Research Catalog

Title

Emergency care and transportation of the sick and injured : student review manual / Deanna Leaver.

Publication

Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, [2006], ©2006.

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Additional Authors

• Leaver, Deanna.
• American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.

Description

vi, 177 pages; 28 cm

Alternative Title

Student review manual

Subjects

• Emergency Treatment
• Transport of sick and wounded
• Emergency medical services
• Transportation of Patients
• Emergency Medical Services
• Medical emergencies

Note

• At head of title: AAOS.

Contents

Ch. 1. Introduction to emergency medical care -- Ch. 2. The well-being of the EMT-B -- Ch. 3. Medical, legal, and ethical issues -- Ch. 4. The human body -- Ch. 5. Baseline vital signs and SAMPLE history -- Ch. 6. Lifting and moving patients -- Ch. 7. Airway -- Ch. 8. Patient assessment -- Ch. 9. Communications and documentation -- Ch. 10. General pharmacology -- Ch. 11. Respiratory emergencies -- Ch. 12. Cardiovascular emergencies -- Ch. 13. Neurologic emergencies -- Ch. 14. The acute abdomen -- Ch. 15. Diabetic emergencies -- Ch. 16. Allergic reactions and envenomations -- Ch. 17. Substance abuse and poisoning -- Ch. 18. Environmental emergencies -- Ch. 19. Behavioral emergencies -- Ch. 20. Obstetric and gynecologic emergencies -- Ch. 21. Kinematics of trauma -- Ch. 22. Bleeding -- Ch. 23. Shock -- Ch. 24. Soft-tissue injuries -- Ch. 25. Eye injuries -- Ch. 26. Face and throat injuries -- Ch. 27. Chest injuries -- Ch. 28. Abdomen and genitalia injuries -- Ch. 29. Musculoskeletal care -- Ch. 30. Head and spine injuries -- Ch. 31. Pediatric emergencies -- Ch. 32. Pediatric assessment and management -- Ch. 33. Geriatric emergencies -- Ch. 34. Geriatric assessment and management -- Ch. 35. Ambulance operations -- Ch. 36. Gaining access -- Ch. 37. Special operations -- Ch. 38. Response to terrorism and weapons of mass destruction -- Ch. 39. Advanced airway management -- Ch. 40. Assisting with intravenous therapy -- Ch. 41. Assisting with cardiac monitoring.

ISBN

076372971X

OCLC

• 67765661
• ocm67765661
• SCSB-5237766

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries