French Red Cross, whose ex-top model is an ambassador, has partnered with the first edition to complete First Aid for Dummies.
"Self-deprecating, I love," says Adriana Karembeu Ironically, when asked if it is a little embarrassing to be on the cover of a book with the first edition trumpeting the slogan: "The Dummies, everything becomes easy" It is true that is for a good cause. Who led an impressive loyalty to borrow the image of twelve French Red Cross. "And then added, supermodel amused, I feel less a doctor was my first workout (she was in the third year of medical school when she was spotted by plastic, Ed)!"
Instead, run the floor elegant author * First Aid for Dummies, Dr. Pascal Cassani, when asked if peeing on jellyfish sting is useful ... "There are better things to do," said medical advisor to the National Red Cross. "Work is ideal to wash with lots of vinegar, because it is acidic, we can then sand the affected area, allow to dry and scrape with a book or magazine .. If you have vinegar, you can use also seawater, but it is important to wash with fresh water, as this would break the small particles remaining on the skin and may aggravate side jellyfish. "
Squeeze the neck of misconceptions
Regarding misconceptions also need to suck a snake bite may, contrary to what we see in movies:. "This increases the peripheral vasculature (blood flow, nn) and may cause spread of venom is actually very little danger of a snake bite, he must be content to rely on the bitten area" Needless, also to make a tourniquet or pump use poison trade., according to Dr. Cassani. Let alone to burn or pour alcohol on the wound! Finally, a practical detail, we must remember to remove anything that might shake before bitten limb swells (rings, watches, bracelets, chains ...).
Less original but more common, dog or cat bites require immediate washing thoroughly with soap before applying an antiseptic, colorless and consult a physician. "Of course, emphasizes ER, no book can replace learning gesture A gesture is learned. Not store that when made. There is a body memory." Training offered by the Red Cross remains, of course, indispensable. Especially since the majority of cardiac arrests occur at home and that one day everyone would have to save the life of a loved one, but because "memory is short", and is good to regularly update the attitudes and gestures rarely necessary.
If bleeding from an arm or leg, another surprise awaits fans of war films: in 99% of cases, the tourniquet is needed. It is actually much more useful and certainly less dangerous (with exceptions that prove the rule) to stop the bleeding by pressing, for example, by a bandage. We also discover how to react in case of fire, flood or earthquake. And because it's better safe than sorry, book details the complete composition of "Kit-Cat", a survival kit in the first twenty-four hours after a disaster.
"Self-deprecating, I love," says Adriana Karembeu Ironically, when asked if it is a little embarrassing to be on the cover of a book with the first edition trumpeting the slogan: "The Dummies, everything becomes easy" It is true that is for a good cause. Who led an impressive loyalty to borrow the image of twelve French Red Cross. "And then added, supermodel amused, I feel less a doctor was my first workout (she was in the third year of medical school when she was spotted by plastic, Ed)!"
Instead, run the floor elegant author * First Aid for Dummies, Dr. Pascal Cassani, when asked if peeing on jellyfish sting is useful ... "There are better things to do," said medical advisor to the National Red Cross. "Work is ideal to wash with lots of vinegar, because it is acidic, we can then sand the affected area, allow to dry and scrape with a book or magazine .. If you have vinegar, you can use also seawater, but it is important to wash with fresh water, as this would break the small particles remaining on the skin and may aggravate side jellyfish. "
Squeeze the neck of misconceptions
Regarding misconceptions also need to suck a snake bite may, contrary to what we see in movies:. "This increases the peripheral vasculature (blood flow, nn) and may cause spread of venom is actually very little danger of a snake bite, he must be content to rely on the bitten area" Needless, also to make a tourniquet or pump use poison trade., according to Dr. Cassani. Let alone to burn or pour alcohol on the wound! Finally, a practical detail, we must remember to remove anything that might shake before bitten limb swells (rings, watches, bracelets, chains ...).
Less original but more common, dog or cat bites require immediate washing thoroughly with soap before applying an antiseptic, colorless and consult a physician. "Of course, emphasizes ER, no book can replace learning gesture A gesture is learned. Not store that when made. There is a body memory." Training offered by the Red Cross remains, of course, indispensable. Especially since the majority of cardiac arrests occur at home and that one day everyone would have to save the life of a loved one, but because "memory is short", and is good to regularly update the attitudes and gestures rarely necessary.
If bleeding from an arm or leg, another surprise awaits fans of war films: in 99% of cases, the tourniquet is needed. It is actually much more useful and certainly less dangerous (with exceptions that prove the rule) to stop the bleeding by pressing, for example, by a bandage. We also discover how to react in case of fire, flood or earthquake. And because it's better safe than sorry, book details the complete composition of "Kit-Cat", a survival kit in the first twenty-four hours after a disaster.
