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Burns, Falls and Emergency Calls: The ultimate guide to the prevention and treatment of childhood accidents

Burns, Falls and Emergency Calls: The ultimate guide to the prevention and treatment of childhood accidents

Phillips, Katrina
Gummer, Amanda
Henry, Laura

Paperback

Health General

ISBN10: 1066916306
ISBN13: 9781066916306
Publisher: First Aid for Life
Published: Sep 9 2026
Pages: 210
Weight: 0.63
Height: 0.44 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Burns, Falls and Emergency Calls helps you identify potential risks and keep your children safe from birth right through to adulthood. It's a clear, accessible reference guide showing you how to help if a child is involved in a medical emergency.

The book is for parents, teachers, childminders or anyone working with children. Experienced nurse, trainer and first aid expert Emma Hammett draws upon her professional and personal experience to provide an engaging and authoritative guide to preventing and treating childhood accidents. Packed full of real life experience, anecdotes and sound advice, this book is designed to give you the skills and confidence to let your children develop and flourish, experiencing inevitable minor bumps and bruises, while keeping them safe from more serious mishaps. With clear, simple directions, tested advice, engaging photographs and illustrations, this a unique, must-have for anyone looking after children of any age. The health and happiness of children in our care is of vital importance to us and we always do our best to keep them safe. However, despite these efforts, every year around 2 million children in the UK attend A&E due to an accident. Over 100,000 of these require admission to hospital - that is nearly 2,000 children a week! 150,000 people die every year in situations where first aid could have saved them. Accidents are second only to cancer as the leading cause of death for children and young people in the UK. You never know when something might happen!

Children need to take measured risks, and bumps and bruises will inevitably result. However, it is important to prevent serious childhood injuries that can cause long-term damage and have life-changing consequences. The part of the brain that evaluates risk and consequence is not fully developed until people are in their early twenties. Therefore, it is vital for parents and those working with children, to be aware of potential dangers and equip themselves and the children with the knowledge and skills to keep themselves and others safe.

Burns, Falls and Emergency Calls gives safety tips and advice for people caring for children from birth through to adulthood. It is written for parents and anyone working with or caring for children; to help you anticipate the next developmental milestones for children and to take the necessary measures to prevent life-threatening injuries and help you plan, prepare and avoid mishap. It will also equip you with the necessary skills should an accident occur; Immediate and appropriate first aid saves lives, reduces pain and suffering and can make a dramatic difference to the speed and extent of a child's recovery. Children don't come with manuals or on/off buttons. They will have minor accidents and that is normal and healthy.

Burns, Falls and Emergency Calls is designed to prevent the big, scary accidents; to help parents and child carers become more aware of potential risks; to teach the skills needed to help in an emergency, and ultimately to save lives. Endorsed by the CEO of the Child Accident Prevention Trust, Dr Amanda Gummer of The Good Toy Guide, Sue Atkins, The Parenting Expert and Laura Henry, an International Early Years Childcare Expert. This highly acclaimed book is heralded as The ultimate guide to the prevention and treatment of childhood accidents.

This book is continually updated and compliant with all the latest Resuscitation Council UK Guidance as well as International updates from ILCOR and the ERC.

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