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This handy pocket book is a perfect supplement for students training to be medical assistants or planning to work in a doctor's office.  It is written for anyone who might be in the position of having to provide medical attention at any given moment.  Because time can be critical in an emergency situation and immediate treatment can save lives, the emergencies covered in this quick reference book are presented in alphabetic order to help the reader find pertinent information quickly.   Topics include a range of emergencies such as seizures, allegic reactions and trauma assessments like, when a patient is unaware of their surroundings or unconscious and unable to communicate.  Ensuring scene saftety and attending to life threatening (ABC's) symptons are the most inmportant tasks of the responder. This medical emergency pocket guide is a resource to users with basic first aid knowledge, to the medical assistant and even to those working in an emergency room.  It gives everyone the ability to help others in need, without feeling vulnerable to the situation. 

CONTENTS

1. Abdominal Injuries

2. Allergic Reaction/Anaphylaxis/Anaphylactic Shock

3. Altered Mental Status

4. Assessment–Conscious Patient

5. Assessment–Unconscious Patient

6. Burns

7. Cardiac Pain (Chest Pain) with Possible Cardiac Arrest (MI/Myocardial Infarction)/Congestive

8. Chest Wounds

9. Diabetic Emergencies

10. Dyspnea/Apnea

11. Dyspnea (Asthma/COPD/Hypoventilation/Pulmonary Edema)

12. Emergency Medical Phone Calls

13. Encephalalgia/Headache (HA)

14. External Bleeding

15. Fever

16. Hypertension (HTN)

17. Hyperthermia/Heat Exhaustion/Heat Stroke

18. Hyperventilation

19. Hypothermia/Frostbite

20. Injuries to the Skull, Brain, and Facial Bones

21. Internal Bleeding

22. Musculoskeletal Injuries

23. Nausea/Vomiting (NV)

24. Poisoning and Overdose–Toxic Ingestion; Psychiatric Disorders/Suicidal Disorders

25. Pulmonary Embolism Suspected

26. Respirations

27. Seizure  

28. Shock

29. Soft Tissue Injuries

30. Syncope/Fainting/Dizziness

31. Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA)/Cerebral Vascular Accident (CVA)

32. Trauma

Index

Administrative Medical Assisting (Medical Assisting)
Clinical Medical Assisting (Medical Assisting)
Comprehensive Medical Assisting (Medical Assisting)

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For Comprehensive Medical Assisting

• Venatech IV
  Chiofalo
  © 2008 | Prentice Hall | Unbound | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0135126916 | ISBN-13: 9780135126912
  
  
  

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