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Emergency Medical Technician: EMT in Action

Barbara Aehlert, RN, Southwest EMS Education, Inc

ISBN: 0073128988
Copyright year: 2009

Table of Contents



Division 1 – Preparatory
Chapter 1 - Introduction to Emergency Medical Care
Chapter 2 - The Well-Being of the Emergency Medical Technician
Chapter 3 - Legal and Ethical Issues
Chapter 4 - The Human Body
Chapter 5 - Baseline Vital Signs and SAMPLE History
Chapter 6 - Lifting and Moving Patients
Division 2 – Airway
Chapter 7 - Airway and Breathing
Division 3 – Patient Assessment
Chapter 8 - Scene Size-Up
Chapter 9 - Patient Assessment
Chapter 10 - Communications
Chapter 11 - Documentation
Division 4 – Medical-Behavioral Emergencies and Obstetrics and Gynecology
Chapter 12 - Pharmacology
Chapter 13 - Respiratory Emergencies
Chapter 14 - Cardiovascular Emergencies
Chapter 15 - Diabetes and Altered Mental Status
Chapter 16 - Allergic Reactions
Chapter 17 - Poisoning and Overdose
Chapter 18 - Environmental Emergencies
Chapter 19 - Behavioral Emergencies
Chapter 20 - Obstetrics and Gynecology
Division 5 – Trauma
Chapter 21 - Bleeding and Shock
Chapter 22 - Soft-Tissue Injuries
Chapter 23 - Musculoskeletal Care
Chapter 24 - Injuries to the Head and Spine
Chapter 25 - Injuries to the Chest, Abdomen, and Genitalia
Division 6 – Infants and Children
Chapter 26 - Infant and Child Emergency Care
Division 7 – Operations
Chapter 27 - Emergency Vehicle Operations
Chapter 28 - Gaining Access
Chapter 29 - Special Response Situations
Division 8 – Advanced Airway (Elective)
Chapter 30 - Advanced Airway Techniques
Appendices
Appendix A - CPR
Appendix B - Older Adults
Appendix C - IV Monitoring
Appendix D - Weapons of Mass Destruction
Appendix E - Rural and Frontier EMS
Appendix F - National Registry Skills Sheets
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