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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
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    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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