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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 616.025 EAN: 9780763717155 Edition: 4 Sub ISBN: 0763717150 Label: Jones & Bartlett Publishers Manufacturer: Jones & Bartlett Publishers Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 938 Publication Date: 2002-11 Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers Studio: Jones & Bartlett Publishers Related Items:
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 Rating:  - Great book for Outdoor Emergency CareI want to state one thing first, OEC (Outdoor Emergency Care) was created for/by National Ski Patrol. The design of this care is to manage the injury and send to the next level care depending on an injury. It was made to go along with class room training. OEC is a First Responder/College level course. I read one of the other reviews and I can tell that they bought the book to try to teach themselves by by reading it. It does cover a lot and is detailed, but I compare it to any other college ... Read More Rating: - Great resource for your OEC course.As an Outdoor Emergency Care Instructor and owner of my own training agency, I looked forward to receiving my copy of Outdoor Emergency Care, 4th Edition. After reviewing the new textbook, I found the layout and scope of information greatly exceeded my expectations. The new color photos, illustrations, skill drills, charts, box features, scenarios, and end of chapter reviews are outstanding and are a tremendous improvement, compared to the previous edition. I feel that by my choosing to ... Read More Rating:  - All form, little functionLots of flashy colors and photos but little or no structure to the content. Adjoining chapters are structured differently and written with different "voices" so the book is difficult to read straight through. Many photos seem selected purely for shock value and contribute no substance to the topic. Specific emergency care procedures are rarely set apart from description and assessment. In those rare cases where step by step emergency procedures are set apart with a subhead and in ... Read More 
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