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Since September 11th, the American public is more concerned about personal safety than at any time in the last 50 years. Now the former Chairman of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission offers a comprehensive, but easy-to-useresource with quick safety checklists to guide you through living in America and traveling outside its borders. From threats of terrorism to home safety; from safety for seniors to safety for babies, children, and college kids - learn how to prepare yourself for all contingencies. Includes the new Homeland Security Guidelines, as well as instructions for developing a Family Disaster Plan, practicing and maintaining it and what to include in your Disaster Supply Kit. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Theoretical Inquiries in Law, published by Thomson Gale on July 1, 2006. The length of the article is 15616 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Optimizing consumer credit markets and bankruptcy policy.
Author: Ronald J. Mann
Publication: Theoretical Inquiries in Law (Magazine/Journal)
Date: July 1, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 7Issue: 2Page: 395(36)

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This concise instructional handbook is based on the SevenSteps of coping with an emergency. It begins with a discussion of thelayers of responsibility that impact the safety of everyone who goes tosea, and treats the crucial issues of preparation and the selection,inspection and maintenance of equipment. Subsequent chapters discusstraining and specific procedures and equipment including distress calls,clothing, immersion suits, inflatable life rafts, distress signals,personal survival kits, man overboard rescue, search and rescueoperations and hypothermia. ... Read more

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This is a superb guide to the prevention of childhood injury--concise, carefully organized, clearly written, authoritative and realistic.It adopts a developmental approach to understanding the causes of injury and planning intervention, whether in infants, toddlers, preschoolers, elementary school children or young adolescents.Detailed information on specific injury is presented under an environmental rubric: the roadway, the home, the school and recreational area.Each chapter summarizes facts about the specific type of injury being considered, discusses developmental issues that affect its occurrence, and then offers guidelines for prevention.Both unintentional and intentional injuries are covered.The authors' recommendations are addressed to schools and child care centers; health care providers; public agencies; legislators and regulators; law enforcement professionals; voluntary organizations; designers, architects, builders and engineers; business and industry; and mass media.Children cannot be expected to avoid injury on their own.Adults must grant them freedom from injury by providing a safe environment. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Journal of Consumer Affairs, published by American Council on Consumer Interests on December 22, 2004. The length of the article is 6061 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Consumers' protection of online privacy and identity.(Colloquium On Identity Theft)
Author: George R. Milne
Publication: Journal of Consumer Affairs (Refereed)
Date: December 22, 2004
Publisher: American Council on Consumer Interests
Volume: 38Issue: 2Page: 217(16)

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This digital document is a journal article from Technovation, published by Elsevier in 2006. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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During 1999-2003, the US Food and Drug Administration reported a total of 1307 processed food product recalls, most of which were avoidable. There are many areas of the processed food supply chain where significant exposure to risk exists. Additionally, there are systems that can be used in-house at manufacturing facilities, such as hazard analysis and critical control point (HACCP) and radio frequency identification (RFID) that can be very beneficial in recall avoidance. Effective employee training is another key point for consideration. In the event of a recall, a company must be prepared in advance with a detailed crisis management procedure. Companies should consider recall insurance, depending on their size and market dominance. Public relations strategies are critical in surviving a recall. Care must be taken to connect to the consumer and communicate a strong message. Findings from analysis suggest potential reduction of product recalls through recommended preventive measures including the use of HACCP and RFID systems. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Security Management, published by American Society for Industrial Security on March 1, 1992. The length of the article is 1841 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: The secure store: a clean, well-lighted place. (Special Supplement: A Consumer's Guide to Retail Security)
Author: Timothy D. Crowe
Publication: Security Management (Refereed)
Date: March 1, 1992
Publisher: American Society for Industrial Security
Volume: v36Issue: n3Page: p22A(3)

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This digital document is an article from San Diego Business Journal, published by CBJ, L.P. on November 25, 2002. The length of the article is 1280 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Debt relief services blossom as consumers continue to spend: legislation passed in attempt to Curb industry abuse. (Special Report: Finance).
Author: Mike Allen
Publication: San Diego Business Journal (Magazine/Journal)
Date: November 25, 2002
Publisher: CBJ, L.P.
Volume: 23Issue: 47Page: 17(2)

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This digital document is an article from Bank Marketing, published by Bank Marketing Assn. on September 1, 2001. The length of the article is 2843 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Identity Crisis.(fraud and identity theft prevention)
Author: Janet Bigham Bernstel
Publication: Bank Marketing (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 1, 2001
Publisher: Bank Marketing Assn.
Volume: 33Issue: 7Page: 16

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This digital document is an article from Theoretical Inquiries in Law, published by Thomson Gale on July 1, 2006. The length of the article is 10422 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Facts on the ground and reconciliation of divergent consumer insolvency philosophies.
Author: Jacob S. Ziegel
Publication: Theoretical Inquiries in Law (Magazine/Journal)
Date: July 1, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 7Issue: 2Page: 299(23)

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If you are litigating accidents involving emergency vehicles, you know that many factors contribute to hazardous operations. In this well-documented volume, Stephen S. Solomon, firefighter, EMT, engine captain, fire commissioner, and optometrist shows how vision is an integral component in accidents, and in their prevention.

Whether fire truck, police car, or ambulance, an emergency vehicle's fast speed, bells, whistles, sirens, and flashing lights contribute to excitement-laden and potentially hazardous situations. For the attorney or investigator who must reconstruct events, it is important to understand how some of these supposed safety features actually cause rather than help prevent accidents.

The knowledge you will gain about the anatomy of the eyes will give you the edge in accident reconstruction. You will learn how inadequately trained emergency vehicle drivers make for a potentially lethal situation. ... Read more

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What if someone you know requires medical assistance but professional help is not around? Do you know how to administer first aid when the responsibility falls on you? First Aid & Safety For Dummies is a reliable guide that gives you exactly what you need in order to handle emergencies...

• Understand what steps you can take before an accident happens to keep the world around you safer.
• Acquaint yourself with the absolute basics of first-aid and explore essential lingo, materials, and resources to boost your confidence.
• Build a personal first-aid kit to meet your family's activities.
• Properly evaluate a situation: know when to call for help and when to skip it.
• Explore specific situations and know what to do for poisoning, frostbite, heart attack, and other sudden emergencies that demand immediate attention.
• Educate yourself on how to treat injuries associated with your favorite sports activities.
• Familiarize yourself with the special needs of groups, such as the elderly, children, disabled persons, pregnant women, and high-tech workers.

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I have a copy of this book as well, and I decided to check on the comments of the last reviewer. I didn't find any mention of waiting 1-3 minutes before calling 911 in cases of CPR. In fact, the book makes a point of notputting off calling 911, especially if you haven't practiced CPR before.The book provides natural remedies interspersed in the text. They are notedwith an icon next to the paragraph so the reader will know that these arealternatives to regular medicine. I am not an advocate of natural medicine,so I really didn't pay much attention to those paragraphs.I do suggestthat anyone really serious in first aid should take a class (from RedCross, for example). That is the only way you can safely practice CPRbefore really performing it.

First Aid and Safety For Dummies
I have been a big fan of the "For Dummies" series and own many copies of their books. However, my most recent purchase, First Aid and Safety for Dummies, has been extremely disappointing. The purpose ofreading this book was to find a book that my first aid and CPR studentscould reference for more details than the standard class covered. However,I found the book to have incorrect information, and information thatcontradicts the nationally accepted standards. The authors are medicaljournalist with no documented emergency medical experience. The onlysection of the book that had reasonable information was the "SpecialSituations" section. The first aid, and preparation section hasrecommendations that could be harmfull, even deadly if followed. Forexample, the book mentions numerous times that first aid and CPR should beperformed for 1-2 minutes before EMS(911) is activated, the nationalstandard is; as soon as an adult person is found unresponsive to activate911. The reason is that most adults go unconscious or into cardiac arrestis due to an irregular heart rhythm, this rhythm can only be reversed withdefibrillation by a portable defibrillator (like in the show ER). This iswhy most communities have police, fire, and ambulances carrying theseunits, airlines also now carry them. A delay of a "few" minutescan mean the difference between life and death. The book also makes arecommendation for during an asthma attack to use the herbal supplementephedra (it mixes alternative medicine in with traditional medicine, duringthe first aid section;versus having a seperate chapter addressingalternative medicine). Ephedra has been known to cause deaths in healthyyoung people (it is used as an energy boost, simular to caffeine)someonemay misinterpret this and use it alongside with a prescibed asthma inhaler,this could be deadly. These are just a sampling of the mistakes(personally, the two most scariest in my opinion). I have written IDG booksand hope to get a response. My recommendation is if you want a book onFirst Aid or CPR stick with a nationally recognized organization (i.e.American Red Cross, American Heart Association, National SafetyCouncil)many of these publicationsare available online. And mostimportantly, take a class, the books are invaluable, but so isn't the handson experience you will recieve. I am writing this as a First Aid and CPRInstructor with 12 years of emergency medicine experience. Once again,other than this particular book, I have enjoyed and found the "ForDummies" series very informative. ... Read more

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A ground-breaking new book, Beyond Human Error: Taxonomies and Safety Science deconstructs the conventional concept of human error and provides a whole new way of looking at accidents and how they might be prevented. Based on research carried out in the rail, nuclear, and defense industries, the authors show how, by concentrating solely on human error, systems and sociological factors are frequently ignored in contemporary safety science. They also argue that the information processing view of human cognition, the foundation of the majority of safety science and ergonomics, is hopelessly simplistic and leads to ineffective or even misguided intervention strategies.

Wallace and Ross explore how what they call the technically rational view of science can hamper the process of creating a taxonomy of error events, and the implications this has for the current orthodoxy. In laying out the limitations of the technically rational viewpoint, they clearly define their own alternative approach. They begin by demonstrating that the creation of reliable taxonomies is crucial and provide examples of how they created such taxonomies in the nuclear and rail industries. They go on to offer a critique of conventional frequentist statistics and provide coherent, easy to use alternatives. They conclude by re-analyzing infamous disasters such as theSpace Shuttle Challenger accident to demonstrate how the standard view of these events ignores social and distributed factors. The book concludes with a stimulating and provocative description of the implications of this new approach for safety science, and the social sciences as a whole.

While providing a clear and intelligible introduction to the theory of human error and contemporary thinking in safety science, Wallace and Ross mount a challenge to the old orthodoxy and provide a practical alternative paradigm. ... Read more

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This textbook draws on systems theory and applied psychology and stresses the importance of human agency within systems. It presents a new 'Qualitative Systems Approach' to safety management, offering both greater safety and economic savings. It presents a series of methodological 'tools' whose reliability and validity have been shown through extensive work in the rail and nuclear industries and that allow organizational and systems failures to be analyzed much more effectively in terms of quantity, precision and usefulness. Safety Management is for undergraduate and graduate students in occupational psychology, human factors, ergonomics and HCI, and the sociology of disasters and risk. ... Read more

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The Date Rape Prevention Book is a proactive source of information essential for girls and women to safeguard themselves. Being armed with information is a woman's best defense. These pages look at when and where date rape happens, what turns an ordinary man into a rapist and the three ingredients in most acquaintance rapes.

In non-judgmental terms, the book explores the roles of drugs and alcohol, tells women what to do if they are confronted and provides communication techniques and physical maneuvers that do not require martial arts training to help women escape an escalating situation. ... Read more

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...combines a cutting-edge reference tool with practical applicationinformation about the critical issue of food safety...includes food borneillnes, toxic agents and much more! ... Read more

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Excellent primer
Discusses the main areas of concern to be dealt with in regards to keeping your home, school, job site, etc safe from terrorism.
Not a complete textbook on the subject, but probably the best place to start. ... Read more