First Responder Handbook: Fire Service Edition - Softcover

Walter, Andrea A.; Edgar, Chris; Rutledge, Marty

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0766839192 ISBN 13: 9780766839199

Publisher: Delmar Cengage Learning, 2002

Synopsis

The First Responder Handbook: Fire Service Edition is an information-packed guide providing first responder education for fire service professionals. Written by emergency response experts and specifically designed for firefighters, this text presents information in a way that will feel familiar to anyone in the fire service. It covers safety for first responders, patient care principles, emergency response tactics, and even first responder actions for incidents involving terrorism. This street-smart book fulfills the U. S. Department of Transportation's requirements for first responder certification while offering firefighters valuable emergency medical training.

About this title

About the Author:

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.

Review:

This textbook for firefighters seeking first response certification describes the basic principals involved in providing emergency medical care. The 16 chapters review legal and ethical considerations and the anatomy of the human body, then provide illustrations for lifting patients, performing CPR, assessing patient condition, and stabilizing bleeding and injuries to the muscle and bone. Color Photographs Illustrate the Procedures. - SciTech Book News March 2003

About this edition

• Publisher: Delmar Cengage Learning
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0766839192
• ISBN 13: 9780766839199
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 400