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Emergency Medical Technician
2nd Edition
Bob Elling
J. David Bergeron, Edward Dickinson
0-13-098167-2
Paperback
202 pages
2003
Brief Description
For courses in First Responders and Emergency Medical Technician.
Pocket Reference for the EMT-B and First Responder is written specifically for EMT-Bs and First Responders. A must-have for every EMT-B and First Responder, this handy, easy-to-carry field reference compliments all Brady First Responder and EMT-Basic textbooks and includes patient assessment flow charts taken from Bradys best-seller, Emergency Care 8/E.
Features
- Review of all EMT-Basic skills and techniques - Covers Vital Signs, Patient Assessment, Airway Management and Breathing Skills, Immobilization Skills, CPR “adult and pediatric” , Pediatric Patients, Anatomy Charts, Important Phone Numbers, and Poisons.
- Medical abbreviations and acronyms - Includes lists of those commonly used by EMT-Bs, and medications EMT-Bs assist/administer. Allows students to easily refer to this information and learn the language of medicine.
- Hazmat charts and MCI sector officer responsibilities. Helps students learn the hazards, and roles at an MCI.
- U.S. DOT National Curriculum standard - Followed throughout text.
New to this Edition
Expanded and reorganized section on Pharmacology. Supplies students with the most up-to-date drug information available.
More color charts. Enables students to easily refer to vital signs for adults and children, along with other important material.
Contents
1. Vital Signs and Patient Assessment.
2. Airway Management and Breathing Skills.
3. Assessment Skills.
4. ALS Assist Skills.
5. Adult CPR.
6. Adult Foreign Body Airway Obstruction.
7. Shock Management Skills.
8. Immobilization Skills.
9. Skills for Moving Non-Trauma Patients.
10. Geriatric Patients.
11. Pediatric Patients.
12. Pregnancy and Birth.
13. Poisons.
14. Burns.
15. Active Rewarming (Frostbite).
16. Refusal of Emergency Care.
17. Handwashing.
18. Ambulance Operations.
19. Special Operations.
20. Anatomy Charts.
21. Pharmacology Review.
22. Medications that EMT-Bs Assist/Administer “with Doctors Permission.”
23. Common Prescribed and Over-the-Counter Medications.
24. Communicable Diseases.
25. Infectious Disease Exposure Procedures.
26. Standard Abbreviations.
27. Standard Terms and Planes.
28. Word Parts.
29. Ambulance-to-Hospital Radio Support.
Important Phone Numbers
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