Overview

Slips, Trips and Fractured Hips has been written for people caring for older friends and relatives; children caring for elderly parents, for spouses, for older people wanting to keep themselves that bit safer and for anyone working with or caring for older people. It is designed to help you take measures to prevent life-threatening injuries and help you plan, prepare and avoid mishap. It will also equip you with the necessary skills should an accident occur. Immediate and appropriate first aid saves lives, reduces pain and suffering and can make a dramatic difference to the speed and extent of the casualty's recovery. First aid treatment can be so simple and knowing what to do can save people so much pain, scarring and further major hospital intervention. Written by an experienced nurse and first aid expert, Emma draws upon her professional and personal experience to produce and engaging and authorative guide. Supported by RoSPA, Home Safety and Age UK advisers, Slips, Trips and Fractured Hips is packed full of practical hints and tips relevant to people as they get older. As we get older our physiology changes and we often develop additional medical conditions. These conditions and the medicine taken to manage them can alter the way our bodies react to injury. Understanding this is key to managing a first aid emergency in an older person and anticipating how they might react to the injuries you can see. Staying one step ahead in an emergency situation often proves vital to the recovery of the casualty. As we age, we also become more accident prone. Our eyesight deteriorates, our skin becomes more friable, we may develop medical conditions which affect our balance and mobility and generally we become more susceptible to injury. It is vital that we recognise this and take extra steps to keep ourselves fit and healthy and are mindful of common avoidable hazards that frequently lead to accidental injury. Older people can suffer serious injuries from falls, bleeds and burns that would be superficial in a younger person. They may not respond to a medical emergency in the usual way and can deteriorate extremely quickly. It is important to recognise and understand that the physiology in older people is different and that medication may affect this too. Slips, Trips and Fractured Hips includes an overview as to how the ageing process affects us physiologically and an introduction to common medication and how this may affect the way people react in a medical emergency. The information contained within this book should help give you the confidence to: - Identify common hazards and take precautions to prevent possible injuries - Understand how ageing affects the body and the effects of common prescription medication and illnesses on the response to trauma - Calmly approach any injury or medical emergency - Assess the severity of the situation - Quickly prioritise and identify whether there are any life-threatening injuries - Reassure the casualty and treat the most urgent issues - Seek medical advice or call an ambulance if necessary With clear, simple directions, tested advice, engaging photographs and illustrations, this a unique, must-have for all older people and anyone caring for them too.

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There comes a point when it dawns on you that you have reached the later years of life - and this can take you by surprise. It's a shock to realise that you might be feeling a little vulnerable, bits of you ache and you feel less optimistic. Hang on, you might think, how did I arrive at this point? Whatever is next? This useful little book, Slips, Trips and Fractured Hips is a bible of good sense and will encourage and advise you in ways to keep safe, healthy, actively upright and chirpy and reminds us that all is not lost with ageing and wonderful times can still lie ahead. Preventing accidents in the first place is of course the best option, but when an accident happens this excellent little book is packed full of practical and sound advice. It is there to help you enjoy your life to hilt. Please use it. Carolyn Cripps OBE, Trustee, Age UK, Fit for Safety and the Institute of Home Safety Falls and fragility fractures can result in loss of independence, injury and death. In health service terms, they are high volume and costly. A&E departments treat a disproportionate number of unintentional injuries among older people, and particularly those aged over 70, with accidents in the home (predominantly falls) accounting for the greatest proportion of these injuries In Slips, Trips and Fractured Hips, Emma discusses safety in relation to older people and uses her many years of experience to give excellent advice about preventing the most common accidents. Falls and other unintentional accidents are not an inevitable part of ageing and we hope through the advice given in this book, older people and their loved ones will be able to take steps to prevent them from happening. Sheila Merrill FRSPH UKPHR Public Health Adviser RoSPA

There comes a point when it dawns on you that you have reached the later years of life - and this can take you by surprise.It's a shock to realise that you might be feeling a little vulnerable, bits of you ache and you feel less optimistic. Hang on, you might think, how did I arrive at this point?Whatever is next?This useful little book, Slips, Trips and Fractured Hips is a bible of good sense and will encourage and advise you in ways to keep safe, healthy, actively upright and chirpy and reminds us that all is not lost with ageing and wonderful times can still lie ahead.Preventing accidents in the first place is of course the best option, but when an accident happens this excellent little book is packed full of practical and sound advice. It is there to help you enjoy your life to hilt. Please use it.Carolyn Cripps OBE, Trustee, Age UK, Fit for Safety and the Institute of Home Safety Falls and fragility fractures can result in loss of independence, injury and death. In health service terms, they are high volume and costly. A&E departments treat a disproportionate number of unintentional injuries among older people, and particularly those aged over 70, with accidents in the home (predominantly falls) accounting for the greatest proportion of these injuriesIn Slips, Trips and Fractured Hips, Emma discusses safety in relation to older people and uses her many years of experience to give excellent advice about preventing the most common accidents. Falls and other unintentional accidents are not an inevitable part of ageing and we hope through the advice given in this book, older people and their loved ones will be able to take steps to prevent them from happening. Sheila Merrill FRSPH UKPHR Public Health Adviser RoSPA

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As a qualified nurse, mother and first aid trainer with over 30 years health and teaching experience; Emma Hammett truly appreciates the vital importance of first aid. Emma writes as first aid expert for numerous print and online publications and frequently appears as press spokesperson on first aid, health and accident prevention issues. Emma draws upon her professional and personal experience to provide an engaging and authoritative guide to preventing and treating accidents. Slips, Trips and Fractured Hips is Emma's third book. 'In Slips, Trips and Fractured Hips, Emma discusses safety in relation to older people and uses her many years of experience to give good advice about preventing the most common accidents. Falls and other unintentional injuries are not an inevitable part of ageing and we hope that through the advice given in this book, older people and their loved ones will be able to take steps to prevent them from happening. Sheila Merrill FRSPH UKPHR, Public Health Adviser RoSPA 'Preventing accidents from happening in the first place is, of course, the best option but when there are problems this excellent book is packed full of practical and sound advice. It is there to help you enjoy your life to hilt. Please use it. Carolyn Cripps OBE, Trustee Age UK, Fit for Safety, Institute of Home and Water Safety Emma's second book; Burns, Falls and Emergency Calls was heralded as the ultimate guide to the prevention and treatment of childhood accidents. 'Burns, Falls and Emergency Calls' is a super informative, but easy to read book, for families, parents, grandparents, childminders and carers, to help everyone become aware of potential risks. It teaches the skills needed to help in an emergency without overwhelming the reader, and of course, that could ultimately save lives. This great book empowers and gives confidence to everyone who reads it and I highly recommend that you go out and grab yourself a copy and keep it handy.' Sue Atkins ITV 'This Morning' Parenting Expert & Author of 'Parenting Made Easy - How To Raise Happy Children' First Aid for Life provides award winning first aid training taught by highly experienced medical, health and emergency services professionals tailored to the needs of those attending. In addition to First Aid for humans, Emma established First Aid for Pets - empowering pet owners and those working with pets to give life-saving treatment in those first vital minutes. Her first book was First Aid for Dogs and it has been a huge success and is currently being translated into multiple languages and distributed worldwide. Emma's mission and the goal of www.firstaidforlife.org.uk, www.onlinefirstaid.com and www.firstaidforpets.net is to make it as easy as possible for people to access first aid skills, removing barriers to learning; such as time, money and geography and give more people the skills and confidence to save lives. Firstaidforlife.org.uk is packed full of free resources and useful updates. If you have any questions please contact emma@firstaidforlife.org.uk or call us on 0208 675 4036

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