First Responder Handbook Law Enforcement Edition, Walter, Rutledge, Edgar & Davis, 2004
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 response tactics, and first responder reactions to incidents involving terrorism.
The book also includes special sections specific to law enforcement officers. Among those are: assisting other emergency response personnel during vehicle extrication; traffic control; prisoner care and transport; and the use of less lethal weapons.
PRODUCT BENEFITS:
a detailed grid at the front of the book correlates the cognitive objectives of the National D.O.T. curriculum to specific page numbers and references within the book
step-by-step skills outlined with full-color photographs communicate the essential information necessary for first responder certification, and include the correlating number to the applicable national D.O.T. objective
"Street Stories" and "Street-Smart Tips" features bring content to life through stories and advice gathered from law enforcement officers across the U.S.
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Dedication
Forward
About our Authors
Preface
Acknowledgments
D.O.T Curriculum Correlation Guide
Chapter One: The First Responder
Chapter Two: Emotional Issues & the First Responder
Chapter Three: Safety & the First Responder
Chapter Four: Legal & Ethical Considerations
Chapter Five: The Human Body
Chapter Six: Lifting & Moving Patients
Chapter Seven: Airway & Breathing
Chapter Eight: Patient Assessment
Chapter Nine: Circulatory System & Shock
Chapter Ten: Automated External Defibrillaiton
Chapter Eleven: Illness
Chapter Twelve: Soft Tissue Injury & Bleeding
Chapter Thirteen: Injuries to Muscles & Bones
Chapter Fourteen: Infants & Children
Chapter Fifteen: Pregnancy & Childbirth
Chapter Sixteen: The First Responder in Law Enforcement
Appendix A - Job Description of First Responder
Appendix B - Common Medication & Uses
Appendix C - Acronym List
Glossary
Index
8 1/2" x 11", 368 pages, softbound, ISBN: 0-7668-4191-X, BF9007 / $53.95
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