(eBook) (PDF) Emergency Care, 14th edition

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Overview

Emergency Care prepares you for modern EMS practice by combining foundational National EMS Education Standards with dynamic critical-thinking features.

Published by Pearson (September 18th 2020) – Copyright © 2021
ISBN-13: 9780136873242
Subject: Emergency Services (BRADY)
Category: Emergency Medical Technician

SECTION 1: FOUNDATIONS

1. Introduction to Emergency Medical Care
2. Well-Being of the EMT
3. Lifting and Moving Patients
4. Medical, Legal, and Ethical Issues
5. Medical Terminology
6. Anatomy and Physiology
7. Principles of Pathophysiology
8. Life Span Development

SECTION 2: AIRWAY MANAGEMENT, RESPIRATION, AND ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION

9. Airway Management
10. Respiration and Artificial Ventilation

SECTION 3: PATIENT ASSESSMENT

11. Scene Size-Up
12. Primary Assessment
13. Vital Signs and Monitoring Devices
14. Principles of Assessment
15. Secondary Assessment
16. Reassessment
17. Communication and Documentation

SECTION 4: MEDICAL EMERGENCIES

18. General Pharmacology
19. Respiratory Emergencies
20. Cardiac Emergencies
21. Resuscitation
22. Diabetic Emergencies and Altered Mental Status
23. Allergic Reaction
24. Infectious Diseases and Sepsis
25. Poisoning and Overdose Emergencies
26. Abdominal Emergencies
27. Behavioral and Psychiatric Emergencies and Suicide
28. Hematologic and Renal Emergencies

SECTION 5: TRAUMA EMERGENCIES

29. Bleeding and Shock
30. Soft-Tissue Trauma
31. Chest and Abdominal Trauma
32. Musculoskeletal Trauma
33. Trauma to the Head, Neck, and Spine
34. Multisystem Trauma
35. Environmental Emergencies

SECTION 6: SPECIAL POPULATIONS

36. Obstetric and Gynecologic Emergencies
37. Emergencies for Patients with Special Challenges

SECTION 7: OPERATIONS

38. EMS Operations
39. Hazardous Materials, Multiple-Casualty Incidents, and Incident Management
40. Highway Safety and Vehicle Extrication
41. EMS Response to Terrorism