EMS Safety Includes EBook with Interactive Tools
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ISBN13: 9781284041118
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Are you ready to get started with EMS Safety? Complete the NAEMT Instructor Preparation Course and learn more about the simple steps to become a EMS Safety instructor here. To learn more about becoming an NAEMT Course site, visit this page.Emergency medical services (EMS) can be a dangerous profession. EMS practitioners are 2 ½ times more likely to die on the job and 3 times more likely than the average worker to miss work as a result of injury. To combat this epidemic, NAEMT created the EMS Safety course to promote a culture of safety and to help reduce the number on-the-job fatalities and injuries.EMS Safety, Second Edition is the next step in the evolution of this critical continuing education course. The course manual has been transformed into an engaging resource that can continue to be consulted after the course to assist in crafting proactive safety policies and procedures.A Proactive Approach to SafetyEMS Safety trains EMS practitioners to be active participants in their own safety. Participants are taught to identify and remove the hazards that can appear during daily tasks, from offensive drivers to violent encounters to chronic stress. Participants are given practical strategies that they can apply in the field, from situational awareness to defensive driving to verbal deflection. Finally, participants are taught how to strengthen their resiliency skills in order to combat both chronic and critical incident stress.Dynamic Technology SolutionsWorld-class content joins instructionally sound design in a user-friendly online interface to give instructors and participants a truly interactive and engaging learning experience with an eBook. Course topics include:Applying crew resource management in EMSUtilizing situational awareness and defensive driving for safe emergency vehicle operationsEmploying multi-agency preplanning, vehicle and practitioner visibility techniques, and defensive staging practices at roadside incidentsUtilizing lift assist teams, lifting and moving equipment, and behavioral controls to protect both EMS practitioners and patients from injuryEmploying situational awareness to continually assess for the potential of violence on the scene and verbal and physical techniques to de-escalate potential threatsPracticing infection and contagion control to protect both EMS practitioners and patients from emerging threatsStrengthening resiliency skills to help EMS practitioners cope with daily and critical incident stressEnsuring personal readiness for the daily challenges and hazards of working in the field through optimal personal health
| ISBN-13 | 9781284041118 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10 | 1284041115 |
| Weight | 0.56 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 8.20 x 0.40 x 10.60 In |
| List Price | $27.95 |
| Edition | 2nd Edition |
| Format | Paperback |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Pages | 125 pages |
| Publisher | Jones & Bartlett Learning |
| Published On | 2015-12-15 |
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