The need to urgently provide first aid to their loved ones, and often completely unfamiliar people occurs in accidents, sudden diseases and painful conditions. How to act correctly in these situations? How to quickly and really help a person in trouble and not cause him additional injury with his inept actions? How to treat a abrasion or wound , put bandage, Helps with tumbling , Fracture , Burn , Poisoning , Electrical injury , Drowning, How to properly transport the victim or patient , If there is no possibility to call an ambulance?Answers to these and many other questions, which may appear before the reader.... Lack of medical training, and should give a popular encyclopedia. It contains information about ,. How to deal with extreme situations , How to provide first aid when caring for a patient , The Baby , with some diseases and the most common symptoms , First aid techniques and simple manipulations are given , Which can be done by yourself before the arrival of the doctor .. In the articles of the encyclopedia, the reader will also find a description of a number of methods of manual therapy, therapeutic use of medicinal plants and other traditional methods of treating diseases. Some of the materials of the encyclopedia are of a cognitive nature, they are included in order to facilitate the reader's understanding of the special issues discussed in the book .. Popular encyclopedia "First aid" prepared in the Scientific-practical association "Medical Encyclopedia" of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences . A large team of scientists, practical doctors, editors and other specialists took part in the creation of this book under the guidance of Academician of the RAMS V. and . Pokrovsky . Encyclopaedia total 221 articles, 298 illustrations.