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Guides
Emergency help and field guides for Australia, plus everything in your library, arranged by what you need. All of it works without the internet.
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First things first
FIRST AID
First aid
CPR and the unconscious person
DRSABCD, CPR, AED, recovery position, drowning. Australian (ANZCOR) guidelines.
Choking
Back blows and chest thrusts for adults, children and babies (ANZCOR).
Bleeding, burns and injuries
Stop bleeding, cool burns, head, neck and crush injuries (ANZCOR).
Medical emergencies
Shock, heart attack, stroke, asthma, anaphylaxis, low blood sugar (ANZCOR).
Poisoning, heat and cold
Poisons Information 13 11 26, button batteries, heat illness, heatwaves, hypothermia.
Dangerous Australian animals
First aid and prevention · ANZCOR, healthdirect, Queensland Government
BUSHFIRE, FLOOD, STORM
Disasters and recovery
Bushfire
Fire Danger Ratings, alert levels, leaving early, last-resort shelter, preparing (NSW RFS, Get…
Floods
Warnings, leaving early, trapped by water, flooded roads, returning home (NSW SES, Get Ready Qld).
Storms and cyclones
Before and during severe storms; cyclone preparation, shelter room, categories (NSW SES, Get Ready…
Tsunami
Warning signs and what to do for marine and land threats (NSW SES, Get Ready Qld).
After a disaster
First steps, returning home safely, and who to call · NSW Government, NSW SES, NSW Health, Red Cross
Emergency kits & plans
Australia · Red Cross plan steps and the NSW SES kit list
WARNINGS, RADIO, WATER
Know before it happens
Warnings and alert levels
Advice, Watch and Act, Emergency Warning
Emergency radio
ABC emergency broadcaster, UHF CB channels 5 and 35
Safe drinking water
Boil, treat and store water; tanks after floods
Official documents
ANZCOR, SES, RFS, CFA, Red Cross and state guides, with sources
Books and manuals
Where There Is No Doctor, Where There Is No Dentist, US Army FM 21-76
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Medical & First Aid
First aid, hospitals, medicines
Survival & Bushcraft
Kits, manuals, knots, bush skills
Water, Food & Growing
Safe water, cooking, gardens
Shelter, Power & Repair
Build, power, fix
Maps & Navigation
Australia map, places to find
Weather & Disasters
Bushfire, flood, storm, warnings
Comms
Numbers, radio, signals
Reference
Wikipedia, textbooks, search
Books
Free classic and how-to books
Videos
TED-Ed and TED talks by topic
Entertainment
Stories, poems, fun lessons
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