Emergency First Aid: Step by Step Guide

Dah-Di-Dah Publishing

£9.99

Most of us will hope that we’ll never need advice on treating gunshot wounds or covering protruding abdominal organs with kitchen film but it’s probably good to know it’s there. This user-friendly publication slips easily into a bag or pocket. It’s land-based, not maritime (so much easier to call 111 or 999 than mayday). The design is excellent and the range of information interesting though I would have liked guidance on assessing some more “normal” hazards – such as vomiting and extreme headache. In my family recently these were neither mal-de-mer nor over-indulgence but a life-threatening brain bleed.