Military First Aid

This manual meets the first aid training needs of individual service members. Because medical personnel will not always be readily available, the nonmedical service members must rely heavily on their own skills and knowledge of life-sustaining methods to survive on the integrated battlefield. This publication outlines both self-aid and aid to other service members (buddy aid). More importantly, it emphasizes prompt and effective action in sustaining life and preventing or minimizing further suffering and disability. First aid is the emergency care given to the sick, injured, or wounded before being treated by medical personnel. The term first aid can be defined as ìurgent and immediate lifesaving and other measures, which can be performed for casualties by nonmedical personnel when medical personnel are not immediately available.î Nonmedical service members have received basic first aid training and should remain skilled in the correct procedures for giving first aid.


This book includes the following topics:


CHAPTER 1. FUNDAMENTAL CRITERIA FOR FIRST AID

CHAPTER 2. BASIC MEASURES FOR FIRST AID

CHAPTER 3. FIRST AID FOR SPECIFIC INJURIES

CHAPTER 4. FIRST AID FOR FRACTURES

CHAPTER 5. FIRST AID FOR CLIMATIC INJURIES

CHAPTER 6. FIRST AID FOR BITES AND STINGS

CHAPTER 7. FIRST AID IN A NUCLEAR, BIOLOGICAL, AND CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENT

CHAPTER 8. FIRST AID FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL REACTIONS

APPENDIX A. FIRST AID CASE AND KITS, DRESSINGS, AND BANDAGES

APPENDIX B. RESCUE AND TRANSPORTATION PROCEDURES