An Engaging Method to Learning First AidThe author read and researched textbooks from the major first responder medical training schools and created medical algorithms that reduce thousands of pages of text into intuitive, easy-to-use flow diagrams that improve understanding and increases knowledge retention. Unlike textbooks that explain first aid using just words, Urban and Disaster Emergency First Aid Made Easy graphically illustrates the entire patient treatment and care process. This new method increases understanding and knowledge retention. This book can be used as a companion text during your first aid training and as a review tool after completing your training. The author created this book and the associated training course out of his academic research and working with hundreds of Wilderness First Aid students that attended his classes. Many of the students are not necessarily outdoors enthusiasts but are attending WFA courses because they desired to be prepared for urban emergencies and natural disasters. This book and the author's urban disaster first aid courses fill a void in first aid training between the very basic training consisting of just a few hours and the weeks-long training available to first responders. How to Navigate the AlgorithmsStart on Page One, Scene Size-Up and follow the algorithms, answering the "Yes-No" questions. All algorithms start in the upper left-hand corner of each page and end at a circle with a page number, indicating the next page you should proceed to continue care. The algorithms will lead you through the entire patient assessment process and guide you in patient illness/injury identification and treatment for the most commonly encountered urban and disaster first aid emergencies. The Overall Patient Care Flow Diagram found on Page V provides a high-level view of the entire patient assessment and care process and will help you visualize where each page of this book fits in with the care and treatment of patients.In the classroom, this book is valuable in keeping you on task during the hands-on practice scenarios. Build confidence and muscle memory as you use the decision trees found in this book as cues for each step of the patent assessment and care process. During the lecture portion of a first aid course, this book is an excellent companion resource that increases knowledge retention by providing graphical views of the patient care process. First aid is a perishable skill and regular study and review is necessary to stay sharp. This book provides a quick and easy way to study and review. Because the information is displayed in a graphical form, rather than paragraph after paragraph of words, you will find that you retain information better. Urban and Disaster Emergency First Aid Made Easy contains bonus content that is accessible using a smartphone to scan QR Codes found in the book. Readers will be directed to video demonstrations, classroom lectures and downloadable handouts used in the author's first aid courses.