Student workbook to accompany emergency care and transportation of the sick and injured / American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons - 8th edition. - Sudbury, MA. : Jones and Bartlett Publishers , c2002. - vi, 690 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. +

Contents
Section 1 Preparing to be an EMT-B
1. Introduction to emergency medical care
2. The well-being of the EMT-B
3. Medical, legal, and ethical issues
4. The human body
5. Baseline vital signs and SAMPLE history
6. Lifting and moving patients
Section 2 Airway
7. Airway
Section 3 Patient Assessment
8. Patient assessment
9. Communications and documentation
10. Geriatric Assessment and Transfer
Section 4 Medical Emergencies
11. General Pharmacology
12. Respiratory emergencies
13. Cardiovascular emergencies
14. Neurologic emergencies
15. Communicable Diseases
16. The acute abdomen
17. Diabetic emergencies
18. Allergic reactions and envenomations
19. Substance abuse and poisoning
20. Environmental emergencies
21. Behavioral emergencies
22. Obstetric and gynecologic emergencies
Section 5 Trauma
23. Kinematics of trauma
24. Bleeding
25. Shock
26. Soft-tissue injuries
27. Eye injuries
28. Face and throat injuries
29. Chest injuries
30. Abdomen and genitalia injuries
31. Musculoskeletal care
32. Head and spine injuries


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Medical emergencies.
Transport of sick and wounded.
Medical emergencies--Examinations, questions, etc.
Transport of sick and wounded--Examinations, questions, etc.

WB 18.2 S933 2002