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First Responder Care Essentials
Authors: Kris Lethbridge, Richard PilberyThe Second Edition is coming soon! Click HERE for more details.
OVERVIEW
The Second Edition of First Responder Care Essentials is due to publish on October 22, 2024. Click HERE to visit the product page for more details.
First Responder Care Essentials is the ideal resource for Community First Responders. Grounded In practice and covering the full remit of the CFR role, the book takes you through the skills you need when working with patients. Topics range from communication skills to manual handling, trauma care and cardiac arrest.
Chapters include:
- 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
‘An invaluable book that is informative and will assist you in the delivery of best practice in attending medical emergencies.’
Nic Morecroft, Lead Community Responder Manager, South Central Ambulance Service and Forum Vice Chair, National Ambulance Services Responder Managers Forum
TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Acknowledgements
- List of Abbreviations
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 The Ambulance Service
- Chapter 3 Communication
- Chapter 4 Legal and Ethical 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/Environment
- Chapter 15 Medical and Surgical Emergencies
- Chapter 16 Trauma
- Chapter 17 Children and Infants
- Chapter 18 Learning Disabilities
- Chapter 19 Older People
- Chapter 20 Cardiac Arrest
- Glossary
- References
- Index
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