FIRST AID FOR SOLDIERS FM 21-11, Special Operations Forces Medical Handbook, FIRST AID FM 4-25.11

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PREFACE

These manuals meet the first aid training needs of individual servicemembers. 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 “urgent and immediate lifesaving and other measures, which can be performed for casualties by nonmedical personnel when medical personnel are not immediately available.” Nonmedical service members have received basic first aid training and should remain skilled in the correct procedures for giving first aid. This manual is directed to all service members. The procedures discussed apply to all types of casualties and the measures described are for use by both male and female service members.

Table of Contents

I. CHANGE PAGE #1 DATED 28 AUGUST 1989

II. CHANGE PAGE #2 DATED 4 DECEMBER 1991

III. PREFACE

IV. CHAPTER 1. Fundamental Criteria for First Aid

Section I. EVALUATE CASUALTY

A. 1-1. CASUALTY EVALUATION (081-831-1000)

B. 1-2. MEDICAL ASSISTANCE (081-831-1000)

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VI. CHAPTER 3. First Aid for Special Wounds

Section I. GIVE PROPER FIRST AID FOR HEAD INJURIES

A. 3-1. HEAD INJURIES

B. 3-2. SIGNS/SYMPTOMS (081-831-1000)

C. 3-3. GENERAL FIRST AID MEASURES (081-831-1000)

D. 3-4. DRESSINGS AND BANDAGES

Section II. GIVE PROPER FIRST AID FOR FACE AND NECK INJURIES

A. 3-5. FACE INJURIES

B. 3-6. NECK INJURIES

C. 3-7. PROCEDURE

D. 3-8. DRESSINGS AND BANDAGES (081-831-1033)