d in<br >owrleI\"<br >PREFACE<br > This textbook is designed to be used in conjunction with the<br >American Red Cross Standard First Aid and Personal Safety course.<br >The purpose of the course is to provide the general public with the<br >knowledge and skills called for in most situations in which emer-<br >gency first aid care is required and medical assistance is not exces-<br >sively delayed. The textbook also incorporates information on<br >personal safety and accident prevention??? so that people can learn<br >the causes of accidents and act to eliminate or minimize such causes.<br > Because of significant developments in the fields of first aid for<br >foreign body obstruction of the airway??? oral poisoning??? and snake-<br >bite??? the Red Cross asked the Division of Medical Sciences of the<br >National Research Council??? National Academy of Sciences??? to re-<br >view these subjects for the purpose of updating material in the<br >1973 edition. As a result of these reviews??? more current remedial<br >procedures have been defintgt through the Emergency Medical<br > .%???..<br >Services Committee of the Dlvlslon of Medical Sciences and pro-<br >vided in this second edition of the STANDARD FIRST AID AND PER-<br >SONAL SAFETY textbook. We wish to express sincere appreciation<br >to the Emergency Medical Services Committee??? under the chair-<br >manship of Dr. Donald S. Gann??? and to the staff of the National<br >Academy of Sciences for their assistance in this endeavor.<br > For many years the Red Cross has relied upon the National<br >Academy of Sciences to provide current recommendations for<br >developing the content of first aid materials. The assistance of the<br >National Academy of Sciences assures the authoritative basis for<br >the course content of these materials and provides a channel for<br >extending the first aid recommendations of the medical profes-<br >sion to the American public.<br > C. P. Dail??? Jr.??? National Director??? First Aid Programs??? and Don<br >A. Sleeper??? Assistant National Director??? First Aid Programs??? were<br >responsible for the coordination of materials and the develop-<br >ment of the revised sections contained in this edition. Illustra-<br >tions are by Angeline V. Culfogienis.<br > For their assistance with the 1973 edition??? the Red Cross ex-<br >presses deep appreciation to the staff of the Division of Medical<br >Sciences and to the Ad Hoc Committee for Revision of the Red<br >Cross First Aid Manual??? under the chairmanship of Dr. Warren<br >H. Cole??? University of Illinois Medical Center??? Chicago. This<br >committee provided technical review and advice regarding the<br ><br >