| Document ID (ISN) | 61043 |
| CIS number |
93-1478 |
| Year |
1992 |
| Convention or series no. |
MSHA Safety Manual No.3
|
| Title |
First aid |
| Bibliographic information |
National Mine Health and Safety Academy, P.O. Box 1166, Beckley, WV 25802, USA, 1992. 60p. Illus. 6 ref. Index. |
| Abstract |
This manual provides an explanation of first-aid techniques to be used in mines before medical help arrives. It covers: basic first-aid procedures; first-aid procedures for life-threatening conditions (mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, dealing with foreign objects in the throat of conscious and unconscious victims, cardiopulmonary resuscitation); control of bleeding; treatment for shock; bandages and dressings; treating of wounds, burns and scalds; musculoskeletal injuries; dislocations; transportation of the injured; environmental emergencies (hypothermia, frostbite, heat stroke, heat exhaustion, heat cramps); medical emergencies. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
USA; emergency treatment; training material; mining and quarrying; first aid |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
cardiac emergencies; training manuals; resuscitation; wounds; extreme temperatures; burns; scalds; shock following injury; transport of the injured; foreign bodies |
| Document type |
C - Training manuals, audiovisual material |
| Country / State or Province | USA |
| Subject(s) |
Medicine, hygiene and first aid
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| Broad subject area(s) |
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Mining and quarrying
OSH training
First aid and emergency organization
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