First Responder Care Essentials Textbook - 1st Edition
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ISBN-13: 9781859596081
First Responder Care Essentials Textbook - 1st Edition
Author(s): Richard Pilbery, Kris Lethbridge Edition: 1st Publisher: AACE & Class Publishing Published: September 2016
First Responder Care Essentials (Ambulance Care Responder) is the essential resource for Community First Responders. Grounded in practice and covering the full remit of the CFR role, the book takes you through the skills that you need when working with patients. Topics range from communication skills to manual handling, trauma care and cardiac arrest.
Photographs to illustrate clinical skills and equipment handling
Anatomical diagrams to aid understanding
Extended skills flags to highlight where you should operate within your level of practice Reference to the latest legislation, guidance and policy
Table of Contents:
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 The Ambulance Service
Chapter 3 Communication
Chapter 4 Legal, Ethical and Professional Issues
Chapter 5 Health and Safety
Chapter 6 Safeguarding Adults and Children
Chapter 7 Manual Handling
Chapter 8 Scene Assessment
Chapter 9 Patient Assessment
Chapter 10 Airway
Chapter 11 Breathing
Chapter 12 Circulation
Chapter 13 Disability
Chapter 14 Exposure and Environment
Chapter 15 Medical Emergencies
Chapter 16 Trauma
Chapter 17 Children and Infants
Chapter 18 Learning Disabilities
Chapter 19 Older People
Chapter 20 Cardiac Arrest