"50th Anniversary." Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Terrorism response and disaster management. Workforce safety and wellness -- Medical, legal, and ethical issues -- Communications and documentation -- Medical terminology -- The human body -- Life span development -- Lifting and moving patients -- The team approach to health care -- Patient assessment -- Airway management -- Principles of pharmacology -- Shock -- BLS resuscitation -- Medical overview -- Respiratory emergencies -- Cardiovascular emergencies -- Neurologic emergencies -- Gastrointestinal and urologic emergencies -- Endocrine and hematologic emergencies -- Allergy and anaphylaxis -- Toxicology -- Behavioral health emergencies -- Trauma overview -- Bleeding -- Soft-tissue injuries -- Face and neck injuries -- Head and spine injuries -- Chest injuries -- Abdominal and genitourinary injuries -- Orthopaedic injuries -- Environmental emergencies -- Obstetrics and neonatal care -- Pediatric emergencies -- Geriatric emergencies -- Patients with special challenges -- Transport operations -- Vehicle extrication and special rescue -- Incident management -- Terrorism response and disaster management.
Summary:
"Based on the National EMS Education Standards and the most recent CPR/ECC Guidelines, the Twelfth Edition offers complete coverage of every competency statement with clarity and precision in a concise format that ensures students' comprehension and encourages critical thinking. New cognitive and didactic material is presented, along with new skills and features, to create a robust and innovative EMT training solution. Today, the AAOS suite of EMS educational resources, from first aid and CPR to critical care transport, is the gold standard in training programs by offering exceptional content and instructional resources that meet the diverse needs of today's educators and students"-- Provided by publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.