First Aid at Sea
Recommended by the RORC
5th Edition
Published on 30. August 2008
Book
Spiral bound
24 pages
978-1-4081-0599-3 (ISBN)
Description
This highly popular guide to emergency first aid at sea has been updated throughout. A bestseller for many years, it has been updated for this new edition with fresh artwork and sturdier pages to withstand the harsh marine environment. Its handy features are: Wiro binding makes the pages easy to turn and enables the book to lie flat Lamination means book is water resistant and wipe clean A colour-coded thumb index to emergencies for quick reference 'Provides rapidly accessible guidelines for dealing with medical emergencies in a small boat or yacht at sea.' Nautical Magazine 'A highly practical on-board emergency tool written by doctors who sail.' Yachting Monthly
Reviews / Votes
"This is an excellent little book that deserves a place on board every yacht that puts to sea." Nautical Magazine (01/04/09) "The two doctors who compiled this work are both experienced sailors, and deserve praise in presenting their information in a concise and informative manner." Nautical Magazine (01/04/09) "The perfect book to accompany you on your travels." Boat Mart (01/05/09) "A good first aid book is essential to any yacht; wherever it sails, this should be by every chart table." Multihull Review (March 2009)More details
Edition
5th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
Colour illustrations throughout
Dimensions
Height: 250 mm
Width: 183 mm
Weight
228 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4081-0599-3 (9781408105993)
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Schweitzer Classification
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Previous edition
Book
11/2003
4th Edition
Adlard Coles Nautical
€32.37
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Persons
Douglas Justins is an anaesthetist at St Thomas' Hospital, London. Colin Berry, also an anaesthetist, is an accomplished yachtsman, having crewed and been the medic in a Whitbread Round the World Yacht; he has also cruised and raced and served as a medical officer in the Royal Navy.