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| Acknowledgements | |
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| About The AUTHOR | |
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| About This Text | |
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| How To Use This Text | |
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| Preparatory (225 Questions; 3 Hours and 45 Minutes allotted for completion.) | |
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| Introduction to Emergency Medical Care | |
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| Well-Being of the EMT-Basic | |
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| Medical/Legal and Ethical Issues | |
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| The Human Body | |
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| Baseline Vital signs and History-Taking | |
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| Lifting and Moving Patients | |
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| Airway (120 Questions; 2 Hours allotted for completion.) | |
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| Respiratory Anatomy | |
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| Techniques of Artificial Ventilation | |
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| Airway Adjuncts | |
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| Suctioning and Suction Devices | |
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| Oxygen Therapy | |
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| Special Airway Considerations | |
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| Obstructed Airway Management | |
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| Rescue Breathing | |
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| Patient Assessment (120 Required Questions; 2 Hours allotted for completion. 60 Elective Questions; 3 Hours allotted for entire section completion.) | |
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| Scene Size-Up | |
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| Initial Assessment | |
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| Focused History and Physical Examndash;Trauma Patients | |
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| Focused History and Physical Examndash;Medical Patients | |
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| Detailed Physical Exam | |
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| Ongoing Assessment | |
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| Elective Group of Medical Terminology, Abbreviations and Symbols | |
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| Medical Emergencies (135 Questions; 2 Hours and 15 Minutes allotted for completion.) | |
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| General Pharmacology | |
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| Respiratory Emergencies | |
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| Metered-dose Inhalers | |
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| Cardiac Emergencies | |
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| Nitroglycerin | |
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| Medical Emergencies (150 Questions; 2 Hour and 30 Minutes allotted for completion.) | |
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| Altered Mental Status | |
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| Diabetes | |
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| Stroke | |
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| Allergies | |
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| Environmental Emergencies | |
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| Behavioral Emergencies | |
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| Patient Restraint | |
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| Trauma (120 Questions; 2 Hours allotted for completion.) | |
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| Bleeding and Shock | |
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| Soft Tissue Injuries | |
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| Spine Injuries | |
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| Burns | |
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| OB/GYN, Pediatric and Geriatric Patients (105 Questions; 1 Hour and 45 Minutes allotted for completion.) | |
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| Obstetrics and Gynecology | |
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| Pediatric Age and Developmental Differences | |
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| Pediatric Airway Differences | |
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| Pediatric Assessment Considerations | |
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| Pediatric Emergency Care Considerations | |
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| Pediatric Seizures, Poisoning, Fevers, and Drowning | |
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| Sudden Infant Death Syndrome | |
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| Pediatric Trauma, Child Abuse and Neglect | |
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| Geriatric Patient Considerations | |
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| Cerebral Vascular Accidents | |
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| Operations (60 Questions; 1 Hour allotted for completion.) | |
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| Ambulance Operation | |
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| Scene Operations | |
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| Rescue Operations | |
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| Hazardous Materials Incident Management | |
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| Multiple-Casualty Incident Management | |
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| Infectious Diseases | |
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| Random-Ordered Questions (135 Questions; 2 Hours and 15 | |