Emergency care and transportation of the sick and injured

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Emergency care and transportation of the sick and injured

Jones and Bartlett, 1998

7th ed. / editors, Bruce D. Browner, Lenworth M. Jacobs, Andrew N. Pollak

  • :hard
  • :soft

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"American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons."

Includes index

CD-ROM: instructor's toolkit demo

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This title combines coverage from past editions with interactive technology addressing the needs of students. Offering a completely integrated teaching and learning focusing on emergency care and transportation of the sick and injured.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction to emergency medical care
  • the well-being of the EMT-Basic
  • medical, legal, and ethical issues
  • the human body
  • baseline vital signs and sample history
  • lifting and moving patients
  • airway
  • patient assessment
  • communications and doucmentation
  • geriatric assessment and transfer
  • general pharmacology
  • respiratory emergencies
  • cardiobscular emergencies
  • neurologic emergencies
  • communicable diseases
  • the acute abdomen
  • diabetes and altered mental status
  • allergic reactions and envenomations
  • substance abuse and poisoning
  • enviromental emergencies
  • behavioral emergencies
  • obstetric and gynecologic emergencies
  • mechanism of injury
  • bleeding
  • shock
  • soft-tissue injuries
  • injuries of the eye
  • injuries of the face and throat
  • injuries of the chest
  • injurries of the abdomen and genitalia
  • musculoskeletal care
  • injuries to the head and spine
  • pediatric airway and resuscitation
  • pediatric assessment and medical emergencies
  • pediatric trauma
  • ambulance operations
  • scene techniques
  • advanced airway management
  • basic life support review
  • national registry skill sheets.

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