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Prehospital Emergency Care
ISBN: 9780130492883 | 0130492884
Format: PaperbackPublisher: Prentice Hall
Pub. Date: 1/1/2004
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For courses in Prehospital Emergency Care.The most complete resource for EMT-B training, this best-selling, student-friendly text contains clear, step-by-step explanations with comprehensive, stimulating, and challenging material that prepares and equips students for real on-the-job situations. The assessment and emergency care sections provide the most up-to-date strategies for providing competent care. The enrichment sections further enhance students' ability to assess and manage ill and injured patients in prehospital environments. With its ... MORE
| Detailed Contents | p. vi |
| Assessment Summaries/Emergency Care Protocols/Algorithms/Drug Profiles | p. xiv |
| Photo Scans | p. xv |
| Acknowledgments | p. xvii |
| Author's Letter to Students | p. xix |
| About the Authors | p. xxi |
| Guide to Key Features | p. xxiii |
| Preparatory | |
| Introduction to Emergency Medical Care | p. 1 |
| The Well-Being of ... MORE | p. 12 |
| Medical, Legal, and Ethical Issues | p. 29 |
| The Human Body | p. 40 |
| Baseline Vital Signs and History Taking | p. 72 |
| Preparing to Lift and Move Patients | p. 86 |
| Airway | |
| Airway Management, Ventilation, and Oxygen Therapy | p. 95 |
| Patient Assessment | |
| Scene Size-Up | p. 142 |
| Patient Assessment | p. 160 |
| Assessment of Geriatric Patients | p. 238 |
| Communication | p. 258 |
| Documentation | p. 270 |
| Medical, Behavioral, and Obstetrics/Gynecology | |
| General Pharmacology | p. 283 |
| Respiratory Emergencies | p. 294 |
| Cardiac Emergencies | p. 323 |
| Automated External Defibrillation | p. 348 |
| Altered Mental Status and Diabetic Emergencies | p. 369 |
| Acute Stroke: Altered Speech, Sensory Function, Motor Function, or Mental Status | p. 393 |
| Seizures and Syncope | p. 409 |
| Allergic Reaction | p. 422 |
| Poisoning Emergencies | p. 438 |
| Drug and Alcohol Emergencies | p. 462 |
| Acute Abdominal Pain | p. 478 |
| Environmental Emergencies | p. 493 |
| Drowning, Submersion, and Diving Emergencies | p. 525 |
| Behavioral Emergencies | p. 543 |
| Obstetric and Gynecological Emergencies | p. 559 |
| Trauma | |
| Mechanisms of Injury: Kinetics of Trauma | p. 590 |
| Bleeding and Shock | p. 608 |
| Soft Tissue Injuries | p. 632 |
| Burn Emergencies | p. 655 |
| Musculoskeletal Injuries | p. 675 |
| Injuries to the Head | p. 700 |
| Injuries to the Spine | p. 717 |
| Eye, Face, and Neck Injuries | p. 756 |
| Chest, Abdomen, and Genitalia Injuries | p. 777 |
| Agricultural and Industrial Emergencies | p. 805 |
| Infants and Children | |
| Infants and Children | p. 816 |
| Operations | |
| Moving Patients | p. 863 |
| Ambulance Operations | p. 881 |
| Gaining Access and Extrication | p. 903 |
| Hazardous Materials Emergencies | p. 917 |
| Multiple-Casualty Incidents | p. 936 |
| EMS Response to Weapons of Mass Destruction | p. 952 |
| Advanced Airway Elective | |
| Advanced Airway Management | p. 969 |
| Basic Life Support | p. 1 |
| National Registry Skill Sheets | p. 1 |
| Glossary | p. 1 |
| Index | p. 1 |
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Keith J. Karren is Professor, Department of Health Sciences, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah.
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