"Emergency Medical Care for Your Salon & Spa"

By Susanne S. Warfield with Donald Sudy, M.D.

 

	This book provides an overview of some possible injuries that may occur in a spa or medical spa setting, along with First Aid treatment and risk management & follow-up guidelines. Hardcopy Cost: $39.95 (plus $6.00 shipping)   Ebook (for immediate download) Cost: $39.95

 

Table of Contents

• Legal Considerations

  - Good Samaritan Laws
  - Duty to Act
  - Scope of Practic

• Miscellaneous Standards

  - Standard of Care
  - Negligence
  - Consent

  - Refusal of Care
  - Implied Consent
  - Parental Consent

• Advanced Care Directives

  - Examples
  - Organ Donation
  - Living Will
  - Special Medical Power of Attorney
  - Do Not Resuscitate (DNR Order)

• Written Documentation
  

  - Documentation Guidelines 14
  - Confidentiality (HIPAA)
  

• Risk Management
  

  - What is Risk Management?
  - Legal Risk Management
  - Legal Risk Management in the Event of an Accident
  

• Federal Standards
  

  - Occupational Safety and Health
  - Hazards Communication Standard
  - Bloodborne Pathogen Standard

  - Modes of Transmission
  - Hepatitis/HIV

  - Personal Protective Equipment
  

• Getting Started–Protecting Employees
  

  - OSHA’s Definition of First Aid & Requirements
  - Protecting Clients
  - First Aid Kit Contents
  - Automated External Defibrillator (AED)
  - Eye Wash Stations
  - First Aid Treatment Record
  

• Basic First Aid
  

  - Cuts and Bleeding
  

  - Types of Cuts and Bleeding
  - Management of Minor Cuts
  - Management of Deep Cuts
  - Hand Wounds

  - Allergic Reactions
  

  - Anaphylaxis
  

  - Localized Allergic Reaction
  

  - Fainting
  

  - Treatment of Fainting Spell

  - Shock
  - Burns
  

  - Burn Treatment
  

  First Degree Burns
  Second Degree Burns
  Third Degree Burns
  

  - Electrical Shock and Electrical Burns
  - Chemical Burns
  

  - Eye Injuries
  

  - Corneal Abrasion
  - Foreign Body
  - Chemical Eye Injuries
  

  Alkali Chemical Burns
  Acid Chemical Burns
  Chemical Irritants

  Treatment of Chemical Eye Burns
  

  - Sudden Illness
  

  - Diabetic Emergency
  - Seizures
  

  - Care for Sudden Illness
  

  - Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA)
  

  - Causes of SCA

  - Sudden Cardiac Death

  - Causes of SCD

  - Women and Heart Attacks
  

  - Woman Warning Signs of a Heart Attack

  - Stroke

  - Warning Signs of a Stroke
  

• Accident Prevention Injury-Control Modules

  - Ergonomics
  - Slips, Trips and Falls
  - Ergonomics/Back Injury Prevention
  - Workplace Violence Awareness/Managing Stress
  

• Developing Your Salon or Spa Training Program and Plan
  

  - Steps to Put Together Your Emergency Plan
  - Building/Business
  - Employees/Staffing
  - Types of Possible Emergencies
  

• References