Beyond First Aid: A Skills-Based Guide to Ambulance Practice - Softcover

Hewett, Peter R.

 
9780443045790: Beyond First Aid: A Skills-Based Guide to Ambulance Practice
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0443045798 ISBN 13: 9780443045790
Publisher: Churchill Livingstone Australia, 1992

Synopsis

A competency-based learning guide for ambulance officers. Each chapter integrates theory with practical tasks, cross referenced to an Appendix of detailed skills guides.

  • Written from the persepective of UK-style ambulance (rather than US-style paramedic work - uses a familiar terminology
    • Excellent pathophysiological descriptions provide background for the principles of ambulance officer interventions
  • Self-paced, independent learning approach - knowledge checks and case histories provide first-class opportunities for revision
    • Flow charts summarise approaches to management
  • 55 Skills Guides - presents ambulance officer techniques in precise, task analysis format

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    Publisher
    Churchill Livingstone Australia
    Publication date
    1992
    Language
    English
    ISBN 10 
    0443045798
    ISBN 13 
    9780443045790
    Binding
    Paperback
    Edition number
    1
    Number of pages
    256