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Emergency Care, Twelfth Edition, has set the standard for EMT training for over 30 years. Updated with the latest research and developments in emergency medical services, this edition meets the 2010 American Heart Association guidelines for CPR and ECC, providing all the practical information students need to succeed in the classroom and in the field. Using the National EMS Education Standards as a foundation, this edition goes beyond the Standards to provide the most current, accurate reflection of EMS practice today. Getting students to think like an EMT, the text integrates scientific principles in a way that's easy to understand, and a host of critical thinking features–including a new chapter, “Critical Thinking and Decision Making,”–helps students learn key concepts while getting a dose of the reality of being an EMT.
0133251942 / 9780133251944 Emergency Care Plus NEW MyBradyLab with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package
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0133055493 / 9780133055498 NEW MyBradyLab with Pearson eText -- Access Card -- for Emergency Care
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Emergency Care, Twelfth Edition, has set the standard for EMT training for over 30 years. Updated with the latest research and developments in emergency medical services, this edition meets the 2010 American Heart Association guidelines for CPR and ECC, providing all the practical information students need to succeed in the classroom and in the field. Using the National EMS Education Standards as a foundation, this edition goes beyond the Standards to provide the most current, accurate reflection of EMS practice today. Getting students to think like an EMT, the text integrates scientific principles in a way that's easy to understand, and a host of critical thinking features–including a new chapter, “Critical Thinking and Decision Making,”–helps students learn key concepts while getting a dose of the reality of being an EMT.
0132928140 / 9780132928144 Emergency Care & Workbook for Emergency Care & EMSTESTING.COM: EMT -- Access Card Package
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0132375346 / 9780132375344 Workbook for Emergency Care
013254380X / 9780132543804 Emergency Care
0132895897 / 9780132895897 EMSTESTING.COM: EMT -- Access Card
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• Limmer, O'Keefe, Grant, Murray, Bergeron & Dickinson, Emergency Care, 12/E (2012)
• Pearson, Limmer, Mistovich & Werman, Resource Central EMS -- Access Card (2012)
• Limmer, O'Keefe, Grant, Murray, Bergeron & Dickinson, Workbook for Emergency Care, 12/E (2012)
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0132253968 / 9780132253963 SUCCESS! for the EMT-Basic
0132375346 / 9780132375344 Workbook for Emergency Care
013254380X / 9780132543804 Emergency Care
0132803216 / 9780132803212 Resource Central EMS -- Access Card
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Emergency Care, Twelfth Edition, has set the standard for EMT training for over 30 years. Updated with the latest research and developments in emergency medical services, this edition meets the 2010 American Heart Association guidelines for CPR and ECC, providing all the practical information students need to succeed in the classroom and in the field. Using the National EMS Education Standards as a foundation, this edition goes beyond the Standards to provide the most current, accurate reflection of EMS practice today. Getting students to think like an EMT, the text integrates scientific principles in a way that's easy to understand, and a host of critical thinking features—including a new chapter, “Critical Thinking and Decision Making,”—helps students learn key concepts while getting a dose of the reality of being an EMT.
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0132916940 / 9780132916943 Emergency Care & EMSTESTING.COM: EMT -- Access Card Package, 12/e
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013254380X / 9780132543804 Emergency Care
0132895897 / 9780132895897 EMSTESTING.COM: EMT -- Access Card
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0133125025 / 9780133125023 Emergency Care & NEW MyBradyLab without Pearson eText -- Access Card Package, 12/e
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013254380X / 9780132543804 Emergency Care
0133098354 / 9780133098358 NEW MyBradyLab without Pearson eText -- Access Card -- for Emergency Care
Table of Contents
Section 1 – Foundations
- Introduction to Emergency Medical Services and the Health Care System
- The Well-being of the EMT
- Lifting and Moving Patients
- Medical, Legal, and Ethical Issues
- Medical Terminology and Anatomy and Physiology
- Principles of Pathophysiology
- Life Span Development
Section 2 – Airway Management, Respiration, and Artificial Ventilation
- Airway Management
- Respiration and Artificial Ventilation (Sample Chapter)
Section 3 – Patient Assessment
- Scene Size-up
- The Primary Assessment
- Vital Signs and Monitoring Devices
- Assessment of the Trauma Patient (includes history-taking specific to the trauma patient)
- Assessment of the Medical Patient (includes history-taking specific to the medical patient)
- Reassessment
- Critical Thinking and Decision Making
- Communication and Documentation
Section 4 – Medical Emergencies
- General Pharmacology
- Respiratory Emergencies
- Cardiac Emergencies
- Diabetic Emergencies and Altered Mental Status
- Allergic Reaction
- Poisoning and Overdose Emergencies
- Abdominal Emergencies
- Behavioral and Psychiatric Emergencies and Suicide
- Hematologic and Renal Emergencies
Section 5 – Trauma Emergencies
- Bleeding and Shock
- Soft Tissue Trauma
- Chest and Abdominal Trauma
- Musculoskeletal Trauma
- Trauma to the Head, Neck, and Spine
- Multisystem Trauma
- Environmental Emergencies
Section 6 – Special Populations
- Obstetric and Gynecologic Emergencies
- Pediatric Emergencies
- Geriatric Emergencies
- Emergencies for Patients with Special Challenges
Section 7 – Operations
- EMS Operations
- Hazardous Materials, Multiple-Casualty Incidents, and Incident Management
- Highway Safety and Vehicle Extrication
- EMS Response to Terrorism
Appendices
- Basic Cardiac Life Support Review
- Medical Terminology
- Glossary
- Answer Key
Index