Written by the best-selling author team of Bryan E. Bledsoe D.O., F.A.C.E.P., EMT-P, Robert S. Porter M.A., NREMT-P, and Richard A. Cherry, M.S., NREMT-P, this student-friendly easy to understand series covers the DOT National Standard Curriculum.The fifth of 5 titles in the Brady Paramedic Care Principles and Practice series, Volume 5 - Special Considerations/Operations - contains neonatology, pediatrics, geriatrics, abuse and assault, the challenged patient, chronic-care patient, assessment-based management, operations, incident command, rescue awareness and operations, hazmat, crime scene awareness, rural EMS, and a new chapter on EMS response to WMD.Paramedic Level Emergency Responders or Intermediate level responders training to enter into Paramedic.