TY  - BOOK
AU  - Limmer, Daniel
AU  - O'Keefe,Michael F.
AU  - Dickinson,Edward T.
TI  - Emergency care: workbook 
SN  - 0131142461 (pbk.)
AV  - WB 18.2 E461e 2005 
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Upper Saddle River, N.J.
PB  - Pearson/Prentice Hall
KW  - Emergency medicine
KW  - First aid in illness and injury
KW  - Rescue work
KW  - Emergency medical personnel
N1  - 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.


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