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Throughout the book, real-life scenarios and case studies support and enhance information presented, giving learners the opportunity to apply the knowledge they learn. Problem-based learning methodology is presented for the facilitator, offering a wealth of information and teaching strategies.

 Fundamentals of Basic Emergency Care, 2nd edition, along with the extensive teaching and learning package, will help you turn book-smart learners into street-smart EMTs prepared for the challenges ahead.

 Features

• Provides real stories from EMTs across the country highlighting the concepts discussed in the book, giving the context of actual situations EMTs have encountered.
• Provides case studies to encourage critical thinking and problem solving, giving the EMT student the power to take what they learn to the streets.
• Demonstrates skills through photographic layouts in a step-by-step format and includes skill sheets in the accompanying workbook.
• Includes pediatric and geriatric consideration boxes to provide the reader with variations in presentation, care, and management of the pediatric and the older patient.
• Includes cultural consideration boxes to present cultural issues.
• Includes medication notes, which highlight those drugs an EMT must be familiar with.
• Includes tips from the field, offering perspectives from veteran EMTs on providing care related to the topics being discussed.
• Includes safety tips to emphasize the importance of on-the-job safety and describe methods to maintain safe care of the EMT and the patient.
• The CD-ROM includes Thomson Delmar Learning’s studyWARE which gives learners the opportunity to review information they covered in the book along with quizzes for learners to test their knowledge.

Table of Contents

SECTION 1: EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES.
Introduction to Emergency Medical Services. Medical Responsibilities. The Legal Responsibilities of the EMT. Stress in Emergency Medical Services.

SECTION 2: ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF THE HUMAN BODY.
Anatomy and Physiology.

SECTION 3: FUNDAMENTALS OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE.
Infection Control. Basic Airway Control. Respiratory Support. Shock: A State of Hypoperfusion. Baseline Vital Signs and SAMPLE History. Lifting and Moving Patients.

SECTION 4: PATIENT ASSESSMENT – GENERAL PRINCIPLES.
Scene Size-Up. Initial Assessment. Focused History and Physical Examination of the Trauma Patient. Detailed Physical Examination. Focused History and Physical Examination of the Medical Patient. The Ongoing Assessment.

SECTION 5: EMS COMMUNICATIONS.
Radio. Report. Record.

SECTION 6: TRAUMA CARE.
Head Injuries. Spine Injuries. Chest and Abdominal Injuries. Soft Tissue Injuries. Bony Injuries.

SECTION 7: EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE.
Pharmacology for the Street. Shortness of Breath. Chest Pain. Cardiac Arrest. Altered Mental Status. Stroke. Abnormal Behavior. Abdominal Pain. Environmental Emergencies. Poisoning and Allergic Reactions.

SECTION 8: MATERNAL HEALTH EMERGENCIES.
Prenatal Problems. Emergency Childbirth.

SECTION 9: CHILDHOOD EMERGENCIES.
Newborn Care. Pediatric Medical Emergencies. Pediatric Trauma Emergencies.

SECTION 10: GERIATRIC EMERGENCIES.
Geriatric Medical Emergencies. Advance Directives.

SECTION 11: EMS OPERATIONS.
Emergency Vehicle Operations. Public Safety Incident Management. Rescue Operations. Emergency Response to Terrorism. Farm Emergencies.

APPENDIX A: Advanced Airway Control.
APPENDIX B: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation.
APPENDIX C: Advanced Life Support Assist Skills.
 

The Streetmedic’s Handbook, 2nd Edition Owen T. Traynor, MD, Patrick R. Coonan, RN, EDD, ECN, EMT-CC, Thomas J. Rahilly, MS, EMT-CC, and Jonathan S. Rubens, MD, FACEP The Streetmedic’s Handbook, 2nd edition, is a concise field reference for Paramedic and Intermediate EMTs to take into the field. Its compact size makes it easy to carry and makes it fit perfectly into an equipment bag. It can be used as a supplement to a core book in any Paramedic or Intermediate EMT course and for recertification and in-service training

 New to This Edition

• The capability to download to a PDA, allowing the EMT to find specific, crucial information from the book more quickly as a searchable database. Information is downloadable from the internet.
• Chapters are updated to address new ACLS (advanced cardiac life support) guidelines published by the American Heart Association.
• New chapters on the Response to Terrorism and Rapid Sequence Intubation.

 Features

• Presents essential information for pre-hospital emergencies that EMTs do not encounter on a daily basis.
• Facilitates integration of information on anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology, physical examination, diagnostic tests and pharmacology into the practice of assessing and managing EMS patients.
• Presents information in a unique, standardized problem-oriented format.

 Table of Contents

SECTION 1: COMMONLY ENCOUNTERED PROBLEMS.
Abdominal Pain. Allergic Reactions and Anaphylaxis. Altered Mental Status. Bites and Envenomations. Bradycardia. Burns. Cardiac Arrest: Adults. Cardiac Arrest: Pediatrics. CVAs and TIAs. Chest Pain. Child Abuse. Croup and Epiglottitis. DKA and Hyperglycemia. Domestic Violence. Drug Withdrawal Syndrome. Dyspnea. Fever. GI Bleeding. Headache. Head Injury. HIV Infection. Hypertensive Emergencies. Hyperthermia. Hypoglycemia. Hypotension. Hypothermia. Multitrauma. Musculoskeletal Trauma. Nausea and Vomiting. Near Drowning. Obstetric Emergencies. Obstructed Airway. Overdose and Poisoning. Palpitations. Rape and Sexual Abuse. Seizure. Shock. Sickle Cell Crisis. Smoke Inhalation. Spinal Cord Injury. Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. Syncope. Tachycardia. Vaginal Bleeding. Wheezing.

SECTION 2: SPECIAL SITUATIONS.
Advance Directives. Critic Incident Stress. Exposure to Infectious Disease. The Fire Scene. The Hazardous Material Incident. Interpretation of the 12-Lead ECG. Multiple Casualty Incidents. Psychiatric Emergencies. Approach to Pediatric Patients. Response to Terrorism.

SECTION 3: PROCEDURES.
Capnography. Cardioversion and Defibrillation. Central Venous Catheterization. Combitube Insertion. Cricothyrotomy. Endotracheal Intubation and Extubation. Intraosseous Insertion. LMA Insertion. Medication Administration. Needle Chest Decompression. Peripheral IV insertion. PTL Insertion. Pulse Oximetry. Rapid Sequence Intubation. Transcutaneous Pacing.
 

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