BOOKS
Departments
FIRST CARE: EMERGENCY GUIDE FOR FIRST RESPONDERS, Sheryle Wills and Sharyn Tremblay; Multi-Media Publishing, Inc., 1393 S. Inca St., Denver, Colo. 80223; 357 pages, $12.95.
A basic, nontechnical approach is taken in this emergency medical aid book, which includes quizzes at the end of each chapter. The authors discuss body systems, patient assessment, saving lives on the verge of dying, how to handle a fragile person, shock and bleeding, poisons, heat and cold exposure, skeletal dislocations, pediatric problems, delivering babies, dealing with death and legal implications.
GERMAN FIRE ENGINES SINCE 1945, H P. Orth; EFB Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Postfach 1453, 6450 Hanau, W. Germany, 167 pages, $32.
German fire apparatus, rescue vehicles, and fireboats are described in this full-color, illustrated hardback book. Innovations and specially-designed equipment for fire fighting are shown.
