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The Florida Spiny Lobster: How to Catch It, Its Biology, A Crawfish Cookbook, and First Aid for Minor Diving Injuries

John, J. Kappes

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The "Florida Spiny Lobster" tells what every crawfish hunter ought to know about his quarry, what equipment he'll need, where to find them, and how to catch them. It also provides some tried and true recipes for those lucky lobster hunters who get some of these spiny delicacies as far as the kitchen. It also delves into the rules and regulations covering its capture and gives some common sense suggestions on how to safely manage the hunt. In writing the section on the biology of the spiny lobster the author takes great care to keep everything within the grasp of the average reader. Unnecessary scientific terminology is avoided while making an effort answer every question that is likely to be asked about the crawfish. Every lobster hunter is likely to experience some kind of injury while seeking his prey. Fortunately, diving injuries are rarely serious. First aid for the most common minor injuries is covered in the last part of "The Florida Spiny Lobster".

Venomous and Poisonous Marine Animals: A Medical & Biological Handbook

Jacquie F. Rifkin

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An Excellent Addition to the Field 5 out of 5 stars.
4 of 4 people found this review helpful.

We have long needed this book. Historically, most texts have either concentrated on describing the natural history of venomous organisms or the medical implactions of envemonations (a noteable exception is the excellent contributions by Halstead). This book provides a great deal of biological informtion about toxic marine organisms and then combines this with the latest information about medical treatments for envenomations. In addition, this book also contains an excellent reveiw and classification for cnidae, which I have personally been looking for for a while. I honestly can't say enough about this text. Although this book is not really for the layman (you won't find much in the way of popularized accounts of injuries), it is an EXCELLENT text for specialists.

Editorial Review:

This comprehensive, colour-illustrated volume covers the identification and biology of stinging and poisonous sea creatures, their effects on humans, the first aid and medical management of victims, and the prevention of envenomation in recreation and work. Written by contributors around the world under the auspices of the International Consortium for Jellyfish Stings, the book provides details suitable for marine biologists, divers, and fisheries officers. It should also be a useful resource for safety and first aid officers in all marine industries.

Home Emergency Pocket Guide

Julie Henry, Heather Larson, Jeff Rubin

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September is National Preparedness Month, and Informed® is supporting this nationwide effort by encouraging Americans to take the first simple step to prepare for emergencies in their home and communities. Enter promotion code PREPARE at checkout to receive $3 off the Home Emergency Pocket Guide™ through September 30, 2008.

The USA has only one firefighter for every 280 people and one police officer for every 385 people. That means that in an emergency, most people “are going to be on their own for possibly 48 to 72 hours,” says David Paulison of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Your response to an emergency often determines the impact the situation will have on those around you. Knowing what to do saves lives. This easy-to-use guide is organized by event type and gives you the best course of action to take in each situation.

Because we live in uncertain times, this guide also includes information on how to survive homeland attacks and acts of domestic terrorism, including survival tactics in the event of chemical or biological contamination.

This pocket-size guide is a handy reference tool you will want to keep in your kitchen, medicine cabinet, 72 hour kit and car. While we hope this information is never needed, having it within reach will ensure you respond in ways that increase your safety and security.

U.S. Army First Aid Manual for Soldiers (U.S. Army)

Department of the Army

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Hope I never use it... 4 out of 5 stars.
2 of 4 people found this review helpful.

...got it for my emergency supply kit.

Looked through it & everything looked appealing possible to achieve for someone with little or no training. Then again, the military accepts casualties...

Editorial Review:

The official U.S. Army guide to first aid.

It Only Takes a Minute to Change Your Life!: A Motivational and Inspirational Revolution That Will Show You How to Release the Power Within You

Willie Jolley

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Total reviews: 3 Average rating: 3.5 of 5

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Get ready to change your learn make your dreams come true! Motivational coach Willie Jolley is about to give you the keys to success and tools to build you future into the kind of life you have only dreamed about.

Why only a minute?
Why? Because it only takes a minute to change your life! The minute to decide to go after your dreams is the minute you change your life. Everyone has the ability to take advantage of their precious minutes. Everyone is given the same number of minutes a day: 1440. The key is what you do with them! Let Willie Jolley fuel you with energy and ideas for:

Success..
"If you want to do the incredible then you must dream the impossible! The key to success is to dreams and then go after those dreams with all that is within you, realizing that if the dream is big enough the problems don't matter!

Choices...
"It is not so much what happens to you but rather what happens in you! You have a choice in life. You can choose to be happy, choose to be healthy, choose to be wealthy. Succes is a choice, not a chance!

Hostile Planet: The Essential Guide to Surviving Natural Disasters, Pandemics, and Terrorist Attacks

Cheryl Adams

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Hostile Planet: The Essential Guide to Surviving Natural Disasters, Pandemics, and Terrorist Attacks lays out a blueprint to surviving emergencies that are all-too common in today's world. A virtual encyclopedia of emergency preparedness, Hostile Planet is an invaluable tool in insuring the safety of yourself, your family, your pets, and your property. Hostile Planet offers in-depth preparation strategies for the following:

☐ Bird flu
☐ Hurricanes
☐ Tornadoes
☐ Radiation exposure
☐ Anthrax
☐ SARS
☐ Fires
☐ Floods
☐ Thunderstorms
☐ Lightning
☐ Summer heat
☐ Winter storms
☐ Q fever
☐ Tularemia
☐ Earthquakes
☐ Landslides
☐ Chemical spills
☐ Smallpox
☐ Bubonic plague
☐ Tsunamis
☐ Volcano explosions
☐ Viral hemorrhagic fevers
☐ Botulism
☐ West Nile virus
☐ Brucellosis
☐ Pipeline explosions
☐ Automobile accidents

Heartsaver First Aid

American Heart Association

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American Red Cross First Aid: Responding to Emergencies

American National Red Cross

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Excellent, excellent book 5 out of 5 stars.
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I'm currently enrolled in an 18-week First Aid: Responding to Emergencies course at my college and this is the textbook we're using. This thing is packed full of information! Everything from how to care for victims of various injuries and illnesses to life threatening conditions. Lots of articles in it-- I'm learning stuff I never gave second thoughts to before. It's very readable and it presents the information in a well-organized way. Lots of photos to show how different procedures are done (although nothing replaces firsthand practice). The end-of-chapter study guides are also extremely helpful. If you take a Red Cross First Aid/CPR course, keep this book after you finish the class-- it's great to refer back to.

A Single Source for Citizen-Responder First Aid! 5 out of 5 stars.
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This ISBN is for the latest THIRD EDITION of the American Red Cross manual, First Aid: Responding to Emergencies. This is the Third Edition, with a 2001 copywright, is Emergency Cardiac Care (ECC) 2000-compliant for CPR and Airway Management techniques. BE CAREFUL! OLDER EDITIONS ARE NO LONGER USED IN RED CROSS COURSES AND THEY DON'T MEET THE NEWER STANDARDS.

This is the standard First Aid text used in many college, high school, and para-professional/workplace courses taught by the American Red Cross. It is designed in modular format and combines and expands upon several courses you may also take seperately:
- Citizen-Responder First Aid
- Adult/Child/Infant CPR
- Preventing Disease Transmission/Bloodborne Pathogens Training
- First Aid, When Help is Delayed (the rules change when help is more than 30 minutes away from the scene)
- First Aid to People With Special Needs
- Emergency Childbirth (Lay Responder)

Not only is this a great textbook, but compared to many other current Red Cross manuals, this one makes a great desk (or in-vehicle) reference, and has many articles and facts that are not taught in the classes.

If you haven't taken a First Aid course lately, the CPR techniques have changed and the skill sheets in this book present these new methods at a glance.

Good Samaritan Laws vary by state, but they all require a prudent Citizen-Responder to act within the level of his or her training and the immunity from civil lawsuit that the knowledge in this book can convey to you is worth its price many times over (not to mention your ability to make a positive difference at the scene of an accident or a disaster).

Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care 2005

American Heart Association

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Basic Essentials Hypothermia, 2nd (Basic Essentials Series)

William Forgey

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A comprehensive, essential reference 5 out of 5 stars.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

This slim but content-packed volume goes far beyond the rudimentary information in most wilderness first aid texts. Forgey devotes the majority of the text to a readable explanation of how the body produces, retains, and loses heat, providing practical advice on avoiding hypothermia in the first place. The final third deals with the recognition and treatment of chronic and acute hypothermia, with clear and specific directions for treating the progressive stages of each. A final chapter on other dangers of cold rounds out the contents.

Although Dr. Forgey's wilderness medicine credentials are beyond dispute, the book would benefit greatly from a list of references. Its website has also disappeared without a trace.

These omissions, however, do little to mar the usefulness of this excellent reference, which belongs on the bookshelf of any outdoor adventurer.

Editorial Review:

An information-packed tool for the novice or handy reference for the veteran. Distills years of knowledge in an affordable and portable book.