TY  - BOOK
AU  - Limmer,Daniel
AU  - O'Keefe,Michael F.
AU  - Dickinson,Edward T.
TI  - Emergency care
SN  - 9780135005231
AV  - RC86.7 .B68 2009
U1  - 616.025 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Upper Saddle River, N.J.
PB  - Pearson Prentice Hall
KW  - Emergency medicine
KW  - First aid in illness and injury
KW  - Rescue work
KW  - Emergency medical personnel
KW  - Emergency Medical Services
KW  - methods
KW  - Emergencies
KW  - Emergency Medical Technicians
KW  - Emergency Treatment
N1  - Includes index; Introduction to emergency medical care -- The well-being of the EMT -- Medical/legal and ethical issues -- The human body -- Lifting and moving patients -- Airway management -- Scene size-up -- The initial assessment -- Vital signs and SAMPLE history -- Assessment of the trauma patient -- Assessment of the medical patient -- Ongoing assessment -- Communications -- Documentation -- General pharmacology -- Respiratory emergencies -- Cardiac emergencies -- Acute abdominal emergencies -- Diabetic emergencies and altered mental status -- Allergic reactions -- Poisoning and overdose emergencies -- Behavioral emergencies -- Obstetrics and gynecological emergencies -- Putting it all together for the medical patient -- Bleeding and shock -- Soft-tissue injuries -- Musculoskeletal injuries -- Injuries to the head and spine -- Putting it all together for the trauma patient -- Infants and children -- Patients with special needs -- Geriatric patients -- Ambulance operations -- Gaining access and rescue operations -- Special operations -- EMS response to terrorism -- Advanced airway management
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