These doctors teach you first aid at home hand in hand: Science Popularization Books from Pudong New Area People's Hospital Appear at the 2023 Shanghai Book Fair Creation | Team | Books
In daily life, the lack of medical knowledge among ordinary people can lead to many sudden and critical illnesses not being treated in a timely manner, wasting valuable treatment time and greatly reducing the effectiveness of later treatment. The popularization of emergency medical knowledge is urgent. On August 22nd, the science popularization book "Hand in Hand Teaching Family First Aid", created and written by the medical team of Pudong New Area People's Hospital and published and distributed by Shanghai Science and Technology Press, focusing on family first aid skills, was unveiled at the 2023 Shanghai Book Fair.
Wang Tong, Deputy Director of the Office of the Shanghai Municipal Health Promotion Commission and Director of the Health Promotion Department of the Shanghai Municipal Health Commission, as a guest writer, introduced the story and significance behind the editor's team's creation to readers. "This excellent science popularization book is suitable for ordinary people in families, especially family members with elderly and children, and those who have a strong interest in family first aid. It can also be used as a reference book for children's enlightenment and first aid science popularization."
It is reported that "Hand in Hand Teaching Family First Aid" aims to simplify the professional knowledge and clinical experience of first aid and provide practical life rescue skills for the public by sharing vivid case stories and vivid illustrations in simple language, clear and clear flowcharts, and vivid illustrations, targeting sudden illnesses and accidental injuries that are easily involved in the family. The writing team will transform rich professional knowledge and clinical experience related to first aid into easy to understand content, using vivid science popularization stories and practical knowledge points, so that every reader can easily understand and master the basic skills of home first aid.
The deputy editor in chief of this book and the deputy chief physician of the Emergency and Critical Care Medicine Department at Pudong New Area People's Hospital, Zhu Haijun, introduced that every knowledge point in the book comes from clinical professional practice, and every science popularization story originates from their work and life. Health education and health promotion have been identified by the World Health Organization as one of the three strategic measures for disease prevention and control in the 21st century. This is the most fundamental, economical, and effective measure to improve public health, and medical institutions have become the main focus of this important work. The writing of this book is also a positive initiative of the medical creative team in the process of playing the role of public medical institutions in promoting health.
It is reported that Pudong New Area People's Hospital is adjacent to the Pudong International Airport Aviation Hub Port and is the nearest tertiary comprehensive medical institution to Disney Tourist Resort. It undertakes medical emergency treatment for 1 million permanent residents and billions of floating population in the region, emergency response tasks for social and public health emergencies, and treatment of critically ill patients among transit passengers/tourists. The writing team of this popular science book has transformed the rich first aid professional knowledge and experience accumulated in clinical practice.
It is reported that Pudong New Area People's Hospital has long been committed to creating science popularization works that the people truly need. Since 2017, it has been planning and striving to establish a full lifecycle science popularization brand - the "Health Science Popularization Trilogy". After years of exploration and practice, the brand image of science popularization has become increasingly prominent. The science popularization book "Hand in Hand Teaches You Family First Aid" written this time is the science popularization achievement of the "Urgent and Ill" team.
