Emergency Medical Technician Workbook Update Edition

by Aehlert, Barbara

• ISBN13: 9780077279455
• ISBN10: 007727945X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-04-21
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math

Summary

This workbook provides you with an opportunity to review and master the concepts and skills introduced in Barbara Aehkert's textbook, Emergency Medical Technician: EMT in Action, 1e. Together, your textbook and this workbook form a complete learning package. Emergency Medical Technician: EMT in Action , First Edition, will help you prepare to provide safe and immediate patient care and to work effectively aspart of an EMS team.

Table of Contents

Preparatory

Introduction to Emergency Medical Care

The Well-Being of the Emergency Medical Technician

Legal and Ethical Issues

The Human Body

Baseline Vital Signs and SAMPLE History

Lifting and Moving Patients

Airway

Airway and Breathing

Patient Assessment

Scene Size-Up

Patient Assessment

Communications

Documentation

Medical-Behavioral Emergencies and Obstetrics and Gynecology

Pharmacology

Respiratory Emergencies

Cardiovascular Emergencies

Diabetes and Altered Mental Status

Allergic Reactions

Poisoning and Overdose

Environmental Emergencies

Behavioral Emergencies

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Trauma

Bleeding and Shock

Soft-Tissue Injuries

Musculoskeletal Care

Injuries to the Head and Spine

Injuries to the Chest, Abdomen, and Genitalia

Infants and Children

Infant and Child Emergency Care

Operations

Emergency Vehicle Operations

Gaining Access

Special Response Situations

Advanced Airway (Elective)

Advanced Airway Techniques Appendices:

CPR

Older Adults

IV Monitoring

Weapons of Mass Destruction

Rural and Frontier EMS

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