Emergency care : workbook /
Limmer, Daniel
Emergency care : workbook / Bob Elling ;Daniel Limmer, Michael F. O'Keefe ; medical editor, Edward T. Dickinson ; legacy authors, Harvey D. Grant, Robert H. Murray, Jr., J. David Bergeron ; contributors, Jeffrey Dyar, Jonathan F. Politis, Andrew Stern. - 10th edition. - Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson/Prentice Hall, c2005. - ix, 427 : ill. ; 28 cm.
Contents
I. PREPARATORY.
1. Introduction to Emergency Medical Care.
2. The Well-Being of the EMT-Basic.
3. Medical/Legal and Ethical Issues.
4. The Human Body.
5. Lifting and Moving Patients.
II. AIRWAY.
6. Airway Management.
III. PATIENT ASSESSMENT.
7. Scene Size-up.
8. The Initial Assessment.
9. Vital Signs and SAMPLE History.
10. Assessment of the Trauma Patient.
11. Assessment of the Medical Patient.
12. Ongoing Assessment.
13. Communications.
14. Documentation.
IV. MEDICAL EMERGENCIES.
15. General Pharmacology.
16. Respiratory Emergencies.
17. Cardiac Emergencies.
18. Acute Abdominal Emergencies.
19. Diabetic Emergencies and Altered Mental Status.
20. Allergic Reactions.
21. Poisoning and Overdose Emergencies.
22. Environmental Emergencies.
23. Behavioral Emergencies.
24. Obstetrics and Gynecological Emergencies.
25. Putting It All Together for the Medical Patient.
V. TRAUMA.
26. Bleeding and Shock.
27. Soft-Tissue Injuries.
28. Musculoskeletal Injuries.
29. Injuries to the Head and Spine.
30. Putting It All Together for the Trauma Patient.
VI. YOUNGER AND OLDER PATIENTS.
31. Infants and Children.
32. Geriatric Patients.
VII. OPERATIONS.
33. Ambulance Operations.
34. Gaining Access and Rescue Operations.
35. Special Operations.
36. EMS Response to Terrorism.
VIII. ADVANCED AIRWAY MANAGEMENT.
37. Advanced Airway Management.
System requirements for accompanying CD-ROM: Pentium II PC or higher; Windows 98/Me/2000/NT/XP; or, Power Macintosh; Mac OS 9.x or higher.
0131142461 (pbk.) 9780131142461
2003070658
Emergency medicine.
First aid in illness and injury.
Rescue work.
Emergency medical personnel.
WB 18.2 E461e 2005
Emergency care : workbook / Bob Elling ;Daniel Limmer, Michael F. O'Keefe ; medical editor, Edward T. Dickinson ; legacy authors, Harvey D. Grant, Robert H. Murray, Jr., J. David Bergeron ; contributors, Jeffrey Dyar, Jonathan F. Politis, Andrew Stern. - 10th edition. - Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson/Prentice Hall, c2005. - ix, 427 : ill. ; 28 cm.
Contents
I. PREPARATORY.
1. Introduction to Emergency Medical Care.
2. The Well-Being of the EMT-Basic.
3. Medical/Legal and Ethical Issues.
4. The Human Body.
5. Lifting and Moving Patients.
II. AIRWAY.
6. Airway Management.
III. PATIENT ASSESSMENT.
7. Scene Size-up.
8. The Initial Assessment.
9. Vital Signs and SAMPLE History.
10. Assessment of the Trauma Patient.
11. Assessment of the Medical Patient.
12. Ongoing Assessment.
13. Communications.
14. Documentation.
IV. MEDICAL EMERGENCIES.
15. General Pharmacology.
16. Respiratory Emergencies.
17. Cardiac Emergencies.
18. Acute Abdominal Emergencies.
19. Diabetic Emergencies and Altered Mental Status.
20. Allergic Reactions.
21. Poisoning and Overdose Emergencies.
22. Environmental Emergencies.
23. Behavioral Emergencies.
24. Obstetrics and Gynecological Emergencies.
25. Putting It All Together for the Medical Patient.
V. TRAUMA.
26. Bleeding and Shock.
27. Soft-Tissue Injuries.
28. Musculoskeletal Injuries.
29. Injuries to the Head and Spine.
30. Putting It All Together for the Trauma Patient.
VI. YOUNGER AND OLDER PATIENTS.
31. Infants and Children.
32. Geriatric Patients.
VII. OPERATIONS.
33. Ambulance Operations.
34. Gaining Access and Rescue Operations.
35. Special Operations.
36. EMS Response to Terrorism.
VIII. ADVANCED AIRWAY MANAGEMENT.
37. Advanced Airway Management.
System requirements for accompanying CD-ROM: Pentium II PC or higher; Windows 98/Me/2000/NT/XP; or, Power Macintosh; Mac OS 9.x or higher.
0131142461 (pbk.) 9780131142461
2003070658
Emergency medicine.
First aid in illness and injury.
Rescue work.
Emergency medical personnel.
WB 18.2 E461e 2005