Baby & Child Emergency First Aid: Simple Step-By-Step Instructions for the Most Common Childhood Emergencies

Mitchell J. Einzing, MD · Paula Kelly

Jan 2011 · Simon and Schuster

About this ebook

This first-aid handbook is the first thing you should reach for when your child has an emergency. It is designed to help people with limited training in emergency medical procedures--parents, babysitters, grandparents, and childcare providers--deal quickly and easily with 34 of the most common childhood emergencies. It features numbered step-by-step instructions with easy-to-read type. The illustrations are clear and make the instructions immediately understandable. It tells you what you need to know about each emergency, what to check, when to get professional help, and what not to do.

This first-aid handbook is the first thing you should reach for when your child has an emergency--when every second counts. It is designed to help people with limited training in emergency medical procedures--parents, babysitters, grandparents, and childcare providers--deal quickly and easily with 34 of the most common childhood emergencies. It features numbered step-by-step instructions with easy-to-read type. The illustrations are clear and make the instructions immediately understandable. It tells you what you need to know about each emergency, what to check, when to get professional help, and what not to do.

About the author

Mitchell J. Einzig, MD, is a former director of graduate medical education, Minneapolis Children's Medical Center, and professor emeritus at the University of Minnesota Medical School. Paula Kelly, MD, is a pediatrician who lives in Mendota Heights, Minnesota. She was recently honored by her peers as one of the best children's doctors in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area.