Ambulance Care Essentials

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The book is appropriate for a Level 3 diploma course or similar that qualifies you to work as a support worker and covers learning objectives from a range of courses offered by ambulance services. We also kindly request that you provide feedback on any textbook you receive within 60 days of receipt.

We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. Ambulance Care Essentials combines theoretical aspects of communication, legal and ethical issues and safeguarding with more practical areas such as manual handling, medical emergencies and a range of clinical skills. If you teach a relevant course of 12 or more students, please complete the form below with the details.

This second edition of Ambulance Care Essentials offers a complete guide to the skills, knowledge and understanding required to work as a support worker or similar within the ambulance service. Kris Lethbridge MCPara lives in the west country and works for the South West Ambulance Service Trust (SWAST) He is a paramedic and clinical educator with a passion for all aspects of prehospital care and is currently a council member of the College of Paramedics. This second edition of Ambulance Care Essentials offers a complete guide to the skills, knowledge and understanding required to work as a support worker or similar within the ambulance service. Some of the data that are collected include the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously.

However, this is a practical job and you will learn how to undertake safe manual handling, conduct a scene and patient assessment, and perform practical procedures such as managing an airway and assessing a patient's breathing and circulation. It includes in-depth chapters on the primary areas of patient assessment as well as covering different patient populations across the lifecourse. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Covering the fundamental elements of the role, this guide covers a range of subjects from manual handling to a range of clinical skills.

It provides a complete overview of the key skills, knowledge and understanding required to work at ambulance associate practitioner level or similar within the ambulance service, covering theoretical aspects and practical application, as well as a range of different clinical procedures and patient populations. Chapters relevant to associate practitioner level including drug administration, mental health and end of life care as well as an in-depth chapter on assisting the paramedic.It is an essential resource for anyone wanting to prepare themselves for a role within the ambulance service as well as those hoping to become a more effective member of an emergency ambulance crew.