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Aehlert: Emergency Medical Responder: First Responder in Action 1e
ISBN: 0073022608


Emergency Medical Responder: First Responder in Action, 1st edition by Barbara Aehlert, RN, provides the first responder student with must-know information. This product is the only product that integrates the didactic and skills information. First Responder training is the entry level of emergency medical services. This full-color, well-illustrated textbook/workbook combo is the only first responder product written by an EMS educator who is an experienced author. It includes information on the medical management of the results of current national security threats.

Table of Contents

  • Module 1: Preparatory
  • Module 2: Airway
  • Module 3: Circulation
  • Module 4: Patient Assessment
  • Module 5: Illness and Injury
  • Module 6: Childbirth and Children
  • Module 7: EMS Operations
  • Appendices
  • Appendix 1: Weapons of Mass Destruction: Awareness and Response
  • Appendix 2: Rural and Frontier EMS
  • Appendix 3: Special Populations
  • Features

  • Content that follows the U.S. dept of Transportation (DOT) curriculum. This text includes both didactic and skills-based information that meets and sometime exceeds DOT curriculum objectives. Over 600 illustrations are in the text that are key to learning. In addition, the text includes skill drills that contain both step-by-step explanations as well as figures that depict the skills
  • This text is the only title to include a DVD with the textbook that contains every DOT and National registry skill in video format for students and instructors.
  • First Responder contains material that exceeds the DOT curriculum and reflects adjustments made after the Sept. 11 attacks. New appendices are: Weapons of Mass Destruction: Awareness and Response, Rural and Frontier EMS, and Special Populations.
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