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9780323055505

Virtual Patient Encounters for EMT Prehospital Care

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  • ISBN13:

    9780323055505

  • ISBN10:

    0323055508

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2009-02-20
  • Publisher: Elsevier Science Health Science div
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Summary

Virtual Patient Encounters is a breakthrough in EMS education! Users can get real-world prehospital experience without leaving the classroom or home! The Virtual Patient Encounters learning triad - a textbook, interactive patient simulation software, and a study guide that ties everything together - offers a state-of-the-art tool for developing critical thinking skills. Users can apply what they're learning in EMT Prehospital Care on 15 virtual patients in a variety of prehospital environments. It's an incredible opportunity to make real patient care decisions in a safe environment! An extraordinary study guide that helps students take the knowledge they learn in EMT Prehospital Care and apply it to 15 complex patient care scenarios in a virtual prehospital setting - promoting mastery of NSC competencies Utilizes interactive patient care simulation software, featuring scenario-setting videos, virtual assessment tools, treatment protocols, emergency drug information, intervention wizards, and more Serves as a bridge between the classroom and clinicals - so students truly understand how theory applies to situations they'll face in the real world Presents realistic emerging conditions that are a direct result of students' interventions Provides hands-on learning - making it easy for audio, visual and kinesthetic learners Offers students peace of mind - preparing them for clinicals by removing the risk of harming real patients and building their confidence throughout the course Makes assessment of students easy - instructors can gauge student comprehension and ability to think critically through study guide exercises and logs from the software. Provides the opportunity for class discussion on the same patient - so the entire class can discuss learning points of each virtual patient and their outcomes.

Table of Contents

EMT Prehospital Care
Getting Started
Orientation to Virtual Patient Encounter?
The table of contents closely parallels the table of contents of the
EMT Prehospital Care textbook that it was designed to support
Summative Lessons Listed by Case
20-year-old male-difficulty breathing
56-year-old female-fell
7-year-old female-seizure
64-year-old male - unknown medical
40-year-old male-vomiting blood
16-year-old female-unknown medical
8-year-old male-submersion
38-year-old male-suicide attempt
22-year-old female-assault
25-year-old female-abdominal pain
32-year-old male-gunshot wounds
57-year-old male-man down
5-month-old male-unresponsive
65-year-old male-difficulty breathing
42-year-old male-difficulty breathing
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