BOOKS
EMERGENCY CARE, Third Edition, Harvey D. Grant, Robert H. Murray, Jr. and J. David Bergeron; Robert J. Brady Co., Bowie, Md. 20715; 474 pages; $14.95.
A complete handbook for the emergency medical technician, this third edition, updated emergency care guide covers the EMT and the law, equipment, basic anatomy, patient assessment, life support and pulmonary resuscitation, cardiopulmonary resuscitation and breathing aids. Other topics include dealing with bleeding and shock, injuries to soft tissues and internal organs, injuries to the extremities, skull, spine and chest, poisoning and drug abuse, childbirth and pediatrics, burns, excessive cold emergencies, water and ice-related emergencies, gaining access to patients, moving and transferring patients, and communications and reports.
BUILDING CONTENTS — THE REAL FIRE PROBLEM, Fire Retardant Chemicals Association, 265 Post Rd. West, P.O. Box 913, Westport, Conn. 06881; 251 pages; $35.
Various points of concern in building fires are addressed in this compilation of papers given at the fall conference of the Fire Retardant Chemicals Association in October 1981. Included in this book are papers on boarding home combustibility problems, a review of the plastics hazard, polymeries in wire and cable, urethane roofing and building codes, nonmetallic conduit in fire rated construction, wallcovering industry changes forthcoming in the fire hazard classification, paint as a fire retardant and building contents as the real fire problems in rooms.
BEERTOWN BLAZES — A CENTURY OF MILWAUKEE FIREFIGHTING, R.L. Nailen and James S. Haight; Renaissance Books, 834 N. Plankinton Ave., Milwaukee, Wis. 53203; 250 pages; $20.
A personalized history of a century of fire fighting in Milwaukee is displayed in this well-illustrated second edition. It is not a defacto history of the Milwaukee Fire Department, but the story of the city’s great fires, fire fighters, and the city itself. The city’s fireboats are included in this volume, as well as chapters on water supply, jinxed companies, the fire department’s steadiest customers, one-of-a-kind fires and a note to buffs and other fire service characters.
