Every day you turn on the news and see another first responder has been killed or injured. There has never been a greater need for a book such as this in the world where violence is the new norm for those of us in the field.
The goal of this manual is to educate Emergency Medical Services, Law Enforcement Officers, Firefighters and all first responders so they are better prepared to survive and handle an active shooting or terrorist attack.
In this book you will learn guidelines for:
1. Actions steps you can take during an active shooting to survive.
2. How to identify a gunshot wound and check for entry and exit wounds.
3. Know the 3 types of bleeding and how to control them using both basic and advanced bleeding control techniques and equipment.
4. Learn how to do a basic rapid trauma assessment (RTA) to find life threatening bleeding and injuries.
5. Know what an active shooter kit is and how, when and why to use it to save your own life, provide life saving treatment to a fellow first responder or aid a victim of an active shooting/terrorist attack.
6. Know how and when to use a tourniquet to stop life threatening bleeding.
7. Know what hemostatic gauze is and how to use it.
8. EMS in the Yellow zone/warm zone.
9. Blast wounds and sucking chest wounds.
This is the manual used for our live active shooter response training courses that hundreds of first responders have attended and completed. In this book Laura will expertly guide you through this valuable information that may one day save your life, your partner's life or the life of someone you love or know.
The author, Laura J. Kendall, has 35 years of emergency medical service experience, with nearly 30 spent as a full time paramedic. She is also a retired NJ state certified police instructor.
The goal of this manual is to educate Emergency Medical Services, Law Enforcement Officers, Firefighters and all first responders so they are better prepared to survive and handle an active shooting or terrorist attack.
In this book you will learn guidelines for:
1. Actions steps you can take during an active shooting to survive.
2. How to identify a gunshot wound and check for entry and exit wounds.
3. Know the 3 types of bleeding and how to control them using both basic and advanced bleeding control techniques and equipment.
4. Learn how to do a basic rapid trauma assessment (RTA) to find life threatening bleeding and injuries.
5. Know what an active shooter kit is and how, when and why to use it to save your own life, provide life saving treatment to a fellow first responder or aid a victim of an active shooting/terrorist attack.
6. Know how and when to use a tourniquet to stop life threatening bleeding.
7. Know what hemostatic gauze is and how to use it.
8. EMS in the Yellow zone/warm zone.
9. Blast wounds and sucking chest wounds.
This is the manual used for our live active shooter response training courses that hundreds of first responders have attended and completed. In this book Laura will expertly guide you through this valuable information that may one day save your life, your partner's life or the life of someone you love or know.
The author, Laura J. Kendall, has 35 years of emergency medical service experience, with nearly 30 spent as a full time paramedic. She is also a retired NJ state certified police instructor.
