Home Health Care

Home Health Care is a first aid and home treatment reference by Richard J. B. Willis and John M. Wilby. It covers the emergencies a household is most likely to face — restoring breathing, bleeding, broken bones, burns, choking, heart attack, poisoning — and follows them with an A–Z of home remedies for the everyday conditions that don’t need a doctor. Hardcover, 112 pages, from The Stanborough Press.

What’s inside Home Health Care

The book is organised the way an emergency is: what to do first, then what to do next. The first aid chapters work through the situations in which minutes matter, each as a short sequence you can follow with one hand while holding a child or a phone with the other.

The second half is slower — water treatments and an A–Z of home remedies, condition by condition, for the things that are unpleasant rather than dangerous and can be managed at home once you know how. Running through both halves is the judgement the book exists to support: which situations you can handle, and which ones mean a clinic now.

• How to give first aid, restoring breathing, dealing with an unconscious person, taking a pulse
• Bleeding, broken bones, burns and scalds, choking
• Eye injuries, head injuries, heart attack, poisoning
• Water treatments
• An A–Z of home remedies — conditions and treatments
• Hardcover, 112 pages, 20 chapters

Who this book is for

Any household with children, and particularly households some distance from a clinic where the decision to travel matters. It is also useful for anyone caring for an elderly parent, where the same judgement call comes up in a different form.

It is a reference rather than a course. Most people read the first aid section once when they buy it, then keep it where they can find it.

About the authors and publisher

Richard J. B. Willis is a health educator and the author of Cracking the Stress Problem, also in this catalogue. John M. Wilby co-authored the first aid material. Published by The Stanborough Press, the British Adventist publishing house whose health and family titles form the backbone of this catalogue.

Home Health Care sits in our Health & Nutrition range. For the full four-volume family reference, see the Encyclopedia of Health and Education for the Family; for the lifestyle side, Your Health in Your Hands and Cracking the Stress Problem by the same author.

Questions about this book

Does this replace seeing a doctor?

No, and the book is explicit about that. A large part of its purpose is telling you which situations need a doctor now rather than tomorrow.

Does it cover CPR?

It covers restoring breathing and dealing with an unconscious person. It is a home reference, not a certified first aid course, and it does not replace one.

What is in the A–Z of home remedies?

Common conditions listed alphabetically, each with simple treatments that can be applied at home, and a note on when the condition needs more than that.

How does it compare to the Encyclopedia of Health?

The Encyclopedia is four volumes covering health, parenting and family life in depth. Home Health Care is a single 112-page volume focused on first aid and home treatment, at a fraction of the price.

Is it suitable for a car or a school first aid kit?

Yes. The hardcover format and the sequence-based first aid chapters suit exactly that use.

Is stock limited?

Yes. Only a small number remain. The page shows live availability.