First Aid for Hazardous Marine Life Injuries
Pocket Guide to First Aid for Hazardous Marine Life Injuries

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DAN's Pocket Guide to First Aid for Hazardous Marine Life Injuries isn't a definitive medical guide. But it is small and handy and reminds divers of the necessary steps they'll need to take to provide basic life support and first aid for injuries caused by hazardous marine life.

This pocket-sized volume is divided into two easy-to-read sections.

Section One reminds divers to use an emergency assistance plan and summarizes basic life support measures, injury assessment, rescue breathing and CPR, control of bleeding and general physical assessment.

Section Two lists marine organisms, noting specific warning signs, first aid procedures and treatments when divers, swimmers and snorkelers are confronted with cuts, stings, punctures or rashes associated with a particular creature. Under the "Moray Eels" entry, for example, signs to note include laceration and debris around the wound. First aid entails controlling any bleeding and monitoring for infection.

As any good first aid manual, the guide lists the contents of a fully appointed first aid kit. There is also a section on the indicators and first aid for drowning, near-drowning and injuries resulting from decompression illness, including arterial gas embolism (AGE) and decompression sickness (DCS) and lung overexpansion injuries.

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