every parent's bookshelf, How to Save Your Child's Life is the ultimate, comprehensive guide to urgent child care. Written by experienced paramedic and mother Debra Brady, the book teaches parents and caregivers exactly what to do in the case of an emergency. Covering everything from bee stings to choking to broken bones, this illustrated guide provides parents with the tools and skills that may help save a child's life. Readers will learn the essentials of emergency care, including: - How to recognize an emergency - The basics of first aid - How to perform CPR - What to do in the event of poisonings - Crucial tips for caring for a child with special needs

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312281765
• ISBN13: 9780312281762
• Release Date: March 2003
• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.4" x 0.8" x 5.6"

Customer Reviews

A must for parents

I just finished reading it. It is a must!. Covers what to do while 911 arrives and what to expect when you call 911 the role and expertise of the different health care workers you are bound to encounter and what they can do for you. Besides of the mandatory CPR overview it includes tidbits of the author experience that make reading it again worthwhile. It also informed on the gap between states on EMT service providers certifications and capabilities. It also made me wish for another certification that will train persons to perform CPR and intubation since breathing is so important. Great read, well written, clear, concise, not chatty, and a possible life saver. Despite of this I hope reading it was waste of time and never faced with the need to call 911.

Perfect Gift for Parents-to-be

Am I ever impressed. This book will be the first on my list for Baby Shower Gifts. This book is comprehensive and covers many unthinkable emergencies. Every parent or parent-to-be should read this from cover to cover and then keep it in a handy place for easy reference. Put an extra copy in your glovebox. Written from the point of view of an experienced EMT, the first hand life-saving information is invaluable.