FIELD GUIDE FOR RESCUE IN DETERIORATE SITUATIONS

This guide uses the same terminology and the same principle of Technical Sheets (FT) as well as a clear color code with pictograms that will help in the field to make the right decisions for the benefit of the injured during a degraded situation. Organized by zone (red, orange and green), each part of the guide provides the reader with the essential data to know on the attitude to adopt and succinct illustrated technical sheets to take the appropriate actions.

An “In the field” section includes essential tools such as reminders, sheets for the injured, sheets for taking notes, reports to complete.

The whole is designed with multiple references to the linked FTs, the relative pages, ordered indexes in order to make it as practical as possible and a rapid consultation on the day when it is used as a road map by the first aider on the scene with the injured person(s).

Its size makes it suitable for taking anywhere and for fitting in a trouser cargo pocket, a bag pocket or a collective first aid kit.

Strong paper but not too thick to save weight, rounded corners, colored strips for quick identification of the different areas of the guide, everything has been designed to make it a practical and effective tool with always the same goal: to make the first aider more efficient and thus save more lives.

GENERAL PRESENTATION :

Following the success of the book RESCUE IN HOSTILE ZONES, this field guide adds a practical dimension to all the knowledge and techniques compiled in the book.

Very quickly, this guide will become an essential tool for anyone who might find themselves in the situation of having to rescue themselves in a context other than a normal situation.

When a situation suddenly deteriorates (assault, serious injury far from any help, pile-up, violent incident, natural/industrial disaster, terrorism, etc.) and results in one or more injured people requiring treatment, our faculties and capacities are very quickly reduced.

This guide exists to be taken out of the pocket during these critical moments, there to remind one of the steps to follow when the mind doubts under stress, there to indicate how to use the material or improvise it if it is lacking.

Page by page, in a logical order, with a system of codes, cross-references and colors, it guides the user to achieve the ultimate goal: to rescue (oneself) and save one or more lives until professional rescuers take over.

IN DETAIL :

A 120-page guide with rounded corners and a “cargo pocket” format

All phases detailed from the moment of the injury until after the intervention.

• Essential theoretical reminders

• The 3 intervention zones with the gestures, the material and the detailed instructions

• 43 technical sheets detailing step-by-step in a sequenced and efficient manner the order in which to perform the gestures

• 10 summary tables

• 8 arrowed decision trees

• 4 summary reminders

• 240 photos

• A set of pictograms, color codes, page references and summaries allowing the guide to be used at the head of the injured person as a real checklist depending on the situation, the knowledge of the first aider and the equipment available

• Integration of improvisation concepts for cases where first aid equipment is insufficient or missing

• Integration of the fundamentals of Prolonged Field Care (SPT) for the care of injured people who should last several minutes, several hours

• Integration of actions to be taken after an intervention (infection prevention, possible psychological problems to monitor + 1 PTSD-Post Operational Stress Disorder self-test)

• In line with the latest recommendations of the TECC ( Tactical Emergency Casualty Care Committee)

ABOUT THE AUTHOR :

A former paratrooper commando, Joël Schuermans has a degree in paramedical sciences and has carried out numerous operational missions and expeditions.

Medical director for several organizations, he has solid experience both in the field and in first aid training for specialized contexts.

He is the author of the reference book RESCUE IN HOSTILE ZONES as well as numerous articles on the subject and several books.

FEATURES OF THE FIELD GUIDE "RESCUE IN DETERIORATE SITUATIONS"

Weight: 259 g

Dimensions: 15 x 11 X 1.5 cm

120 pages