For courses in EMS Management, EMS Special Operations EMS Special Operations is designed to be used as a reference and how-to manual for EMS managers seeking to develop or manage an EMS special operations team. For information on teaching and learning resources, please contact your Brady representative. Teaching and Learning Experience Examples throughout the text richly illustrate the concepts presented. Offers EMS managers a solid foundation of understanding of each of the topic areas. ***** This title is available only through the Pearson Custom Library (PCL). To order, click here www.pearsoncustomlibrary.com.
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Additional time is required for outside content and/or packaging with other components. Hallmark Features: Examples throughout th e text richly illustrate the concepts presented : What Would You Do? Case Study: Every chapter starts with an EMS manager tackling an issue regarding public information and education that is related to the content of the chapter. How he resolved the issue based on information in the chapter is presented in the What Would You Do? Reflection feature at the end of the chapter. Every chapter promotes best practices and includes a real-world example that illustrates information from the chapter having been used successfully by an EMS agency. While an agency does not need to create a specialized team for every potential specialized event, the text offers examples that help EMS managers prepare their agency and have a plan in place for its community should an event occur that requires a specialized response. Chapter 15 provides the EMS manager with an overview of the process of developing a special operations team. Offers EMS manager s a solid foundation of understanding of each of the topic areas : The text offers an overview of EMS special operations and provides EMS managers with an understanding of each of the specialized areas--including mass gatherings, pandemics, water rescue, and more. Objectives are identified at the beginning of each chapter and outline the material the reader should understand upon completion of the chapter.
Key terms are listed at the beginning of each chapter and are bold upon introduction in the chapter. Each chapter's terms are defined at the end of the chapter, and all terms are included in the comprehensive glossary at the end of the book. Sidebar features relate interesting information that corresponds very closely to text discussion. Students are required to draw on the knowledge presented in the chapter to answer the chapter review questions.] A list of bibliographical references appears at the end of each chapter.