This book is a great quick reference. The book was written with a clear purpose ... to save life. I am tired of seeing first aid manuals that spend most of the time being unreasonably verbose to avoid lawsuits. Emergency Medic is a breath of fresh air. I am an engineer, I am not in medicine, but this book makes a lot of sense to me.
Great book!! Easy read!
I have the 4th edition (at this time is the most recent edition in print) and as a psych home care nurse, this little, portable wealth of knowledge has helped me validate to management, as well as to public health and other surveyors, the range in situations that qualify "homebound status" for psychiatric patients. Throughout the book there are samples provided to support a variety of situations that help the nurse better understand, and therefore more accurately report, on each sector of the OASIS forms. Medicare regulations are explained in detail, and I learned information that I had not known in the 14 years I have been doing mental health home care nursing. The manual provides a history and background of homecare, its evolution, provides an overview of documentaion, including the importance of coding, and its significance in home care. Also, valuable tips on improving the nursing visit, setting achievable goals, managing the case, and the guidelines for care for all the home care disciplines, are provided, so the nurse can be knowledgable regarding the roles of the other disciplines. There is a great resource section at the end of the book, and home care definitions, roles, and abbreviations are delineated in this manual as well. All home care codes are listed.
Natural First Aid will help you to care for others with the natural remedies you have on hand. The key is to stay calm, move quickly, and know what to do. If you need to arm yourself with information for both emergency and non-emergency situations this is the book. After reading it I have come to the conclusion that it is one of those indispensable reference books everyone should have. It's definitely a book to have in the First Aid kit when camping. Brigitte Mars also tells us the most important items to stock in a natural first-aid kit for your car, backpack, and yes ladies even in your handbag.
This is a great guide for alerting those about to take the leap to the pitfalls to be confronted during the initial year of marriage. Even those who have been previously living together may be surprised at the substantial psychological changes that legalization of the relationship brings about. Forewarned is forearmed!
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This book is incredible! I am 40 years old and know this book quite well. As a pre-teen, this book was a gift from my best friend's mom. I learned many things through this book that my mom had a hard time explaining. This book made it easy for me to explain topics to my own daughter (who is now 21) and who felt freely to talk to me about any subject, and still does. This book I passed to my daughter who remembers reading it as a pre-teen. We reference things in the book today since i have a step-daughter who is a pre-teen. I will now purchase a book for her very own. To the moms out there, do yourself and your child a favor and purchase this book. It is a great reference for the both of you.
Probably most worthwhile if you're thinking of a sauna-hot tub combination. Some raw, low-level do-it-yourself drawings in here, but mostly a starting point for your own designs. Quite good, but if a sauna is what you're after, the sauna-only books might be a better bet for you. The home gym bits seemed like an add-on to the book.
My nephew was diagnosed on the autism spectrum a few years ago, and I've been trying to find ways to play with him ever since. This book contains plenty of clearly explained games and activities that are fun for me and my nephew. I like that the book is organized by developmental area, too. For example, my nephew's occupational therapist and teacher told our family that he needs to work on fine motor skills, so I just turned to that chapter of the book for inspiration!