Emergency Care

<ul> <li><strong>Section 1 – Foundations</strong> </li> <li>Introduction to Emergency Medical Services and the Health Care System&lt; </li> <li>The Well-being of the EMT </li> <li>Lifting and Moving Patients </li> <li>Medical, Legal, and Ethical Issues </li> <li>Anatomy and Physiology </li> <li>Principles of Pathophysiology </li> <li>Life Span Development </li> <li><strong>Section 2 – Airway Management, Respiration, and Artificial Ventilation</strong> </li> <li>Airway Management </li> <li>Respiration and Artificial Ventilation </li> <li><strong>Section 3 – Patient Assessment</strong> </li> <li>Scene Size-up </li> <li>The Primary Assessment </li> <li>Vital Signs and Monitoring Devices </li> <li>Secondary Assessment </li> <li>Communication and Documentation </li> <li><strong>Section 4 – Medical Emergencies</strong> </li> <li>General Pharmacology </li> <li>Respiratory Emergencies </li> <li>Cardiac Emergencies </li> <li>Diabetic Emergencies and Altered Mental Status </li> <li>Allergic Reaction </li> <li>Poisoning and Overdose Emergencies </li> <li>Abdominal Emergencies </li> <li>Behavioral and Psychiatric Emergencies and Suicide </li> <li>Hematologic and Renal Emergencies </li> <li><strong>Section 5 – Trauma Emergencies</strong> </li> <li>Bleeding and Shock </li> <li>Soft-Tissue Trauma </li> <li>Chest and Abdominal Trauma </li> <li>Musculoskeletal Trauma </li> <li>Trauma to the Head, Neck, and Spine </li> <li>Multisystem Trauma </li> <li>Environmental Emergencies </li> <li><strong>Section 6 – Special Populations</strong> </li> <li>Obstetric and Gynecologic Emergencies </li> <li>Pediatric Emergencies </li> <li>Geriatric Emergencies </li> <li>Emergencies for Patients with Special Challenges </li> <li><strong>Section 7 – Operations</strong> </li> <li>EMS Operations </li> <li>Hazardous Materials, Multiple-Casualty Incidents, and Incident Management </li> <li>Highway Safety and Vehicle Extrication </li> <li>EMS Response to Terrorism </li> <li>Appendices </li> <li>Basic Cardiac Life Support Review </li> <li>Medical Terminology </li> <li>Glossary </li> <li>Answer Key </li> <li>Index <br> </li> </ul>