The series "Special Groups in Emergency Services" presents the specifics of providing care for special groups by preclinical professionals in the form of small pocketbooks. Expertise and care concepts are complemented by concrete recommendations for action and practical tips. Volume 2 of the series focuses on people in socially precarious living situations. The book explains in a theoretical section the effects of poverty on health and how to counteract them. It then provides concrete guidance for emergency practice with homeless individuals, those struggling with addiction, the depressed, and those at risk of suicide, using checklists, along with tips on how emergency services should respond in cases of domestic and sexual violence as well as child abuse. A tabular overview presents available support and counseling services.