Bailliere's handbook of first aid /
revised by Norman G. Kirby and Stephen J. Mather
- Seventh edition.
- London, United Kingdom : Baillière Tindall Elsevier, c2002
- v, 360 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Includes index.
Part 1 Assessment of the casualty and emergency response -- Part 2 Structure and Function -- Part 3 Clinical practice.
First aid is, like medicine, both an art and a science. Interest and some natural ability are necessary, but more fundamental is the need to learn the basic principles throroughly, to revise, keep up to date, and look for new ideas.