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