Emergency Care, 12th Edition

Features

For courses in Emergency Medical Technician Training, Emergency Medical Services.

Emergency Care, Twelfth Edition, has set the standard for EMT training for over 30 years. Updated with the latest research and developments in emergency medical services, this edition meets the 2010 American Heart Association guidelines for CPR and ECC, providing all the practical information students need to succeed in the classroom and in the field. Using the National EMS Education Standards as a foundation, this edition goes beyond the Standards to provide the most current, accurate reflection of EMS practice today. Getting students to think like an EMT, the text integrates scientific principles in a way that's easy to understand, and a host of critical thinking features–including a new chapter, “Critical Thinking and Decision Making,”–helps students learn key concepts while getting a dose of the reality of being an EMT.

A host of boxed features and pedagogical tools–help students navigate and learn often complex concepts and procedures.

• Point of View photos and stories capture the patient's perspective and recounts experiences of EMS care from the patient's point of view.
• Critical Decision Making exercises appear throughout the text. This scenario-based feature helps students learn how to make patient-care decisions while at the scene.
• Dot Objectives are listed and follow the DOT numbering system. Each chapter lists the US DOT objectives along with page references that make it easy to see where the objectives are covered.
• Patient Assessment and Care describes the assessment and treatment for particular types of patients, disorders, or injuries. They include important signs and symptoms, as well as key steps of care.
• Scans summarize step-by-step procedures using easy-to-reference illustrations. Medication Scans provide information needed to help administer medications. Procedure Scans list and describe how to perform particular procedures.
• FYI sections broaden students' understanding of individual topics. These sections provide material that goes beyond the DOT objectives.
• Street Scenes place book knowledge within the context of real-life calls. Questions within this feature prompt readers to test their knowledge using realistic situations.

Emergency Care, Twelfth Edition, has set the standard for EMT training for over 30 years. Updated with the latest research and developments in emergency medical services, this edition meets the 2010 American Heart Association guidelines for CPR and ECC, providing all the practical information students need to succeed in the classroom and in the field. Using the National EMS Education Standards as a foundation, this edition goes beyond the Standards to provide the most current, accurate reflection of EMS practice today. Getting students to think like an EMT, the text integrates scientific principles in a way that's easy to understand, and a host of critical thinking features–including a new chapter, “Critical Thinking and Decision Making,”–helps students learn key concepts while getting a dose of the reality of being an EMT.

Table of Contents

Section 1 – Foundations

1. Introduction to Emergency Medical Services and the Health Care System
2. The Well-being of the EMT
3. Lifting and Moving Patients
4. Medical, Legal, and Ethical Issues
5. Medical Terminology and Anatomy and Physiology
6. Principles of Pathophysiology
7. Life Span Development

Section 2 – Airway Management, Respiration, and Artificial Ventilation

1. Airway Management
2. Respiration and Artificial Ventilation (Sample Chapter)

Section 3 – Patient Assessment

1. Scene Size-up
2. The Primary Assessment
3. Vital Signs and Monitoring Devices
4. Assessment of the Trauma Patient (includes history-taking specific to the trauma patient)
5. Assessment of the Medical Patient (includes history-taking specific to the medical patient)
6. Reassessment
7. Critical Thinking and Decision Making
8. Communication and Documentation

Section 4 – Medical Emergencies

1. General Pharmacology
2. Respiratory Emergencies
3. Cardiac Emergencies
4. Diabetic Emergencies and Altered Mental Status
5. Allergic Reaction
6. Poisoning and Overdose Emergencies
7. Abdominal Emergencies
8. Behavioral and Psychiatric Emergencies and Suicide
9. Hematologic and Renal Emergencies

Section 5 – Trauma Emergencies

1. Bleeding and Shock
2. Soft Tissue Trauma
3. Chest and Abdominal Trauma
4. Musculoskeletal Trauma
5. Trauma to the Head, Neck, and Spine
6. Multisystem Trauma
7. Environmental Emergencies

Section 6 – Special Populations

1. Obstetric and Gynecologic Emergencies
2. Pediatric Emergencies
3. Geriatric Emergencies
4. Emergencies for Patients with Special Challenges

Section 7 – Operations

1. EMS Operations
2. Hazardous Materials, Multiple-Casualty Incidents, and Incident Management
3. Highway Safety and Vehicle Extrication
4. EMS Response to Terrorism  

Appendices

1. Basic Cardiac Life Support Review
2. Medical Terminology
3. Glossary
4. Answer Key 

Index