Emergency Responder: Advanced First Aid for Non-EMS Personnel

Features

For courses in Emergency Responder Training.

Emergency Responder: Advanced First Aid for Non-EMS Personnel is not just another first-aid book. Designed for working professionals, this flexible program blends textbook with online modules and instructor-led hands-on training events. Drawing from their years of experience training and developing emergency response teams, the authors cover the most important skills needed in order to effectively respond to life-threatening events. Carefully designed skill sheets included in the text assist readers in developing the competency necessary to perform each skill with accuracy and confidence. Establishing a foundation in the basic concepts of emergency medical care, the text presents in a logical, easy-to-follow format many of the most common illnesses and injuries responders are likely to encounter. The authors provide realistic depth and breadth of information in a way that will make you successful caring for people who have fallen victim to sudden illness or injury.

Each chapter in Emergency Responder begins–with the same four elements.

• Comprehensive Learning Objectives provide a solid foundation for the concepts and skills you are expected to learn and perform.
• A list of Key Terms introduce new vocabulary essential to your overall understanding of the content.
• An Introduction sets the stage for the instructional narrative that follows.
• The Emergency features offer scenarios that place you at the scene of a realistic emergency and ask you to think about what you might feel, think, say, and do as you read the text and apply your new found knowledge.

Each chapter ends–with a comprehensive review of concepts and skills.

• Each chapter concludes with a The Hand-Off feature which brings closure to the opening scenario, The Emergency, in a way that applies all you’ve learned in the chapter.
• Chapter Review includes the Chapter Summary, a concise review of the chapter’s key points, and a Quick Quiz, which offers multiple-choice questions that help test how well you understand the key concepts and information covered in the chapter.

Helpful study aids are offered–within the chapter as well.

• Quick Checks intersperse open-ended questions throughout the text. The Quick Check will help you stop, think, and apply the information you’ve just read.
• Learning Objectives are positioned in the margins right beside the corresponding sections of the chapter, and Key Terms and definitions are placed where each one is first introduced and discussed.
• An Instructor’s Resource CD contains tools to customize a training program specifically for your needs.
• Students can access online course material as an adjunct to textbook learning.

Emergency Responder: Advanced First Aid for Non-EMS Personnel is not just another first-aid book. Designed for working professionals, this flexible program blends textbook with online modules and instructor-led hands-on training events. Drawing from their years of experience training and developing emergency response teams, the authors cover the most important skills needed in order to effectively respond to life-threatening events. Carefully designed skill sheets included in the text assist readers in developing the competency necessary to perform each skill with accuracy and confidence. Establishing a foundation in the basic concepts of emergency medical care, the text presents in a logical, easy-to-follow format many of the most common illnesses and injuries responders are likely to encounter. The authors provide realistic depth and breadth of information in a way that will make you successful caring for people who have fallen victim to sudden illness or injury.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction to EMS Systems and the Role of the First Responder

Chapter 2 Legal and Ethical Principles of Emergency Care

Chapter 3 The Wellness and Safety of the First Responder

Chapter 4 Introduction to Anatomy

Chapter 5 Principles of Lifting, Moving, and Positioning Ill or Injured People

Chapter 6 Airway Management and Rescue Breathing

Chapter 7 Principles of Assessment

Chapter 8 Caring for Medical Emergencies

Chapter 9 Caring for Soft-Tissue Injuries and Shock

Chapter 10 Caring for Muscle and Bone Injuries

Chapter 11 Caring for Injuries to the Head and Spine

Chapter 12 Multiple-Casualty Incidents and Principles of Triage

Chapter 13 Childbirth

Appendix 1 Blood Pressure Monitoring

Appendix 2 Airway Adjuncts, Suctioning, and Oxygen Therapy

Appendix 3 Responding to a Terrorist Threat

Appendix 4 Skill Sheets

Answers

Glossary

Index