Educating common people on professional subjects, is it helpful or is it an asking for a disaster?

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Despite the fact that it is not written by a professional, this book may be useful in a variety of ways. It supplied everything about a case of emergencies, and I'm sure he went through scientific research before establishing objective information on it; additionally, it would save the lives of a diverse range of people. On the one hand, some professionals take a toll to complete their degree and then charge for their service and knowledge which is valid, but this handbook is provided for free.
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The content of the book gives basic knowledge, it cannot be compared to the experience of the professionals. However, that basic knowledge can still be handy in some times but if the situation is complicated, we should rely on the experts and not on google or just a single book.
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Sushan wrote: 30 Sep 2021, 23:57 Nowadays people tend to google their symptoms and try to diagnose and treat their own selves. But in most occasions this has ended up with disasters and people getting unnecessarily panicked.

Here via this book William W Forgey has tried to educate common people on emergency medical management in a quite deep level. He has tried to make a person able to provide medical care in an emergency situation without any help from the professionals.

Though I agree that having medical knowledge can be useful, this can worsen the scenario by a non-profesional trying to play the hero. What do you think?

A simple example:
In case of possible neck injury, the airway can be opened by lifting the jaw without moving the neck.
(Location 768 - Kindle version)

This is the only mentioning about the important, yet difficult, and has to be practiced and precised, jaw-thrust-maneuver. Trying to apply this with no or inadequate practice will clearly put the victim in more danger.
I would rather know a person had some knowledge of what to do until help arrived over someone trying to provide care with no knowledge at all! Sometimes if you wait for professionals to arrive a patient could die. For example when someone is bleeding a lot. Teaching common people that pressure must be held on such a wound without letting up every few minutes to look at the wound. Most laypeople would do that. Constant pressure must be held until professional help arrives. Or for at least 15 minutes. In other words, sometimes whoever is present with the patient is not going to be able to wait on a professional so if they know 'something' about what to do that is better than if they know nothing, in my opinion.
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Hyacinth Bella wrote: 04 Oct 2021, 07:52 I believe that educating yourself on the basics is a really good thing, and can help people around, but I do hope that no one will act as a hero if they are not a professional in the field because that will make disasters. I also hope that books like this have a simpler way of educating because if a book is filled with jargon common people won't understand, then it will do more harm than good.
I agree with you, educating about basic things like first aid is good but going further in this field is not good as we doctors having so much experience also do mistakes. The book should be written in a much simpler way so that everyone around should be able to understand, no doubt for a medical person the book is five stars but for the layman, the book is a lit bit tough to understand
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I think this book is meant for emergencies. In an emergency situation, it's either you do something and save a life or do nothing and lose it. I think knowledge is better than ignorance and a disaster is a disaster, even doing nothing can be disastrious. This book can help save lives.
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this crossed my mind while reading this book. as much as I agree that no knowledge is a waste. I don’t think I agree with self-medication. but sometimes having such knowledge can save lives so maybe to some degree education common people on professional subjects helps but in some scenarios it could be hazardous. so maybe it depends on the individual who has the knowledge and what they do with it.
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I believe it is far more helpful than it is disastrous. If it did more harm than good, first aid would not be a thing, and knowledge of first aid has saved far more lives than it has hurt. It's always reassuring to know that you're not totally helpless in case of a medical emergency.
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This is a tricky question to answer. As much as the author has never stated that anyone who reads his book will be able to practice medicine, this type of knowledge gives greater confidence to people who do not have the proper training to carry out actions. Obviously, this depends on the common sense of each one. Still, it is possible to see people who take the initiative or who recommend products/treatments just for hearing about it. That is, without even having the slightest knowledge. I would say knowledge is never inadequate. However, in this case, specifically, I have no assurances to say with certainty that there would be no more disasters than saved people.
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Yes this is a lovely hand book that I think everyone must have. It's a must read incase of emergency at least one can have an idea of what to do rather be clueless. I recommend you read it
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Mindful Wordsmith wrote: 01 Oct 2021, 15:20 This is a question that I too have in my mind ever since I've been reading this book. I think there are certain procedures that cannot be performed by non-medical professionals. But I think reading this book will create an awareness in the reader's mind about the different useful procedures. That way, a reader, who cannot do certain difficult maneuvers, can at least avoid doing something harmful with the knowledge he/she has gained through this book. This is the approach I've been using to read this book. If I can't do something, at least I know about all the wrong things that I shouldn't be doing.
There are quite a lot of procedures that common people won't be able to do by themselves but I think for the most part there are still some practical things and if you can't still do any of them then at least you know. No knowledge is a waste
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Having information is better than being in the dark when an emergency occurs. Knowing why medical professionals do certain things may alleviate some stress. Also, I believe this book to be written for the people who want to be educated, not for the people who google their symptoms instead of going to a professional.
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This book says it is for situations when no professional help is available. In that extreme case, I feel this book could be useful. At least you would have some idea of how to help someone in an emergency when calling 911 isn’t an option.
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Yes, I find this book helpful as I have been able to know some of the steps that should be taken when one is in an emergency before the arrival of an ambulance. I would love to recommend this book to most of my friends who would valve this information.
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Not all informational assistance that is not furnished by professionals should be regarded as unreliable. In the author's case, despite the fact that he is not a medical professional, he made a concerted effort to share information with the crowd. As a result, the book became more impartial and engaging to read, as it presented a variety of helpful and medical guides for potential emergency scenarios. I would argue that this is yet another call for disaster because it has demonstrated that the information provided was supported by scentific scientific investigations firsthand.
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