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First Responder Handbook

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ISBN-10: 076684191X

ISBN-13: 9780766841918

Edition: 2004

Authors: Robin Davis, Chris Edgar, Marty Rutledge, Andrea A. Walter

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Written by a group of emergency response professionals from a broad spectrum of public safety and emergency services, this new edition of the First Responder Handbook provides specialized instruction with a focus on emergency medical service training and education that fulfills the requirements for first responder certification as outlined by the National Department of Transportation (D.O.T). This book focuses on first responder education for law enforcement personnel, and offers important concepts, skills, and procedures that enable law enforcement officers to provide quality emergency medical care are offered, including safety and ethical considerations, patient care principles, emergency…    
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Book details

List price: $194.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Delmar Cengage Learning
Publication date: 7/8/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 416
Size: 8.25" wide x 10.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.782
Language: English

Marty Rutledge is a Firefighter/Engineer and EMS Program Manager for Loveland Fire and Rescue in Loveland, Colorado. Marty is a member of the Fire Certification and Advisory Board to the Colorado Division of Fire Safety, serving also as the State First Responder program coordinator. He is also a member of the Colorado State Fire Fighter's Association and has over 11 years of fire and emergency services experience in both volunteer and career ranks. Marty also authored and served as technical expert for a supplementary firefighter training package for Delmar Learning�s Firefighter's Handbook.

Andrea Walter is a firefighter/technician with the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority and a life member and former officer of the Sterling Volunteer Rescue Squad. She has been active in the fire and emergency services community for over twenty years and has served as the Manager of the Commission on Fire Accreditation International for the International Association of Fire Chiefs, and assisted in a variety of projects with the National Volunteer Fire Council, Women in the Fire Service, and the United States Fire Administration.

Dedication
Forward
About our Authors
Preface
Acknowledgments
D.O.T Curriculum Correlation Guide
The First Responder
Emotional Issues & the First Responder
Safety & the First Responder
Legal & Ethical Considerations
The Human Body
Lifting & Moving Patients
Airway & Breathing
Patient Assessment
Circulatory System & Shock
Automated External Defibrillaiton
Illness
Soft Tissue Injury & Bleeding
Injuries to Muscles & Bones
Infants & Children
Pregnancy & Childbirth
The First Responder in Law Enforcement
Job Description of First Responder
Common Medication & Uses
Acronym List
Glossary
Index