Outdoor Emergency Care: A Patroller’s Guide to Medical Care

by National Ski Patrol
Outdoor Emergency Care: A Patroller’s Guide to Medical Care
Author: National Ski Patrol
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
Total Pages: 889
Release: 2020-05-07
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1284205258
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Developed in partnership with the National Ski Patrol, Outdoor Emergency Care: A Patroller’s Guide to Medical Care, Sixth Edition, is designed to prepare first responders to handle any medical situation in the outdoor environment, during all seasons. The Sixth Edition features: A straightforward, consistent patient assessment process. The patient assessment process is presented in the same way patients are assessed in the health care system. Flowcharts are provided throughout the Patient Assessment chapter to keep the reader focused on each step of the process. Up-to-date content. As you read through each chapter, you will find new information that is current with present prehospital patient care. Subject matter that meets and, in many cases, exceeds the National Emergency Medical Responder criteria. Information unique for ski and bicycle patrollers, including extrication, is included. This material is presented in a format that combines the disciplines of urban EMS and wilderness medical rescue. Continuous case studies. A continuous case study is included in each chapter to encourage critical thinking and application of the information as readers progress through the chapter. End-of-chapter review questions. The review questions included at the end of each chapter allow students to evaluate the knowledge they have gained while reading the chapter. Focus on learning objectives. Specific objectives listed at the beginning of each chapter tell students at the outset what they are expected to learn as they move through the chapter.

Outdoor Emergency Care

by National Ski Patrol (U.S.)
Outdoor Emergency Care
Author: National Ski Patrol (U.S.)
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780135074800
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For courses in Outdoor Emergency Care. Developed in partnership with the National Ski Patrol, Outdoor Emergency Care, Fifth Edition, offers relevant, invaluable content for all emergency first responders working in an outdoor environment. The contributing authors and reviewers are highly respected experts in education in the outdoor emergency care community. The vast experience of these individuals, combined with over 90 years of EMS work and ski patrolling from the editors alone, has been incorporated into every chapter of this text, providing you with a learning resource that is rich in practical knowledge. This book should be used not only as an initial text but maintained on your bookshelf as a valuable reference manual.

Mountain Travel & Rescue

by National Ski Patrol
Mountain Travel & Rescue
Author: National Ski Patrol
Publisher: Mountaineers Books
Total Pages: 385
Release: 2012-09-26
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1594857091
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CLICK HERE to download the chapter on "Backcountry Medicine" from Mountain Travel & Rescue (Provide us with a little information and we'll send your download directly to your inbox) Completely updated and expanded official rescue workbook of the National Ski Patrol, now available to other wilderness first responders and the general public * Authoritative and comprehensive mountain safety and rescue text -- your most valuable search and rescue equipment * Recommended for classroom and educational program adoption * All-new illustrations As a leading authority of on-mountain safety since 1938, the nonprofit National Ski Patrol has dedicated itself to serving the public and the outdoor recreation industry by providing education, and accreditation to emergency care and safety services providers. Their core mountain rescue educational workbook, Mountain Travel & Rescue (first published in 1995), was researched, written, and reviewed by volunteer members and experts from all over the country, and is designed to help ski patrollers train, rescue, and survive in mountain environments, at resorts, in the backcountry, and at any time of year. Mountain Travel & Rescue is a valuable piece of mountain rescue equipment. In addition to new illustrations, this edition offers significantly expanded lesson sections, a new backcountry medicine section, and more. Mountain Travel & Rescue: National Ski Patrol's Manual for Mountain Rescue is organized into four major sections: Survival, Travel, Backcountry Considerations, and Search and Rescue. It includes extensive appendixes, including medical equipment lists, a questionnaire, and a glossary and is a valuable tool for anyone who deals with search and rescue or is interested in mountain rescue basics.

First Aid, Survival, and CPR

by Shirley A Jones
First Aid, Survival, and CPR
Author: Shirley A Jones
Publisher: F.A. Davis
Total Pages: 243
Release: 2011-10-05
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0803629397
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Awarded AJN Book of the Year Award 2012! From performing CPR on an adult, child, or infant to dealing with bleeding and shock, cuts and broken bones, heart attacks, emergency childbirth, poisoning, drowning, scuba diving mishaps, wilderness survival, and natural disasters such as tornadoes, wildfires, floods, and earthquakes…this portable, waterproof guide helps you quickly find the information you need to develop a plan of action for assessing and treating all kinds of first aid and survival emergencies.

Wilderness & Travel Medicine

by Eric Weiss
Wilderness & Travel Medicine
Author: Eric Weiss
Publisher: The Mountaineers Books
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2011-12-27
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1594856591
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CLICK HERE to download the section from Wilderness & Travel Medicine on "Chest & Abdominal Injuries" * Author is a nationally recognized expert in wilderness medicine * Covers both illnesses and injuries * Includes improvised techniques for when medical supplies aren't on hand * Every section has been updated and new illustrations added to this edition First published in 1992, Wilderness & Travel Medicine has been a staple of the emergency first-aid kits sold worldwide by Adventure Medical Kits. With this fourth edition, Mountaineers Books and Adventure Medical Kits have partnered to release an updated, standalone reference for anyone who ventures away from civilization. Topics covered include everything from CPR, shock, and fractures to head, eye, and dental injuries, poisonous reactions, frostbite, hypothermia, heat illness, and much, much more. Throughout the text, sidebars provide useful and improvised techniques for specific injuries. In addition, there is "When to Worry" advice explaining how to tell if an injury is advancing in severity, despite attempts to arrest or slow down dangerous symptoms.

Emergency Medical Responder

by David Schottke
Emergency Medical Responder
Author: David Schottke
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
Total Pages: 532
Release: 2010
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 0763782653
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Updated to the new National EMS Education Standards and endorsed by the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, the fifth edition of our core first responder textbook, Emergency Medical Responder, continues to take an assessment-based approach to emergency medical responder training. Designed to meet the needs of law enforcement personnel, fire fighters, rescue squad personnel, athletic trainers, college students, and laypersons, the text and features found in the fifth edition will help students take the next step toward becoming outstanding Emergency Medical Responders.

Emergency and Disaster Planning Manual

by Laura G. Kaplan
Emergency and Disaster Planning Manual
Author: Laura G. Kaplan
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
Total Pages: 422
Release: 1996
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9780070340831
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Covers the range of necessary emergency and disaster planning techniques for industrial, commercial and utility structures. The book includes checklists and guidelines, step-by-step procedures, definitions and evalution forms for quick and easy reference to a specific problem.