Prentice Hall

EMS & Fire Science (Brady)



Paramedic Emergency Care, 3/E
Bryan E. Bledsoe
Robert S. Porter, M.A., NREMT-P
Bruce Shade, Willoughby, OH

ISBN-10: 0835949877
ISBN-13: 9780835949873

Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 1997
Format: Cloth; 1136 pp
Status: Out of Print

Suggested retail price: $100.00
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With its extensively updated text, self-instructional student workbook, and thoroughly revised instructor's resource manual brimming with tips and handouts, this complete package is designed to meet all the needs of paramedic instructors and students alike.

  • Revised and expanded chapters: Major Incident Response, Advanced Patient Assessment, Advanced Airway, Shock, Pharmacology, Anaphylaxis.
  • Cardiovascular appendix includes information on 12 Lead ECG.
  • Photo summaries (scan sheets) of key procedures.
  • Expanded Index.

  • Revised and expanded chapters: Major Incident Response, Advanced Patient Assessment, Advanced Airway, Shock, Pharmacology, Anaphylaxis.
  • Cardiovascular appendix includes information on 12 Lead ECG.
  • Photo summaries (scan sheets) of key procedures.
  • Expanded Index.

I. PREHOSPITAL ENVIRONMENT.

 1. Roles and Responsibilities of the Paramedic.

 2. Emergency Medical Service Systems.

 3. Medical-Legal Considerations of Emergency Care.

 4. EMS Communications.

 5. Rescue Operations.

 6. Major Incident Response.

 7. Stress Management in Emergency Services.

II. PREPARATORY INFORMATION

 8. Medical Terminology.

 9. Anatomy & Physiology.

10. Comprehensive Patient Assessment.

11. Airway Management and Ventilation.

12. Pathophysiology of Shock.

13. Emergency Pharmacology.

III. TRAUMA EMERGENCIES.

14. The Kinetics of Trauma.

15. Head, Neck, and Spine Trauma.

16. Body Cavity Trauma.

17. Musculoskeletal Injuries.

18. Soft-Tissue Trauma and Burns.

19. Shock Trauma Resuscitation.

IV. MEDICAL EMERGENCIES.

20. Respiratory Emergencies.

21. Cardiovascular Emergencies.

22. Endocrine & Metabolic Emergencies.

23. Nervous System Emergencies.

24. Gastrointestinal, Genitourinary, and Reproductive System Emergencies.

25. Anaphylaxis.

26. Toxicology and Substance Abuse.

27. Infectious Diseases.

28. En-vironmental Emergencies.

29. Emergencies in the Elderly Patient.

30. Pediatric Emergencies.

V. Obstetrical & Gynecological Emergencies.

31. Gynecological Emergencies.

32. Obstetrical Emergencies.

33. Emergency Management of the Neonate.

VI. Psychiatric Emergencies.

34. Behavioral and Psychiatric Emergencies. Appendix: 12 Lead ECG Monitoring and Interpretation.

Glossary.

Index.

  • Test Item File, 3/E
    Bledsoe
    © 1997 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 192 pages | Instock
    ISBN-10: 0835950727 | ISBN-13: 9780835950725


  • Instructor's Jump Kit
    Brady
    © 2009 | Prentice Hall | CD-ROM Only | Estimated Availability: 05/01/2009
    ISBN-10: 0135010764 | ISBN-13: 9780135010761


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