First Responder: A Skills Approach

The 7th edition of this popular First Responder title, takes students beyond national standards while retaining the easy-to-read, step-by-step format that has made it a favorite for over a decade. Comprehensive coverage includes a variety of topics, including material that goes beyond the DOT curriculum and airway and circulation chapters that fully comply with the newly revised AHA Guidelines.

New features, enrichment materials will enhance the clear and in-depth coverage that has been this titles trademark. New material has been added on terrorism, industrial emergencies, and special patients, as well as a new chapter on Geriatric Emergencies. A new special feature First Responder Flash highlights key information.

First Responder students and professionals.

The 7th edition of this popular First Responder title, takes students beyond national standards while retaining the easy-to-read, step-by-step format that has made it a favorite for over a decade. Comprehensive coverage includes a variety of topics, including material that goes beyond the DOT curriculum and airway and circulation chapters that fully comply with the newly revised AHA Guidelines.
New features, enrichment materials will enhance the clear and in-depth coverage that has been this titles trademark. New material has been added on terrorism, industrial emergencies, and special patients, as well as a new chapter on Geriatric Emergencies. A new special feature First Responder Flash highlights key information.
First Responder students and professionals.

Doody Review Services

Reviewer:Eileen Marie Toloza, M.D.(University of Texas Medical School at Houston)
Description:This book will greatly help EMS providers in their role as first responders with its well-rounded combination of comprehensive and updated information, case scenarios, illustrations, and review questions.
Purpose:First responders will learn about emergency medical care that will help them, their crew, and their patients stay safe. The authors thoroughly cover the essential skills and topics to train EMS providers to perform this special pre-hospital responsibility.
Audience:The book is targeted towards EMS providers. The first author, Daniel Limmer, is a paramedic and a credible authority in the subject matter of this book.
Features:This book not only meets, but exceeds, the objectives of the U.S. DOT's 1995 First Responder: National Standard Curriculum, covering updated information on initial management of many potentially life-threatening emergencies from cardiac and respiratory complaints to drownings and spinal injuries. All of the sections, particularly those on airway and circulation, are well covered. The book employs innovative case scenarios and many well-illustrated picture schemes to help deliver the necessary information thoroughly.
Assessment:This book has a tremendous amount of important information to offer. The sixth edition updates the previous edition with its new material on terrorism, industrial emergencies, and infants and children. It also has a new chapter devoted to geriatric emergencies.

Daniel Limmer (Author). Dan Limmer, EMT-P, has been involved in EMS for over 25 years. He remains active as a paramedic with Kennebunk Fire Rescue in Kennebunk, Maine, and the Kennebunkport EMS (KEMS) in Kennebunkport, Maine. A passionate educator, Dan teaches EMT and paramedic courses at the Southern Maine Community College in South Portland, Maine, and has taught at the George Washington University in Washington, DC and the Hudson Valley Community College in Troy, New York. He is a charter member of the National Association of EMS Educators and a member of the National Association of EMTs (NAEMT) for which he serves on the Advanced Medical Life Support Committee.

Dan was formerly involved in law enforcement, beginning as a dispatcher and retiring as a police officer in Colonie, New York, where he received three command recognition awards as well as the distinguished service award (Officer of the Year) in 1987. During his 20-year law enforcement career he served in the communications, patrol, juvenile, narcotics, and training units.

In addition to authoring several EMS journal articles, Dan is co-author of a number of EMS textbooks for Brady including First Responder: A Skills Approach, Essentials of Emergency Care, Advanced Medical Life Support, the military and fire service editions of Emergency Care, and others. He speaks frequently at regional, state, and national EMS conferences.