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Cuts and bruises, sprains and strains, dislocations, broken bones, snake bites. Sound familiar? At one point in time we have all suffered such an injury or someone else in our family has. And especially in this last case we have wanted to help out anyway we could, but we didn't know how.

Survival 101: The Essential Guide to Saving Your Own Life in a Disaster is a must-have introductory guide that acquaints the reader with essential survival techniques and tactics. Knowing what to do in the event of an emergency will keep you and everyone else calm. Panic is dangerous and counterproductive. You must be organized, take an appropriate leadership role, and make sure everyone has duties assigned to them.

Lachen – lernen – Leben retten. Wie war das noch gleich mit der stabilen Seitenlage? Und wie lauten die fünf W-Fragen, die bei einem Notruf angeblich wichtig sein sollen? Ein Notfall ist immer eine Extremsituation – und wer ist darauf schon vorbereitet? In Zukunft: du! Denn egal wie unwissend und unsicher du ich fühlst: Es ist wirklich ganz einfach, das Richtige zu tun, weil du eigentlich gar nichts falsch machen kannst. Deshalb sieht es Notfallmediziner Dr. Lüder Warnken als seine Aufgabe, mehr Menschen zum Handeln zu ermutigen und zu kompetenten Ersthelfern zu machen.

Millions of American women are buying guns for self-protection. If you are one of them, or plan to be, Paxton Quigley urges you to arm yourself with information and train with experts so that you can safely defend yourself and your loved ones against any potential violence.

Don’t walk alone at night. Don’t leave your drink unattended. Don’t hurt anyone’s feelings. Most women and nonbinary people are taught these rules, intended to keep us safe from harassment, abuse, and assault, from a young age. While the #MeToo movement has swept the globe and shined a light on the pervasiveness of gender-based violence that led to these “rules,” the fears persist—and for good reason.

The mill filters the techniques that come naturally to you through pressure testing. Pressure testing eliminates the nonessentials! Contrary to the tradition trap, void of all formalities and unconventional!

The tendency is to rely and act on gross motor skills. You want to be able to distance yourself from the source of danger; strike, pick up something, and if necessary, run! The effects of adrenaline; the body tenses up, breathing becomes heavier and fine motor skills diminish.

Do you want to make money teaching others how to save lives? By starting a CPR training business, you can truly make a difference in the world and get paid to do it.

A life-saving guide that includes signs, symptoms, first aid treatments, and step-by-step skills to care for adults, children, and infants in case of everyday emergencies. This book is written in simple language to help anyone develop the skills to save lives, from splinting a sprained ankle, performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), and using an automated defibrillator (AED) responding to symptoms of strokes, diabetic emergencies, and emergency childbirth.

Women have been culturally trained to discount one of their greatest protections—safety intuition. As women, it is so ingrained in us to attend to everyone else, including strangers on the street, before we listen to ourselves, that we have lost touch with our innate ability to often detect dangerous situations. As the result, we are left generally defenseless to recognize predators who manipulate our natural compassion, to our own detriment.

Артем Николаевич Катулин – врач, кандидат медицинских наук, ветеран боевых действий. Один из идеологов и основоположников тактической медицины в России. Основатель УЦТМ. Создатель авторских методик по обучению первой помощи и тактической медицине.

This book Spotting Danger for Travelers is geared towards the traveler/s who at any moment could find themselves faced with a violent encounter but may lack the training needed to detect the situation early or react to it appropriately.

A feminist-forward guide to setting boundaries, assessing safety, and defusing violence by a six-time karate world champion—tools and skills to build confidence, fight back, and live life on your own terms.

Injuries and damages caused by mountain lion encounters are on the increase in several western states as the suburbs there move into mountain lion territory and as lions learn to hunt in the suburbs. For public safety, fish and wildlife officials suggest the following behavioral guidelines . . .