First Responder Care Essentials

Overview:

The second edition of First Responder Care Essentials brings together everything you’ll need to know for your role as a Community First Responder. Taking you step-by-step through the essential skills needed for patient care, it is the ideal companion whether you’re working towards a Level 3 First Responder Qualification or already qualified and in need of a reference guide. It encompasses a wide range of topics, from communication and manual handling to trauma care and cardiac arrest management.

This updated edition also includes additional procedures with accompanying step-by-step images.

Key features include:

• Full-colour photographs demonstrating clinical skills and equipment usage

• Anatomical diagrams for better understanding

• Extended skills flags indicating appropriate practice levels

• Fully updated in line with latest legislation, guidance and policy

Note: Previous edition 9781859596081

Table of contents:

1. Introduction

2. The Ambulance Service

3. Communication

4. Legal and Ethical Issues

5. Health and Safety

6. Safeguarding Adults and Children

7. Manual Handling

8. Scene Assessment

9. Patient Assessment

10. Airway

11. Breathing

12. Circulation

13. Disability

14. Exposure

15. Medical Emergencies

16. Trauma

17. Children and Infants

18. Learning Disabilities

19. Older People

20. Cardiac Arrest