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To: Veteran Issues by Colonel Dan <VeteranIssues@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [VeteranIssues] Now Available - Third Edition of Tips for First Responders!
Date: Aug 31, 2009 2:08 PM
Can View, save, and/or print out at:
http://cdd.unm.edu/products/tips3rdedition.pdf
Tips for First Responders, a 14-page, color-coded, laminated 4.5 x 5.5-inch field guide. For the third editon a tip sheet has been added that offers information to first responders on how to assist Childbearing Women and Newborns. Tips also include persons with a wide range of disabilities, as well as Seniors, People with Service Animals, People with Mobility Challenges, People with Mental Illness, Blind or Visually Impaired People, Deaf or Hard of Hearing People, People with Autism, People with Multiple Chemical Sensitivities and People with Cognitive Disabilities.
The tip sheets provide information first responders can use during emergencies as well as routine encounters. They are not meant to be comprehensive, but contain specific information that you can read quickly either before or while responding to an incident. Over 80,000 copies of the tips have been ordered by first reponders across the country.
Partners in developing the Tip Sheets include the Bureau of Health Emergency Management, New Mexico Department of Health; the New Mexico Governor's Commission on Disability; the American Association on Health and Disability; and the Disability and Health Branch of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
View PDF Version of the Tips for First Responders >>>
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Download the Tips for First Responders order form in Adobe Acrobat Reader >>>
You can print this form and fax or mail it to us.
Contact us for further information >>>
Or call Dr. Anthony Cahill at 505-272-2990
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