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About This Book | |
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A Note from Our Author | |
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About Our Author | |
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Acknowledgments | |
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Introduction | |
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Preparing for success on the NREMT Certification Exam | |
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Preparing To Become An Emt | |
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The Emergency Medical Services System: History, Public Health, and the EMT's Role | |
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EMT Safety and Wellness/Lifting and Moving/Patient Restraint | |
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Medical, Legal, and Ethical issues, and EMS Research | |
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Communications | |
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Documentation | |
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Anatomy and Physiology/Medical Terminology | |
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Life span Development | |
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Airway, Pharmacology, and Patient Assessment | |
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Airway, Respiration, and Artificial ventilation | |
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History Taking, vital Signs, and Monitoring Devices | |
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Pharmacology | |
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Patient Assessment | |
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Shock, Resuscitation And Medical Emergencies | |
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Shock, Resuscitaion, and AED | |
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Respiratory Emergencies | |
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Cardiac Emergencies | |
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Neurologic Emergencies and Syncope | |
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Diabetic Emergencies | |
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Anaphylaxis | |
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Toxicology | |
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Abdominal, Gynecologic, and Genitourinary/Renal Emergencies | |
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Behavioral Emergencies | |
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Trauma And Environmental Emergencies | |
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Kinematics of trauma, Trauma Triage | |
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Bleeding and Soft Tissue Injuries | |
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Burn Injuries | |
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Musculoskeletal Injuries | |
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Head and Spinal Injuries | |
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Chest and Abdominal trauma | |
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Eye, Face, and Neck Trauma | |
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Environmental Emergencies | |
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special patient Populations | |
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Childbirth, Obstetrical Emergencies, Newborn Care | |
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Pediatric Emergencies | |
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Geriatric Patients | |
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Special patient Populations | |
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Ems Operations | |
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Ambulance and Air Medical Operations | |
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Vehicle Extrication | |
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Hazardous Materials | |
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Incident Management and Mass Casualty Incidents | |
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Terrorism and Weapons of Mass Destruction | |
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The Practical Exam | |
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The NREMT Practical Exam | |
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Appendix References | |