Basic first aid and pre-hospital care

This monograph is intended primarily for nursing students, professionals, non-medical workers and those who encounter first aid situations, especially in their profession. The publication is designed as a theoretical and practical guide for providing basic first aid, which forms the basis for advanced first aid.

The originality of this publication lies in the fact that the authors focus not only on basic first aid, but also on pre-hospital care. Readers will thus gain a comprehensive overview of the continuity between basic first aid and pre-hospital care in logical steps and procedures. Students will acquire knowledge of first aid for selected traumatic and non-traumatic health-damaging conditions. They will also be introduced to knowledge from disaster medicine, emergency care and crisis management.


Selected chapters are enriched with case studies with specific solutions for basic and advanced first aid, which are suitably supplemented with illustrations.