Emergency Care

<p><strong></strong></p> <p><strong> Section 1 – Foundations</strong></p> <strong> </strong> <ol> <li> Introduction to Emergency Medical Services and the Health Care System</li> <li> The Well-being of the EMT</li> <li> Lifting and Moving Patients</li> <li> Medical, Legal, and Ethical Issues</li> <li> Medical Terminology ¿</li> <li> Anatomy and Physiology</li> <li> Principles of Pathophysiology</li> <li> Life Span Development</li> </ol> <strong> <p>Section 2 – Airway Management, Respiration, and Artificial Ventilation</p> </strong> <ol> <li> Airway Management</li> <li> Respiration and Artificial Ventilation ¿</li> </ol> <strong> <p>Section 3 – Patient Assessment</p> </strong> <ol> <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> </ol> <strong> <p>Section 4 – Medical Emergencies</p> </strong> <ol> <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> </ol> <strong> <p>Section 5 – Trauma Emergencies</p> </strong> <ol> <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> </ol> <strong> <p>Section 6 – Special Populations</p> </strong> <ol> <li> Obstetric and Gynecologic Emergencies</li> <li> Pediatric Emergencies</li> <li> Geriatric Emergencies</li> <li> Emergencies for Patients with Special Challenges</li> </ol> <strong> <p>Section 7 – Operations</p> </strong> <ol> <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> </ol> <strong> <p>Appendices</p> </strong> <ol> <li> Basic Cardiac Life Support Review</li> <li> Medical Terminology</li> <li> Glossary</li> <li> Answer Key</li> </ol> <strong> <p>Index</p> </strong>