First Responder Handbook: Law Enforcement Edition [Paperback]

Andrea A. Walter (Author), Marty Rutledge (Author), Chris Edgar (Author), Robin Davis (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 076684191X | ISBN-13: 978-0766841918 | Publication Date: July 8, 2003 | Edition: 1

Written by a group of emergency response professionals from a broad spectrum of public safety and emergency services, this new edition of the First Responder Handbook provides specialized instruction with a focus on emergency medical service training and education that fulfills the requirements for first responder certification as outlined by the National Department of Transportation (D.O.T). This book focuses on first responder education for law enforcement personnel, and offers important concepts, skills, and procedures that enable law enforcement officers to provide quality emergency medical care are offered, including safety and ethical considerations, patient care principles, emergency response tactics, and first responder reactions to incidents involving terrorism. The book also includes special sections specific to law enforcement officers. Among those are: assisting other emergency response personnel during vehicle extrication; traffic control; prisoner care and transport; and the use of less lethal weapons.

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About the Author

A. A. Walter is a firefighter with the Washington Metropolitan Airports Authority and a Captain of Special Operations with the Sterling Volunteer Rescue Squad. Ms. Walter has been active in the fire and emergency services community for many years, serving as the Manager of the Commission on Fire Accreditation International for the International Association of Fire Chiefs and assisting in a variety of projects with the National Volunteer Fire Council, Women in the Fire Service, and the United States Fire Administration. She has over 13 years of experience in the fire and emergency services. In addition to being an author for this text, Andrea also took on the expanded role of serving as the projects’ Content Editor. Ms. Walter is also an author and the Content Editor for Delmar Learning’s Firefighter’s Handbook.

Product Details

• Paperback: 416 pages
• Publisher: Delmar Cengage Learning; 1 edition (July 8, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 076684191X
• ISBN-13: 978-0766841918
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #190,837 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best book of its kind, May 6, 2004

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Mike "Squirrel Nutkin" (Fairfax, Virginia USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: First Responder Handbook: Law Enforcement Edition (Paperback)

I have to say that in my 13 years in the fire and emergency services, this is the best book of its kind. It ceratinly beats the book Garry Briese put out for EMS a number of years ago as Ms. Walter has edited a magnificent tome. I think all public safety would use this as their guide to being a First Responder.