Skipper's Medical Emergency Handbook: First Aid at Sea (3rd Edition)

The Skipper's Medical Emergency Handbook is designed to assist all who go to sea - whether on a day excursion, a holiday cruise or an even longer trip.

Designed to be of assistance to all who sail—from day trips and coastal sailing within sight of land to trans-ocean voyages—the Skipper's Medical Emergency Handbook provides practical advice, boosts confidence, solves problems, and minimizes danger.

• Provides the medical layperson with easy-to-follow advice and guidance on prevention, and how to treat and care for the sick or injured at sea.
• Fully illustrates step-by-step instructions and techniques for novices, experienced sailors and all who work at sea.
• Flow charts and clear illustrations provide an at-a-glance reference, from pre-voyage preparations and establishing emergency procedures, first-response and assessment of illnesses and injury, to offshore aftercare and recover.
• Updated in line with the new practices, procedures and treatments, reflecting the ever-evolving practice of medicine in the 21st century.