First Responder Care Essentials

​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 that you need when working with patients. Topics range from communication skills to manual handling, trauma care and cardiac arrest.

…This new and modern resource is a valuable addition to the pre-hospital emergency care literature and will be well-received by those people working as first responders, often on a voluntary basis. I commend the authors for their work. Michael J. McGivern. RGN.RMN.BN.MN, April 2019.

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 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• 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
• 2nd Edition