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Written by a group of
emergency response professionals from a broad spectrum of public safety and
emergency services, this new edition of the First Responder Handbook
provides specialized instruction with a focus on emergency medical service
training and education that fulfills the requirements for first responder
certification as outlined by the National Department of Transportation (D.O.T).
This book focuses on
first responder education for law enforcement personnel, and offers
important concepts, skills, and procedures that enable law enforcement
officers to provide quality emergency medical care are offered, including
safety and ethical considerations, patient care principles, emergency
response tactics, and first responder reactions to incidents involving
terrorism.
The book also includes
special sections specific to law enforcement officers.
Among those are:
assisting other emergency response personnel during vehicle extrication;
traffic control; prisoner care and transport; and the use of less lethal
weapons. |
