Synopses & Reviews
Prehospital Emergency Care provides a comprehensive and student-friendly approach to EMT – Basic education. The author takes great care to provide a foundation for the skills needed to be a successful EMT – Basic. In addition, he offers clinical insight throughout the text so students have a better understanding when performing patient assessment and providing patient care. This book is ideal for the EMT-Basic who wants to go above and beyond the DOT requirements.
Synopsis
Key Benefit: The seventh edition of this best-selling, reader-friendly book contains clear, step-by-step explanations with understandable material that is comprehensive, stimulating, and challenging enough to prepare and equip practitioners for real-life situations. Key Topics: Contains assessment flowcharts illustrating care steps for breathing difficulty, cardiac compromise, diabetic emergencies, bleeding and shock, burns, head injuries, newborn resuscitation, and many more. Assessment summaries, protocols, and algorithms summarize care for, but not limited to cardiac arrest, stroke, allergic reaction, near-drowning, abdominal injuries, and pediatric emergencies. Market: For serious EMT-B's who want to go above and beyond the D.O.T. requirements.
Table of Contents
MODULE 1 – PREPARATORY
1 Introduction to Emergency Medical Care
2 The Well-Being of the EMT
3 Medical, Legal, and Ethical Issues
4 The Human Body
5 Baseline Vital Signs and History Taking
6 Lifting and Moving Patients
MODULE 2 – AIRWAY
7 Airway Management, Ventilation, and Oxygen Therapy
MODULE 3 – PATIENT ASSESSMENT
8 Scene Size-Up
9 Patient Assessment
10 Communication
11 Documentation
MODULE 4 – MEDICAL, BEHAVIORAL, AND OBSTETRICS/GYNECOLOGY
12 General Pharmacology
13 Respiratory Emergencies
14 Cardiac Emergencies
15 Altered Mental Status and Diabetic Emergencies
16 Stroke
17 Seizures and Syncope
18 Allergic Reaction and Anaphylaxis
19 Poisoning Emergencies
20 Drug and Alcohol Emergencies
21 Acute Abdominal Pain
22 Environmental Emergencies
23 Drowning and Diving Emergencies
24 Behavioral Emergencies
25 Obstetric and Gynecological Emergencies
MODULE 5 – TRAUMA
26 Mechanisms of Injury: Kinetics of Trauma
27 Bleeding and Shock
28 Soft Tissue Injuries
29 Burn Emergencies
30 Musculoskeletal Injuries
31 Injuries to the Head
32 Injuries to the Spine
33 Eye, Face, and Neck Injuries
34 Chest, Abdomen, and Genitalia Injuries
35 Agricultural and Industrial Emergencies
MODULE 6 – PEDIATRICS AND GERIATRICS
36 Infants and Children
37 Geriatrics
MODULE 7 – OPERATIONS
38 Ambulance Operations
39 Gaining Access and Extrication
40 Hazardous Materials Emergencies
41 Multiple-Casualty Incidents
42 EMS Response to Weapons of Mass Destruction
MODULE 8 – ADVANCED AIRWAY ELECTIVE
43 Advanced Airway Management
APPENDIX 1 – BASIC LIFE SUPPORT
APPENDIX 2 – ALS-ASSIST SKILLS
GLOSSARY
INDEX