In the Line of Fire: Trauma in the Emergency Services

by Ted Bober and Cheryl Regehr

In the wake of disaster emergency responders are first on the scene and last to leave. They put concern for the lives of others over concern for their own lives, and work tirelessly to recover the bodies of the missing. Their heroic actions save lives, provide comfort to and care for the wounded and inspire onlookers, but at what cost to themselves? We now know that rescue workers who are exposed to mutilated bodies, mass destruction, multiple casualties,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195165020
• ISBN13: 9780195165029
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.6" x 9.5"