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Table of Contents

PART 1: PREPARATORY AND PUBLIC HEALTH
1. Emergency Medical Care Systems, Research, and Public Health
2. Workforce Safety and Wellness of the EMT
3. Medical, Legal, and Ethical Issues
4. Documentation
5. Communication
6. Lifting and Moving Patients

PART 2: ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY, AND MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY
7. Anatomy, Physiology, and Medical Terminology

PART 3: PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
8. Pathophysiology

PART 4: SPAN DEVELOPMENT
9. Life Span Development

PART 5: AIRWAY MANAGEMENT, ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION, AND OXYGENATION
10. Airway Management, Artificial Ventilation, and Oxygenation

PART 6: ASSESSMENT
11. Vital Signs, Monitoring Devices, and History Taking
12. Scene Size-Up13. Patient Assessment

PART 7: GENERAL PHARMACOLOGY AND MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION
14. General Pharmacology and Medication Administration

PART 8: SHOCK AND RESUSCITATION
15. Shock and Resuscitation

PART 9: MEDICINE
16. Respiratory Emergencies
17. Cardiovascular Emergencies
18. Altered Mental Status, Stroke, and Headache
19. Seizures and Syncope
20. Acute Diabetic Emergencies
21. Allergic and Anaphylactic Reactions
22. Toxicologic Emergencies
23. Abdominal, Hematologic, Gynecologic, Genitourinary, and Renal Emergencies
24. Environmental Emergencies
25. Submersion Incidents: Drowning and Diving Emergencies
26. Psychiatric Emergencies

PART 10:TRAUMA
27. Trauma Overview: The Trauma Patient and the Trauma System
28. Bleeding and Soft Tissue Trauma
29. Burns
30. Musculoskeletal Trauma and Nontraumatic Fractures
31. Head Trauma
32. Spinal Trauma and Spine Motion Restriction
33. Eye, Face, and Neck Trauma
34. Chest Trauma
35. Abdominal and Genitourinary Trauma
36. Multisystem Trauma and Trauma in Special Patient Populations

PART 11: SPECIAL PATIENT POPULATIONS
37. Obstetrics and Care of the Newborn
38. Pediatrics
39. Geriatrics
40. Patients with Special Challenges
41. The Combat Veteran

PART 12: EMS OPERATIONS
42. Ambulance Operations and Air Medical Response
43. Gaining Access and Patient Extrication
44. Hazardous Materials
45. Multiple-Casualty Incidents and Incident Management
46. EMS Response to Terrorist Incidents

Appendices
1. ALS-Assist Skills
2. Advanced Airway Management
3. Agricultural and Industrial Emergencies

Prehospital Emergency Care

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    A Paperback by Joseph J. Mistovich, Keith Karren, Brent Hafen, Ph.D.

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      Publisher: Pearson Education
      Publication Date: 10/24/2017 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780134704456, 978-0134704456
      ISBN10: 0134704452

      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Table of Contents

      PART 1: PREPARATORY AND PUBLIC HEALTH
      1. Emergency Medical Care Systems, Research, and Public Health
      2. Workforce Safety and Wellness of the EMT
      3. Medical, Legal, and Ethical Issues
      4. Documentation
      5. Communication
      6. Lifting and Moving Patients

      PART 2: ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY, AND MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY
      7. Anatomy, Physiology, and Medical Terminology

      PART 3: PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
      8. Pathophysiology

      PART 4: SPAN DEVELOPMENT
      9. Life Span Development

      PART 5: AIRWAY MANAGEMENT, ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION, AND OXYGENATION
      10. Airway Management, Artificial Ventilation, and Oxygenation

      PART 6: ASSESSMENT
      11. Vital Signs, Monitoring Devices, and History Taking
      12. Scene Size-Up13. Patient Assessment

      PART 7: GENERAL PHARMACOLOGY AND MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION
      14. General Pharmacology and Medication Administration

      PART 8: SHOCK AND RESUSCITATION
      15. Shock and Resuscitation

      PART 9: MEDICINE
      16. Respiratory Emergencies
      17. Cardiovascular Emergencies
      18. Altered Mental Status, Stroke, and Headache
      19. Seizures and Syncope
      20. Acute Diabetic Emergencies
      21. Allergic and Anaphylactic Reactions
      22. Toxicologic Emergencies
      23. Abdominal, Hematologic, Gynecologic, Genitourinary, and Renal Emergencies
      24. Environmental Emergencies
      25. Submersion Incidents: Drowning and Diving Emergencies
      26. Psychiatric Emergencies

      PART 10:TRAUMA
      27. Trauma Overview: The Trauma Patient and the Trauma System
      28. Bleeding and Soft Tissue Trauma
      29. Burns
      30. Musculoskeletal Trauma and Nontraumatic Fractures
      31. Head Trauma
      32. Spinal Trauma and Spine Motion Restriction
      33. Eye, Face, and Neck Trauma
      34. Chest Trauma
      35. Abdominal and Genitourinary Trauma
      36. Multisystem Trauma and Trauma in Special Patient Populations

      PART 11: SPECIAL PATIENT POPULATIONS
      37. Obstetrics and Care of the Newborn
      38. Pediatrics
      39. Geriatrics
      40. Patients with Special Challenges
      41. The Combat Veteran

      PART 12: EMS OPERATIONS
      42. Ambulance Operations and Air Medical Response
      43. Gaining Access and Patient Extrication
      44. Hazardous Materials
      45. Multiple-Casualty Incidents and Incident Management
      46. EMS Response to Terrorist Incidents

      Appendices
      1. ALS-Assist Skills
      2. Advanced Airway Management
      3. Agricultural and Industrial Emergencies

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