OFFICER'S GUIDE TO FIRE SERVICE EMS, Gordon M. Sachs, 1999
Emergency medical service represents more than 80 percent of the response activity in emergency response agencies.
The whole concept of EMS has undergone drastic changes and improvements over that past three decades. With the ongoing threat of deadly diseases, the methods once practiced to treat trauma victims are not necessarily the best, or safest procedures. In this day and age, change is the ONLY constant.
This book is designed to improve the quality of your EMS delivery.
KEY POINTS: Read about the functional EMS issues and how it all works; Learn effective EMS management strategies; Learn how to conduct performance appraisals of EMS employees; Learn how to manage all aspects of a major EMS incident.
CONTENTS: Foreword; Preface; What does EMS mean to the fire service?; What is EMS?; Delivering fire service EMS; Interfacing fire and EMS operations; EMS management requirements; Expanding EMS; EMS in the near future; Building for tomorrow; EMS supervision; Glossary; EMS organizations and agencies.
6" x 9", 150 pages, softcover, BO0100 / WAS $39.95 / REDUCED TO $29.95