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Prehospital Emergency Care, 8/E
Joseph J. Mistovich
Keith J. Karren, Ph.D., Brigham Young University

ISBN-10: 0131741438
ISBN-13: 9780131741430

Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 2008
Format: Paper; 1312 pp
Published: 02/27/2007
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Prehospital Emergency Care provides a comprehensive and student-friendly approach to EMT — Basic education. The author takes great care to provide a foundation for the skills needed to be a successful EMT — Basic. In addition, he offers clinical insight throughout the text so students have a better understanding when performing patient assessment and providing patient care. This book is ideal for the EMT-Basic who wants to go above and beyond the DOT requirements.

Features

Case Study beginning of each chapter. With follow up at the end of chapter.	Draws students into the reading a creates a link between text content and real-life situations and experiences.
Photo Scans	Highlight key procedures providing a step-by-step visual on how to perform skills included in the DOT Curriculum
Assessment Summary	These summaries reinforce assessment steps and processes as well as key assessment findings for specific medical and trauma emergencies
Emergency Care Protocols	Provides concise summaries of emergency care step for both medical and trauma patients.
Emergency Care Algorithm	Core Key FEATURE — Algorithms are graphic pathways that visually summarize assessment and care steps for students.
Enrichment	Found throughout these enrichment sections contain information that is valuable but that goes substantially beyond the DOT

New To This Edition

New to the 8th edition of Prehospital Emergency Care

The new 2005 AHA Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care -- All chapters have been updated as necessary to conform

In the Human Body chapter and new medical terminology section has been added in the enrichment section.

A new section titled “Making the Decision to Ventilate or Not” is added – giving the EMT student much for information about when to provide oxygen alone and when to start assisted ventilations.

8th edition adds a new appendix, "ALS-Assist Skills."

New Features:

Med Term Charts	Key to the idea of understanding, the medical terminology is important so that the EMT B may communicate effectively, by both written and oral means, with other members of the medical team.
Common Medication Boxes	Highlight medications the EMT may encounter when assessing patients

Table of Contents

MODULE 1 – PREPARATORY

1 Introduction to Emergency Medical Care

2 The Well-Being of the EMT

3 Medical, Legal, and Ethical Issues

4 The Human Body

5 Baseline Vital Signs and History Taking

6 Lifting and Moving Patients

MODULE 2 – AIRWAY

7 Airway Management, Ventilation, and Oxygen Therapy

MODULE 3 – PATIENT ASSESSMENT

8 Scene Size-Up

9 Patient Assessment

10 Communication

11 Documentation

MODULE 4 – MEDICAL, BEHAVIORAL, AND OBSTETRICS/GYNECOLOGY

12 General Pharmacology

13 Respiratory Emergencies

14 Cardiac Emergencies

15 Altered Mental Status and Diabetic Emergencies

16 Stroke

17 Seizures and Syncope

18 Allergic Reaction and Anaphylaxis

19 Poisoning Emergencies

20 Drug and Alcohol Emergencies

21 Acute Abdominal Pain

22 Environmental Emergencies

23 Drowning and Diving Emergencies

24 Behavioral Emergencies

25 Obstetric and Gynecological Emergencies

MODULE 5 – TRAUMA

26 Mechanisms of Injury: Kinetics of Trauma

27 Bleeding and Shock

28 Soft Tissue Injuries

29 Burn Emergencies

30 Musculoskeletal Injuries

31 Injuries to the Head

32 Injuries to the Spine

33 Eye, Face, and Neck Injuries

34 Chest, Abdomen, and Genitalia Injuries

35 Agricultural and Industrial Emergencies

MODULE 6 – PEDIATRICS AND GERIATRICS

36 Infants and Children

37 Geriatrics

MODULE 7 – OPERATIONS

38 Ambulance Operations

39 Gaining Access and Extrication

40 Hazardous Materials Emergencies

41 Multiple-Casualty Incidents

42 EMS Response to Weapons of Mass Destruction

MODULE 8 – ADVANCED AIRWAY ELECTIVE

43 Advanced Airway Management

APPENDIX 1 – BASIC LIFE SUPPORT

APPENDIX 2 – ALS-ASSIST SKILLS

GLOSSARY

INDEX

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Emergency Medical Technician (Basic) (Emergency Medical Services (Brady))

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Prehospital Emergency Care, 9/E
Mistovich, Hafen & Karren
©2010 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 1584 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0135028094 | ISBN-13: 9780135028094
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For courses in Prehospital Emergency Care.

Prehospital Emergency Care 9e, meets the National EMS Education Standards. The most complete resource for EMT-B training, this best-selling, student-friendly book contains clear, step-by-step explanations with comprehensive, stimulating, and challenging material that prepares and equips users for real on-the-job situations. With its use of the case study model, state-of-the-art scans, algorithms, protocols, and the inclusion of areas above and beyond the DOT protocols, this new, 9th edition of Prehospital Emergency Care prepares students for success. The assessment and emergency care sections provide the most up-to-date strategies for providing competent care; and the enrichment sections further enhance student's ability to assess and manage ill and injured patients in prehospital environments. Topics covered include an excellent introductory section that contains an overview of the human body, baseline vital signs, history taking, and ethical and legal issues. Subsequent chapters cover the airway; patient assessment; medical, behavioral, and obstetrics/gynecology; trauma; infants and children; operations; and advanced airway management.

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Joseph J. Mistovich, MEd, NREMT-P

Joseph Mistovich is Chairperson of the Department of Health Professions and a Professor at Youngstown State University in Youngstown, Ohio. He has more than 22 years of experience as an educator in emergency medical services. Mr. Mistovich received his Master of Education degree in Community Health Education from Kent State University in 1988. He completed a Bachelor of Science in Applied Science degree with a major in Allied Health in 1985, and an Associate in Applied Science degree in Emergency Medical Technology in 1982 from Youngstown State University.

Mr. Mistovich has more than 27 years of experience providing advanced life support in the prehospital environment. He is an author or coauthor of numerous EMS books and journal articles and is a frequent presenter at national and state EMS conferences.

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