emergency medical services

Describes the history of emergency medical response teams as well as their training, special operations, extreme situations--such as natural or man-made disasters--and methods of saving lives.

Describes how rescue workers rush to accident scenes and use special medical skills and equipment to help save the lives of badly injured people.

In this gripping new title, children will meet the everyday heroes who provide emergency care to injured people when every second counts.

Outlines the educational requirements, duties, salary, employment outlook, and possible future positions of emergency medical technicians.

Explains in simple terms some of the work that paramedics do.

The author shares stories from her high-stress career working as a nurse for CALSTAR, a helicopter ambulance service that flies accident victims and other emergency patients to major hospital trauma centers.

Provides answers to questions children have about emergency medical technicians by following Eugene through an ordinary work day.

Explores the equipment and procedures of a hospital emergency room by describing what one patient sees while being treated for a sprained ankle.