First Aid in Accidents

Students’ Edition: First Aid in Accidents is a practical manual authored by Sir John Collie, MD and Cecil Frank Wightman, designed to teach students, medical trainees, and laypersons how to respond to emergencies and accidents. The sixth edition, published in 1912, updates earlier versions with expanded guidance on wounds, fractures, burns, poisoning, and resuscitation techniques.

The book emphasizes immediate care before professional help is available, with clear instructions and illustrations demonstrating proper bandaging, splinting, and other first-aid procedures. Collie, a leading British physician, and Wightman, a surgeon and first-aid expert, collaborated to make the material accessible, concise, and practical for students, teachers, workers, and the general public.

Serving both as a textbook and handbook, the manual contributed to the systematic education of first aid in Britain, providing knowledge and confidence to handle accidents safely and effectively, and influencing early 20th-century emergency care practices.