Contents Notes |
Getting immunized -- Eating right -- Controlling your weight -- Keeping active -- Managing stress -- Addressing risky behaviors -- Caring for your teeth -- Participating in your health care -- Practicing saety -- Staying healthy when traveling -- Addressing end-of-life issues -- Infant and toddler years -- Preschool to preteen years -- Pregnancy and childbirth -- Adult years -- Death and dying -- Signs and symptoms common in adults -- Signs and symptoms common in children -- Choking and the Heimlich Maneuver -- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation -- Severe bleeding -- Burns -- Trauma -- Shock -- Fainting, seizure and stroke -- Poisoning -- Bites and stings -- Foreign bodies -- Cold-related emergencies -- Heat-related emergencies -- Mental health emergencies -- Genetics and disease -- Cancer -- Infectious diseases -- Allergies and asthma -- Brain and nerves -- Eyes -- Ears, nose and throat -- Teeth and mouth -- Heart and blood vessels -- Lungs and respiratory system -- Breast conditions -- Digestive system -- Kidneys and urinary tract -- Bones, joints and msucles -- Endocrine system -- Female reproductive system -- Male reproductive system -- Blood -- Skin, hair and nails -- Mental illness -- Sleep disorders -- Diagnostic tests -- Medications guide -- Surgery -- Pain management -- Complementary and alternative medicine. Includes information on immunizations, human growth and development, prevention strategies, first aid, disease symptoms, breast health, sleep disorders, diagnosis, and treatment, pain management, complementary and alternative medicine, as well as information about tests, medications, and dealing with death. |