Emergency Incident Rehabilitation

by Dickinson, Edward V.; Wieder, Michael A.

• ISBN13: 9780835953757
• ISBN10: 0835953750
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-01-01
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

Summary

For courses in Paramedics. Emergency Incident Rehabilitation provides firefighters and other emergency responders with the most comprehensive presentation of emergency incident rehabilitation operations to date. It explores rehab operations in the contexts of both tactics of fire operations and the provision of medical evaluation, monitoring, and treatment. The book sets out nuts-and-bolts information that can be used by emergency operations of any size. The information contained in this book will allow departments to meet the intent of NFPA 1500 and is in agreement with the principles of the National Fire Service Incident Management system (IMS).

Table of Contents

What Is Rehab And Why Do We Need It?	1	(15)
Background to Rehab	3	(2)
What Is Rehab?	5	(1)
Why Do We Need Rehab?	6	(6)
The Functions of a Rehab Operation	12	(4)
Establishing Rehab And Its Role In The Incident Management System	16	(38)
When to Establish Rehab	17	(19)
Rehab Within the Incident Management System	36	(14)
Rehab's Role in the Personnel Accountability System	50	(4)
Establishing And Managing A Rehab Area	54	(33)
Choosing a Rehab Location	55	(4)
Rehab Apparatus and Equipment	59	(14)
Operating a Rehab Area	73	(14)
Medical Aspects Of Rehab Operations	87	(23)
Principles Guiding Rehab Operations	88	(2)
Illnesses and Injuries at Emergency Incident Scenes	90	(14)
Medical Staffing of the Rehab Sector	104	(1)
Medical Equipment in the Rehab Sector	104	(1)
Entry and Triage	105	(2)
Medical Evaluation/Treatment Unit	107	(3)
Fluids And Nutrition In Rehab	110	(14)
Basic Concepts	111	(1)
Fluids and Electrolytes	112	(8)
Provision of Solid Foods in Rehab	120	(4)
Conclusion	124