The Complete Practical Manual of First Aid and Family Health
by Peter Fermie, Pippa Keech, and Stephen Shepherd
Tackles the health issues that will affect your family all the way through their lives.
This logbook is designed to allow pre-hospital and emergency care clinicians of all grades to quickly and easily maintain a record of airway skills performed in order to assist in proving competence where required. It includes checklists for essential adjuncts, bag-mask ventilation, extra-glottic devices, endotracheal intubation attempts, needle/surgical airway and other clinical skills. It is not dependent on battery life or data signal and allows for rapid after action logging of pertinent det...
Emergency Ambulance Response Driver Handbook
The third edition of the Emergency Ambulance Response Driver’s Handbook is the essential resource for all professional drivers of ambulances. It provides drivers with a safe and effective basis for their driving practice as well as an understanding of how to minimise any risk to ambulance drivers, passengers and other road users. The book is designed to serve as both an introductory resource for self-learning or alongside a training course as well as a text which can help to refresh and enhance...
Around the coasts of Britain, lifeboats serve and protect. The most famous of all the lifeboat types is the Oakley. Developed in the 1950s, the Oakley motor lifeboats have been responsible for the rescue of thousands of people from ships in distress. Only 44 were built but they were located at almost all of the UK's lifeboat stations and they lasted in service for up to thirty years. Each lifeboat is listed and a detailed history of each is provided. The book is profusely illustrated with over 1...
Complete Emergency Care is the first text to combine training in bloodborne pathogens, first aid, CPR, and emergency oxygen all in one book. The text's four-color format, complete with numerous photographs, allows readers to grasp the content and be better prepared to take action using the proper protocol in medical emergency situations. Each chapter can be used in teaching a course on a specific aspect of emergency care, and the courses can be combined as needed. After reading this book, those...
The Intensive Care Unit: What Every Family Needs To Know is an essential, easy-to-use, and easy-to-understand medical reference that belongs in everyone's library. It is the only educational resource available that explains the entire intensive care unit experience for patients and their loved ones.Dr. Mohnssen's book describes most of the major diseases and conditions requiring ICU admission. He explains the commonly used technology, machines, monitors, and procedures, and includes an extensive...
Paddlers' Guide to Treating Medical Emergencies
by Patrick Brighton
From drowning to ear infections, the author covers everything a paddler needs to know to stay alive and well on the water. The book is an indispensable resource whether out for a Class-I float or a whitewater journey. Paddlers' Guide to Treating Medical Emergencies prepares paddlers to prevent illness and injury; recognize illness and injury when it occurs; and remain calm and implement appropriate treatment when needed. With a refreshing splash of humor, this series is as informative as it is e...
Data Analytics for Pandemics (Intelligent Signal Processing and Data Analysis)
by Gitanjali Rahul Shinde, Asmita Balasaheb Kalamkar, Parikshit N. Mahalle, and Nilanjan Dey
Epidemic trend analysis, timeline progression, prediction, and recommendation are critical for initiating effective public health control strategies, and AI and data analytics play an important role in epidemiology, diagnostic, and clinical fronts. The focus of this book is data analytics for COVID-19, which includes an overview of COVID-19 in terms of epidemic/pandemic, data processing and knowledge extraction. Data sources, storage and platforms are discussed along with discussions on data mod...
This book focuses on the variety of subsequent consequences that may follow the conclusion of the immediate emergency response effort, consequences that require multi-disciplinary efforts and most likely may require a revamping of the historical interplay of national and other political authorities. The book is essentially a critique of contemporary emergency response which, in both the public perception and, unfortunately, in the mind-set of many practicing professionals emphasizes an emerg...
Covers the mechanisms of generation, characteristics and treatability of leachate. Includes different processes for treating contaminants and managing residuals.
This text is intended for the medical layman. It is presented in an format that is easy to follow, even in an emergency, with a clear section first on signs and symptoms, followed by a section on treatment for each type of injury or problem. Covering the wide range of medical problems that may be encountered at sea, it explains how to prepare medical histories of the crew before leaving on a voyage; set up a medical kit according to the type of voyage to be made; determine priorities in the even...
Pocket Guide for Ecgs Made Easy - Elsevier eBook on Vitalsource (Retail Access Card)
by Barbara J Aehlert
The Outward Bound Wilderness First Aid Book
by Jeff Isaac and Peter Goth
Based on proven techniques used by Outward Bound, this convenient and concise handbook is an essential addition to the field kit of anyone who ventures into wild country.
Industry pays an enormous price for material degradation. The Handbook of Environmental Degradation of Materials outlines these costs, but more importantly, explains how to measure, analyze, and prevent environmental degradation for a wide range of indsutrial materials. Experts from around the world share how a diverse set of industries cope with the degradation of metals, polymers, reinforced concrete, clothing, and wood under adverse environmental conditions such as weather, seawater, and fire...
Emt Basic National Standards Exam (The LearningExpress national standards)
by EMT
For aspiring EMTs, your EMT-BASIC National Standards Exam test preparation guide provides must-know exam information, customized study planners, tips on physical and mental preparation, test-taking strategies, advice on managing time and test anxiety, and much more.
This volume results from the "Second International Conference on Dynamics of Disasters" held in Kalamata, Greece, June 29-July 2, 2015. The conference covered particular topics involved in natural and man-made disasters such as war, chemical spills, and wildfires. Papers in this volume examine the finer points of disasters through: Critical infrastructure protection Resiliency Humanitarian logistic Relief supply chains Cooperative game theory Dynamical systems Decision making under risk and unce...