Das Standardwerk fur den Transport von Gefahrgutern liefert Informationen zu nationalen und internationalen Transportvorschriften, zu Notfallmanahmen bei Unfallen sowie Hinweise fur die arztliche Erstversorgung. Fur die Neuauflage wurde das Werk komplett uberarbeitet. Die Bande -Erlauterungen I und Synonymliste- und -Erlauterungen II- (nur geschlossen beziehbar) dienen als Register fur die Bande 1 bis 7. Damit lassen sich mithilfe von Stoffbezeichnungen oder anderen Suchkriterien leicht die pass...
Intermediate: Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and Injured
by American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) and Rhonda J. Beck
Intermediate: Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and Injured is the only text available that addresses the objectives in both the 1985 and 1999 EMT-Intermediate National Standard curricula. This text bridges the gap between the two curricula while still keeping them separate, making it user friendly for any instructor or student. Intermediate is the core of a teaching and learning system with features that reinforce and expand on the essential information and make information retrie...
An easy-to-use and awesomely accurate encyclopedia that allows you to easily diagnose your symptoms and quickly explains your disorder and its remedies. Over 500 symptoms and conditions are addressed in clear, easy-to-understand language. Each entry has been thoroughly reviewed by the appropriate Johns Hopkins specialist to ensure the very latest information on ailments and remedies and treatments, plus information on prevention, latest drug and surgical treatments, is included.
Health Care Provider CPR
by American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), American College of Emergency Physicians (Acep), and Stephen J Rahm
Healthcare Provider CPR provides individuals who have a job-related duty to respond to emergencies with the knowledge and skills to recognize and provide care in respiratory and cardiac emergencies. These skills include: performing two-rescuer CPR and techniques for special rescue situations; using resuscitation masks and bag-valve masks for ventilating victims; and proper use of an Automated External Defibrillator (AED).
At the end of the Second World War approximately 1.5 million Jewish children had been killed by the Nazis. In this book, ten child survivors tell their stories. Paul Valent, himself a child survivor and psychiatrist, explores with profound analytical insight the deepest memories of those survivors he interviewed. Their experiences range from living in hiding to physical and sexual abuse. Child Survivors of the Holocaust preserves and integrates the personal narratives and the therapist's perspec...
General ultrasound in the critically ill describes a new clinical tool: ultrasound for the intensive care and emergency physician. Written by an intensivist familiar with ultrasound, it specifically details findings of immediate clinical relevance throughout its approx. 220 pages. Through a whole-body approach, this book considers new emergency applications regarding the abdomen, venous system, head, heart, and the most original topic, the lung. Flow charts are proposed to resolve daily intensiv...
100 Questions & Answers about Stroke: A Lahey Clinic Guide
by Kinan K Hreib
There are 750,000 strokes in the United States each year. Whether you're a newly diagnosed patient or a loved one of someone who has suffered from a stroke, this book offers help. The only text to provide both the doctor's and patient's views, 100 Questions & Answers About Stroke: A Lahey Clinic Guide provides authoritative, practical answers to the most common questions asked by patients and their loved ones. Written by an expert in the field, this clearly-written book is a complete guide to ca...
Handbuch Der Gefahrlichen Guter. Band 1: Merkblatter 1 - 414 (Handbuch Der Gefahrlichen Ga1/4ter / Hommel, G.(Hg): Hdb Gef, #1)
Das Handbuch der gefahrlichen Guter ist das Standardwerk fur den Transport von Gefahrgutern. Es gibt Informationen zu nationalen und internationalen Transportvorschriften und zu Notfallmassnahmen bei Unfallen mit gefahrlichen Gutern sowie Hinweise fur die arztliche Erstbehandlung von Personen. Fur alle Gefahrguter, die im Hommel enthalten sind, wurden die GHS-Kennzeichnungen mit aufgenommen: Signalworte, Piktogramme, sowie die neuen Gefahrenhinweise (H-Statements) und Sicherheitshinweise (P-Sta...
We do not automatically associate the practice of medicine with al-Qaeda or weapons of mass destruction, yet medical practitioners increasingly play their part in the war against terrorism. Called to risk their own lives in order to help others, they are always among those first responders who must overcome their natural instinct to get away, and instead, rush to the scene of any fresh terror attack to offer what aid they can to the victims. The successful medical response to terror threats requ...
Hazardous materials are an inevitable part of every fire fighter's job. Knowing how to operate safely and take the necessary precautions is crucial. The Fire Fighter's Handbook of Hazardous Materials, Seventh Edition is a quick and simple reference book of hazardous substances that fire fighters are likely to encounter.
Nancy Caroline's Emergency Care in the Streets with Advantage Access
by Aaos
Nancy Caroline’s Emergency Care in the Streets, Ninth Edition is the newest evolution of the premier paramedic education training program. This legendary paramedic textbook was first developed by Dr. Nancy Caroline in the early 1970s and transformed paramedic education. Today, lead editors Bob Elling and Barb Aehlert, along with the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, are proud to continue this legacy and set the new gold standard for the paramedics of tomorrow. The Ninth Edition offers...
Trauma Center
by Joan E Lloyd, J Lloyd, E Herman, and Edwin B Herman
Be Prepared to Face Any Medical Emergency With This Essential Guide While many first aid manuals provide valuable instructions on how to respond to various medical situations, they may not meet the needs of the average citizen preparing to meet a broad range of medical emergencies, with limited skills, limited supplies, and limited or non-existent support from the Emergency Management System and medical professionals. In this color-photo illustrated manual, veteran survivalist and trained EMT...
Handbuch Der Gefahrlichen Guter. Gesamtwerk: Merkblatter 1-2900. Erlauterungen I Und II. Transport- Und Gefahrenklassen. Hommel Interaktiv Update Einzelplatzversion 15.0 Auf 16.0 (Handbuch Der Gefahrlichen Guter)
by Eckhard Baum, Herbert F. Bender, Albrecht Broemme, Ursula Gundert-Remy, Jorg Holzhauser, Mario Konig, Monika Nendza, Ursula Stephan, and Ute Strobel
This resource is designed to encourage critical thinking and aid comprehension of the course material through use of the following materials: Case studies and corresponding questions Figure-labeling exercises Crossword puzzles Matching, fill-in-the-blank, short-answer, and multiple-choice questions The Student Workbook also includes an answer key that is page referenced to the Fire Officer: Principles and Practice, Second Edition text.
Advanced Paediatric Life Support (Advanced Life Support Group)
by Stephanie Smith
Many organisations live with hazards that have the potential to cause disaster. This was the case at Moura underground coal mine in Central Queensland, where 11 men died in an explosion in 1994. Andrew Hopkins shows that the explosion was the result of organisational failure, and uses it to draw lessons about managing major hazards. He argues that there are always tell-tale signs of impending disaster, and that organisations need to find ways of gathering this information and reacting to it appr...
Guide de Traumatologie En Médecine d'Urgence
by Maurice Raphael, Jean-Paul Fontaine, and Etienne Hinglais
Bei Katastrophen und anderen Notfallen ist neben medizinischer Erstversorgung der Betroffenen die psychosoziale Betreuung von immenser Bedeutung. Das Buch beschreibt Begriffe wie Trauer, traumatische Erfahrung, Akuttrauma, Krisen- und Akutintervention fur unterschiedliche Altersgruppen anhand von Beispielen und Erfahrungen. "Lessons learned" zeigen Teamorganisation, Kriterien zur Durchfuhrung von Akutinterventionen und Ablaufe der psychosozialen Hilfe auf. Schwerpunkte stellen die Haltung gegenu...
Biological and Chemical Warfare