This one-of-a-kind text provides you with complete, focused coverage of the 1999 National Standard Curriculum for the EMT-Intermediate. Reflecting the 2005 emergency cardiac care guidelines, this outstanding text includes eight new chapters, as well as new content on HIPAA regulations, airway management, treatment of hypoglycemic patients, needleless equipment, new drugs, and more. On the accompanying DVD, watch skills come to life with up-close video demonstrations of 15 skills and 22 detailed medical animations. You can confidently rely on this text for the knowledge and skills you need for practice!
Table of Contents
Division One Preparatory
1. Foundations of EMT-Intermediate
2. Your Well-Being
3. Medical-Legal Aspects
4. Overview of Human Systems
5. Emergency Pharmacology
6. Venous Access
7. Medication MathNEW!
8. Medication Administration Division Two Airway
9. Airway Management Division Three Patient Assessment
10. History Taking
11. Techniques of Physical Examination
12. Patient Assessment
13. Clinical Decision Making
14. Communications
15. Documentation Division Four Trauma
16. Trauma Systems and Mechanism of Injury
17. Hemorrhage and Shock
18. Burns
19. Thoracic Trauma
20. Head and Spinal Trauma
21. Abdominal and Extremity TraumaNEW! Division Five Medical
22. Respiratory Emergencies
23. Cardiac Anatomy and Physiology and ECG InterpretationNEW!
24. Cardiovascular Emergencies
25. Diabetic Emergencies
26. Allergic Reactions
27. Poisoning and Overdose Emergencies
28. Neurological Emergencies
29. Nontraumatic Abdominal Emergencies
30. Environmental Emergencies
31. Behavioral Emergencies and Substance Abuse
32. Gynecological Emergencies Division Six Special Considerations
33. Obstetrical Emergencies
34. Neonatal Resuscitation
35. Pediatric Emergencies
36. GeriatricsNEW!
37. Patients with Special ChallengesNEW! Division Seven Assessment-Based Management
38. Assessment-Based Management Division Eight Special Operations
39. First-Responder Procedures with Weapons of Mass DestructionNEW!
