Research Catalog

Title

The basic EMT : comprehensive prehospital patient care / [authors] Norman E. McSwain, Jr. ... [et al.].

Publication

St. Louis : Mosby Lifeline, 1997.

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Details

Additional Authors

McSwain, Norman E., 1937-

Description

xxiii, 824 p. : ill. (some col.); 29 cm.

Subject

• Medical emergencies
• Emergency medical technicians
• Emergency medical services
• Emergencies
• Emergency Medical Services

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• 1. Introduction to Emergency Medical Care -- 2. The Healthcare System -- 3. The Emergency Medical Services System -- 4. Roles and Responsibilities -- 5. Infection Control -- 6. The Well-Being of the EMT-Basic -- 7. Medical, Legal, and Ethical Issues -- 8. The Human Body -- 9. Baseline Vital Signs and SAMPLE History -- 10. Lifting and Moving Patients -- 11. Airway Management and Ventilation -- 12. Advanced Airway Management Skills -- 13. Scene Size-Up and Strategies -- 14. The EMS Call -- 15. Initial Assessment -- 16. Communication -- 17. The Physician in EMS: The Medical Director -- 18. Quality in EMS -- 19. Documentation -- 20. General Pharmacology -- 21. Respiratory Emergencies -- 22. Cardiovascular Emergencies -- 23. Diabetes -- 24. Allergies -- 25. Poisoning -- 26. Environmental Emergencies -- 27. Behavioral Emergencies -- 28. Obstetrics and Gynecology -- 29. Geriatric Emergencies -- 30. Kinematics of Trauma --
• 31. Trauma, Bleeding, and Shock -- 32. Soft-Tissue Injuries -- 33. Musculoskeletal Trauma Management -- 34. Management of Head and Spinal Trauma -- 35. Infants and Children -- 36. Ambulance Operations -- 37. Advanced Life Support Interface -- 38. Preparing the Emergency Patient for Transport -- 39. Aeromedical Support -- 40. Gaining Access -- 41. Disaster and HAZMAT Response -- 42. The Patient with Special Needs.

ISBN

0815159617

LCCN

96008004

OCLC

• 34559435
• ocm34559435
• SCSB-4780824

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries