A Family Guide to First Aid and Emergency Preparedness

The fourth volume in the Be Red Cross Ready Safety Series, A Family Guide to First Aid and Emergency reparedness provides crucial information needed during a medical emergency or regional disaster, and also serves as a resource parents can use to teach their children how to respond to these types of emergencies. The tabbed, full color reference guide also includes a companion DVD that enhances learning with demonstrations of the steps needed to prepare for and respond to an emergency. The guide takes a positive approach to learning, and fun interactive activities get the whole family involved. Topics include: - Preventing injuries - How to respond to medical emergencies - Creating a family emergency preparedness plan - Assembling an emergency preparedness kit - Activity pages to help parents present preparedness information to children - Special instructions for specific disasters

The American Red Cross a humanitarian organization led by volunteers and guided by its Congressional Charter and the Fundamental Prinnciples of the International Red Cross Movement, will provide relief to victims of disaster and help people prevent, prepare for and respond to emergencies.The American Red Cross helps people prevent, prepare for and respond to emergencies. Last year, almost a million volunteers and 35,000 employees helped victims of almost 75,000 disasters; taught lifesaving skills to millions; and helped U.S. service members separated from their families stay connected. Almost 4 million people gave blood through the Red Cross, the largest supplier of blood and blood products in the United States. The American Red Cross is part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. An average of 91 cents of every dollar the Red Cross spends is invested in humanitarian services and programs. The Red Cross is not a government agency; it relies on donations of time, money and blood to do its work.