It's Time to Call 911 offers parents a children's book about emergencies, and how to deal with them.

"A leader in the field of public safety and CEO of a company providing communications training to the 9-1-1 industry descibes her experiences of being an emergency 9-1-1 operator as she rose through the ranks from a rookie 9-1-1 dispatch operator to the director of a large 9-1-1 dispatch center"--

A fabulous teaching aid that walks children through learning about emergencies. Includes a letter to parents and teachers, what is a true emergency, when it is appropriate to call, and who will come to your home.

"Young readers of this exceptionally well-conceived and executed picture book will identify with Pamela and become better equipped to handle emergency 9-1-1 phone calls should the need ever arise."-"Children's Bookwatch "In this instructive story, Pamela learns her address, how to use the telephone, how to dial 9-1-1, and how to recognize an emergency. The style is light and breezy and the illustrations amusing."-Ann Kalkhoff, Children's Book Review Service Impatient Pamela is back with this second edition of her first adventure. She learns all about using the telephone and how to call 9-1-1. She's impatient to make the call, but she needs to learn about true emergencies. When her friend Martin visits and chokes on a bite of his sandwich, it's time for Pamela to stay calm. Will she remember her lessons? Children love going along with Pamela as she saves the day. And Pamela's cat, Meow-Man, is on every page. Winner of The National Parenting Center's Seal of Approval.

The daily challenges of living—and coping—with a chronic and progressive invisible illness. Heart disease is the leading cause of death for women worldwide. Yet most people are still unaware that heart disease is not just a man's problem. Carolyn Thomas, a heart attack survivor herself, is on a mission to educate women about their heart health. Based on her popular Heart Sisters blog, which has attracted more than 10 million views from readers in 190 countries, A Woman's Guide to Living with Heart Disease combines personal experience and medical knowledge to help women learn how to understand and manage a catastrophic diagnosis. In A Woman's Guide to Living with Heart Disease, Thomas explains • how to recognize the early signs of a heart attack • why women often delay seeking treatment—and how to overcome that impulse • the link between pregnancy complications and future heart disease • why so many women with heart disease are misdiagnosed—and how to help yourself get an accurate diagnosis • the importance of cardiac rehabilitation in lowering mortality risk • what to expect during your recovery from a heart attack • how the surreal process of coping with heart disease may affect your daily life • methods for treating heart disease–related depression without drugs Equal parts memoir about a misdiagnosed heart attack, guide to the predictable stages of heart disease—from grief to resilience—and patient-friendly translation of important science-based findings on women's unique heart issues, this book is an essential read. Whether you're a freshly diagnosed patient, a woman who's been living with heart disease for years, or a practitioner who cares about women's health, A Woman's Guide to Living with Heart Disease will help you feel less alone and advocate for better health care.

Calling 911 in an emergency may be the most important thing you ever do. However, it is only one tool to get you and yours through a medical emergency. This guide lays out a smarter process to improve the odds that you and your charge(s) have successful outcomes (i.e., survive) when going through a medical emergency. That means getting yourself, your family, your charges, your home, and your environment ready for a medical emergency. You need to make your home and environment "responder ready." You need to learn how to give critical aid that keeps your charge stable until professional help arrives. You need to know how to get responders to your charge quickly and be as helpful to them as you can while they are there. It's also important to know how to get prompt care at - and "work" - a hospital emergency department. Finally, you need to plan for and get through the recovery process with your charge and take care of yourself, too. That includes learning from the experience so you can improve what you know and better handle things the next time. It also includes assessing the emergency's impact on you, the caregiver, so that you can successfully recover yourself.

Christopher Marshall thought he was doing exactly what God called him to do, but then everything was taken from him.