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This classic text has successfully trained First Responder students for over 25 years. It is the ideal resource for fire service, law enforcement, military, civil, industrial, and emergency personnel seeking First Responder training. The 7th Edition provides solid and thorough coverage of the First Responder National Standard Curriculum and retains features that both students and instructors have relied upon for years, including flow-of-care diagrams and a clear, straightforward reading style.
Features Include:THE FIRST RESPONDER PROGRAM
First Responder courses are designed to meet training needs in local communities. While all First Responder courses meet the same National Standard Curriculum objectives, jurisdictions may require that prerequisites be met before enrolling in the course. For the most part, emergency care procedures remain the same from EMS system to EMS system. However, many EMS programs may require completion of American Heart Association (AHA) CPR, or basic life support, before entering a First Responder program. While CPR guidelines are undergoing changes for the layperson, this textbook includes the most recent AHA guidelines for the emergency care provider, at the time of printing. AED procedures are also included in the CPR chapter. AED has become an important part of basic life support, and many public facilities are beginning to place them on the premises and train their personnel in their use.
The content of the 7th edition is summarized below, with emphasis on "what's new" in each unit of this edition:
UNIT I, PREPARATORY: CHAPTERS 1-5
The first unit sets a framework for all the units that follow by introducing essential concepts, information, and skills. The EMS system and the role of the First Responder within the system are introduced. Issues of First Responder safety, well-being, and legal and ethical issues are covered. So are basic anatomy and physiology and techniques of safe lifting and moving.
What's New in the Preparatory Unit?
UNIT 2, AIRWAY MANAGEMENT: CHAPTER 6
There is only one chapter in Unit 2, but it may be considered the most important one in the text, because no patient will survive without an open airway. Basic airway management techniques are covered in detail.
What's New in the Airway Management Unit?
UNIT 3, PATIENT ASSESSMENT: CHAPTER 7
This unit explains and illustrates some of the most important skills of a First Responder. All the steps of the assessment and their application to different types of trauma and medical patients, plus the skills of measuring vital signs, taking a patient history, communication, and hand-off to EMTs are discussed.
What's New in the Patient Assessment Unit?
UNIT 4, CIRCULATION: CHAPTER 8
This unit discusses one- and two-rescuer CPR, the chain of survival, the responsibilities of the First Responder, and using automated defibrillators.
What's New in the Circulation Unit?
UNIT S, ILLNESS AND INJURY: CHAPTERS 9-I I
The Illness and Injury unit covers medical emergencies such as chest pain and respiratory emergencies, environmental emergencies such as heat and cold emergencies, behavioral emergencies, emergencies related to alcohol and other drugs, and poisoning, bites, and stings. Also contained in this unit are a chapter on bleeding and soft-tissue injuries, which covers types of bleeding, shock, and burns; and a chapter on muscle and bone injuries, which discusses the musculoskeletal system, injuries to the extremities, injuries to the head, spine, and chest, and helmet removal.
What's New in the Illness and Injury Unit?
CHILDBIRTH AND CHILDREN: CHAPTERS I
unit offers an understanding of childbirth and the complications and emer~es that may arise from delivery. Also discussed are the characteristics of inS,and children and providing emergency care to pediatric patients.
it's New in the Childbirth and Children Unit?
UNIT 7, EMS OPERATIONS: CHAPTERS I4-I S
This unit deals with nonmedical operations and special situations, including gaining access in motor-vehicle collisions and buildings, hazards such as fire, hazardous materials, and radiation accidents, multiple-casualty incidents, triage, and the Incident Management System.
What's New in the EMS Operations Unit?
APPENDICES
Six appendices cover determining blood pressure, breathing aids and oxygen therapy, pharmacology, swimming and diving accidents, response to terrorism and weapons of mass destruction, and First Responder roles and responsibilities.
What's New in the Appendices?
Our Goal: Improving Future Training and Education
Some of the best ideas for better training and education methods come from instructors who can tell us what areas of study caused their students the most trouble. Other sound ideas come from practicing First Responders and from students who are new to the field.
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