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First Emergency Responder Textbook Set


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First Responder: Your First Response in Emergency Care , Fourth Edition
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS)

The only First Responder training program endorsed by a national organization, First Responder, Fourth Edition continues with an assessment-based approach to First Responder training.

The Fourth Edition fully integrates the 2005 CPR and ECC guidelines and includes new chapters on:

  • Communications and Documentation
  • Geriatric Emergencies
  • Terrorism Awareness

Designed to meet the needs of law enforcement personnel, fire fighters, rescue squad personnel, athletic trainers, college students, and laypersons, the new features found in the Fourth Edition will help students take the next step toward becoming outstanding First Responders.  These features include:

  • Endorsement by the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
  • You are the Provider, attention-grabbing case studies found in every chapter 
  • Special Population Tips, discussing the specific needs and emergency care of special populations, including pediatric, geriatric, and special needs patients
  • Enhanced skill drills
  • First Responder Practical Skills Review DVD, packaged free with the Fourth Edition

The Student Workbook contains exercises to reinforce what you will learn in both First Responder: Your First Response in Emergency Care, Fourth Edition and the classroom. The exercises cover the DOT First Responder National Standard Curriculum, and are designed to encourage critical thinking and aid comprehension through a variety of activities for each chapter including:
 
Multiple Choice – Numerous multiple-choice questions prepare students for exams.
 
You Make the Call – Scenarios help students develop decision-making skills by describing emergencies and challenging them to come up with solutions.
 
Skill Drills – Students can test their skills with photo jumbles and caption fill-ins. They can place photos in the correct order to test their knowledge of a skill and fill ion the captions to ensure that they know all of the steps for the skill.
 
Labeling – Students can master difficult concepts with illustration-labeling activities.
 
Word Fun – Students can quiz their knowledge of terminology and spelling with these crossword puzzles.
 
And more – True/False, matching, short answer, and fill-in-the-blank questions.
 
Page references to First Responder: Your First Response in Emergency Care, Fourth Edition are provided for every question in the Student Workbook. Perforated pages make it easier for students to hand in homework assignments.