Injuries Books

This is one of the books Michael Hyatt recommends be in your Y2K library. It is the standard reference for dealing with injury and illness until the patient can get to a doctor.

The odds are that every day, people will be injured and you will want to be able to keep them alive and from additional injury. The Red Cross has been a major player in this area throughout the 20th century, and this book is a valuable tool for every household today AND in 2000. The more likely Y2K scenarios will still have medical help available, perhaps just harder to access. Even in the unlikely case where medical care is unavailable, the steps in this book will still be the appropriate first steps for treatment. You may want to find a book on 'wilderness medicine' to cover followup treatment if no doctor is available.

The book has much of what you expect in a first aid book. The one problem is that the book hasn't been updated in a long time. One of the treatments recommended was outdated and wrong.

Every household needs a copy of this book and at least one person familiar with its contents.

As a nurse that works with the terminally ill I constantly hear from the patients that they feel useless, a burden on their family, left out, diseased or not worthy. In our society we tend to focus on those that are "perfect" or "exceed". No one is perfect. Our wounds make us special. It teaches us humility, compassion, charity and love. Doug's book is about "real" people and how we are all alike in special ways. I appreciate the book showing us how we can take our wounds and become better people.

"This is an extremely practical book aimed at helping people USE their woundedness. As a Thanatologist, I've encountered all manner of woundedness, suffering, and misery. So often we hear the messages RUN from pain and suffering. HIDE FROM IT. TAKE A PILL. GET OVER IT. But wounds are a part of life: we cannot escape them. So Doug shows how we can USE them to become better people, how we can USE them to become better healers, how we can USE them for the benefit of ourselves and others. This is a VERY PRACTICAL BOOK!"

Doug Smith is fabulous in person as a presenter and I was truly looking forward to reading his book. Perhaps my expectations were high, having heard him speak, but the inspiration and knowledge I was hoping to glean from his book were severely lacking. It is not well written and tends to overstate the same concept. There are better books if you are looking for any inspiration or personal growth.

Tom is now Lord Tom, and doing the whole rise and fall thing ends up seriously hurt, and having to involve himself with those annoying future predicting seer people again.

He wants to turn the use of these Oracles to his own ends, and to help the underprivileged, basically. He also wants to get his woman back, or see if she is not dead, anyway.

Nulapeiron is a world which has been isolated for twelve centuries, which occupies a subterranean strata ruled by an aristocracy - until revolution within the ranks changes everything. Now the new Lord Tom Corcorigan, a commoner-turned-noble who renounced his powers, is wounded and must meet with a mysterious Seer who might save him. CONTEXT is a sequel to PARADOX and the second book in the Nulapeiron Sequence: familiarity with PARADOX is recommended for an easier introduction to the complex world receiving ongoing drama in CONTEXT.

At the end of the first volume of the Nulapeiron Sequence, Tom Cocorigan risked his life to save Lady Sylvana, the Noblewoman who he had dreamed he was in love with. He had to save her from the very revolution he had began with the wanton killing of Oracles in a bid to gain the freedom of all of Nulpeiron and free the lower stratum from the kind of abuses he had suffered as young man due to the stratification of society. He no longer believes in that cause. After all is said and done, nothing has really changed all that much. Tom just wants to fade into obscurity and be left alone. Alas, the quiet life is not to be, for when Tom is summoned to an audience with an Oracle, his only companion, Elva, inexplicably commits suicide and soon after that the Oracle himself is killed by what seems like assassins who can bend space and time. After the death of Elva, Tom suddenly realizes that he was in love with her, but now it's too late to do anything about it. Well, that's not entirely true. Before he died the Oracle showed him a vision in which Elva is still alive. Tom will stop at nothing to learn where she is and how she can still be alive, even as dark forces threaten to take over his world!

I'm not going to beat around the bush and so I'll tell you what brought this book down from a masterpiece to an "OK" novel. These three things would be martial arts, rock climbing, and jogging! Whatever happens in this book seems to bring up these too overtly personal interests of the author. Every time Tom gets in trouble he has to resort to one of these techniques. If some enemies are after him, he climbs a cliff, he has to work himself up a ventilation shaft, he has to suspend himself on the ceiling, etc. And then all these supposedly advanced humans are still kung fu fighting and everybody knows one fighting art or another. But the worst facet is the jogging. Whenever Tom feels down or stressed, he goes jogging, which Meaney has to recount over and OVER again, describing his breathing, the scenery, with very little contemplation. He even joins a monastery where the monks jog to gain enlightenment! If I wanted to read about these activities, I would get books on them. They stick out like sore thumbs in Context and it seems like the writer bent the plot just so he could include his hobbies in this series. What a waste. Another thing that brings down the book is Tom's what seems like insincere love for Elva. I mean, it's like there was no clue in the first book and he doesn't love her until she's dead. And then he just wanders around in an aimless plot that is a pale imitation of a picaresque adventure tale without showing much urgency to find her. The book just kept repeating itself to me. Tom gets beat down. A stranger heals him. Tom is almost killed. Somebody heals him over and over, making the coencidences seem trite and unrealistic. The last thing that just wounded the novel was that Meaney even injects analogies to WWII and the Jewish Holocaust into the plot which seem just dumb and out of place. While the end of the book begins to make up for the shortcomings in the work, even that is a retread of the climax of the first volume in my mind. Probably some of the concepts in these two books would have been easier to digest if Meaney's first book, To Hold Infinity, which has not been published in America, would have come out first, since it concerns the same universe.

Great book!!! I use the recommendations in chaps 10 and 11 everytime I play.

The book provided me with some great general knowledge and actually helped me diagnose my injuries/little pains. I felt however his treatment methods were quite simple and repetitive. I believe in some more alternative methods to ailments sometimes. Chiropractic care can be beneficial,but the author stuck to conventional rest/ice/physical therapy/surgery fixes on all ailments. A bit disappointed in that, but overall worth the money and time spent.

Having taken up golf again once my son had grown, I quickly realized that I was not in the physical shape of the 20 year old I had been when I first started playing in college. After my first injury to my elbow and a badly strained shoulder, I started looking around for a book that would help me with conditioning, preventing injuries and counsel me if (please, no!) this happened once again. At this point I had had enough of physical therapy, MRIs, etc. and didn't wish to injure myself further.

In his book Dr. Divot addresses in two of his chapters The Female Golfer and The Older Golfer -- just made for me, although I have trouble admitting the latter. Over this winter I'm even trying out some of his conditioning exercises in the hope of beginning the golf season stronger and less prone to injury.

I gave copies of his book as gifts to my golf group this past Christmas -- we're all female golfers, but not all of us will admit to being older. We'll see how we do in the Spring.

While the information contained in this book is worthy of attention. I can't help feeling that I might been able to find all of this information for free on the web. It is more like a pamphlet than a book.

Without having the ordeal and uncertainty of surgery I was able to get back to my woodworking and painting after the pain and numbness in my hands had stopped me. And the recipes are healthy and delicious to boot! Thank you!

This book changed my ability to use my right hand. I had all the symptoms of carpal tunnel; pain and swelling, etc. I eliminated the tomato products, and immediately had results. I enjoy the recipes and use them frequently to help me avoid relapse. Thank goodness I was able to get on track with this program!

I bought this book hoping to help avoid hip surgery. This is much more a manual for post operative recovery than anything about healing pre-surgery. The book is made wider in scope by doing exactly what the title does. That is, explaining all about post operative recovery and then just adding the words "and injury" to a sentence here and there.

Finally a book worth the time to read and use. Too often, with the ongoing flood of New-Age stratagies for self-help and self-healing, one is inundated by worthless clap-trap. This book is so insightful and thoughtfully written that is easily rises above the din, providing the reader with real options and real-life techniques not only to cope but to heal and flourish. Buy it! Read it! Put it to work and thrive!

Well written and a pleasure to read - the author is incredible !

Not only did I heal my hip but I also increase my awareness of the relationship between my emotions and my healing

This is a good book, but it has too many references to God in it. Just about every page talks about God. If you are not a religious person, and think you can ignore all the religious references, by all means by the book and read it.

This is an amazing story of God's love and human perseverance. I sat down just to look through the book "for a minute" and 2 hours later I was still reading. This book will inspire you!

With one brief phone call, Judy Martin-Urban's life changed forever. Her deeply personal portrayal of the complexity of mourning her grandson while remaining hopeful of her daughter's survival and recovery will touch everyone who reads it. Judy openly acknowledges all of her conflicting emotions surrounding the car accident. Her honest discussion of the accident itself and the devastation that resulted underscores the fact that one choice can change an entire family forever. It took a great deal of courage and faith to share her family so publicly. The book is enhanced by Courtney's description of recovering from traumatic brain injury. It is an effective juxtaposition to read the account from the mother/grandmother and then to read how it feels from Courtney's point of view. This book should be in every traumatic brain injury recovery center and support group library.

I studied the 2nd edition of this text as a student and the 3rd edition preparing for both the CHP part I and II. I've recently read through this latest edition and am very encouraged by the updates that have been made. I highly recommend this book for new health physics students, HPs preparing for the CHP exam and anyone with an interest in learning about the field of Health Physics. You won't find another book that covers the full breadth of the field like this one. This 4th edition is a must-have for any serious HP's bookshelf!
-David Bisson, CHP

I received my copy of the fourth edition of "Introduction to Health Physics" today and took a good look at it. Chapter two and three don't have a lot of substantial changes, but it looks like the rounding errors in the previous editions have been corrected. There are more homework problems in each chapter too.

Chapter four has a new section on accelerators, with a good explanation of each type. Chapter five again appears to have multiple numerical corrections made, and more homework problems. Chapter six (Radiation dosimetry) has more homework problems, and Chapter seven (Biological basis for radiation safety) has some sections on epidemiology now.

Chapter eight (Radiation safety guides) goes through ICRP 66, with an example for particulate and gasses. The examples for ICRP 66 calculations are clear, but it is obvious that calculating a lung dose with this technique will take a lot of paper!

It looks like there are a lot of updates to Chapter nine (Instrumentation), with more examples, but the photo of the neutron detection instrument is terrible. Again, more homework problems were added. (Makes me glad I am not a student anymore!)

I was glad to see that Chapter 10 (External radiation safety) has a section on NCRP 147. There are examples there too, and in my opinion the explanations and examples are better than the NCRP 147 examples.

Chapter 11 (Internal radiation safety) finally has a decent example with radon. The previous editions did not really have any calculations or examples, so it was good to see this addition. Chapter 12 on criticality remains relatively unchanged, but chapter 13 has new examples and more homework.

Chapter 14 has been expanded significantly. There is a section on UV that finally covers the UV equations on the ABHP part two equation sheet, and there is even an example. There are more laser and RF examples too.

Overall, it looks like the minor calculation errors that I have found in the past are corrected, lots of examples added, and as a sad note to students: there are a LOT more homework problems. If you are a practicing HP, or planning to take the CHP exam, you should get this book.

This book will not be on your shelf, you will be using it!

This new edition of the classic text is a disappointment, and it's use as a textbook is not recommended.

For this 3d edition, the list of typographical errors compiled by colleagues and myself stands at four pages and growing. Errors can be found in the text, the chapter problems, and their solutions. Other solutions which are not clearly wrong may inexplicably differ from your own solution at the second significant digit.

Formulae are rarely derived from first principles. One exception is the change in wavelength for a photon undergoing Compton scattering from an electron, but, even here, a crucial equation (the relativistic energy invariant) is conspicuously omitted, without which the final equation cannot be derived. The text does not even mention relativity in discussing Compton scattering. (The index does reference "Relatively effects" (sic) at pp. 4-11.)

Equations and formulae contain, at times, an unnecessary proliferation of multiplication signs and units which obscures the underlying physical principles and the simplicity of the equations themselves. Students are better served by a clear mathematical presentation of the underlying physics, rather than being dropped into the middle of an obscure equation made even more so by the inclusion of several constants whose only purpose is to make the units work out. While any text on this subject must deal with the unavoidability of old and new units, my suggestion is to derive the formulae from first principles and deal with the units issue (which, after all, only amounts to including appropriate conversion factors) separately as examples or chapter problems.

Finally, the multiplication sign, "x", should be reserved for arithmetic and scientific notation, not symbolic mathematical equations. See, e.g., Equations (3.10), (4.31), (10.17), (10.32), etc., as examples where the multiplication sign is unnecessary. The text also uses the multiplication sign even where numerical values are already set off by parentheses. The text's overuse of the multiplication sign gives the text a grade-schoolish flavor.

I first borrowed this book from the library and found it so useful I bought it from Amazon. I live in the Washington, D.C. area and felt very unprepared for emergencies in the aftermath of September 11. This guide helps you create a family emergency plan and give you tips on keeping safe in more routine situations. Particularly useful was their suggestion of a disaster supplies kit, which I now have. Some items in the kit were predictable--like a first aid kit, but others were not and make a lot of sense like a NOAA emergency radio, list of key addresses and contacts, extra prescription medications etc. While I don't expect to need it for an evacuation or terrorist emergency, these are supplies I would need in other emergencies from power outtages to storms etc. They recommend that you pack this in a carryall and take with you on trips as well.

Also useful was the idea of a family emergency plan--places to meet outside your home in case of an emergency. This would have been very useful on September 11 when all phone and cell phone lines in this area were busy and roads were clogged while people didn't have alternate ways to get home.

Other useful topics are in areas such as fire emergency, food related dangers, weather related disasters, dangerous encounters with animals and insects and a great chapter on home related emergencies.

I think every home should have a reference book like this one.

In view of recent national events and all the possibilities, this book is a "must-have" for everyone. Written in a concise, easy to undertstand style, it covers the full range of potential dangers and how to prepare and react. I think the title is so appropriate, and the book delivers on that theme.

If you don't own a book like this then buy it. If you've EVER read one of these type books then forget it. It's the same thing you read in every other "preparedness" book. I'm sure this was the HOT seller Dec. 31, 1999, but now?
Rent a movie.....

Shipment for this book was fast. didnt worry at all about having my books in time. would use this company again.

if you're interested in adquiring an easy and understandable base about proteins, carbohydrates and fats this book is a must as well as an indipensable start to understand further readings about the metabolism of exercise. The complete explanation about the turnover of proteins, krebs cycle, fatty acids, different roles of celular ARN are so well explained that you don't need to be an expert to understand the basics of this biochemical principles.