Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and Injured : Student Review Manual

Section 1: Preparing to be an EMT-B Introduction to Emergency Medical Care 2(3) The Well-Being of the EMT-B 5(5) Medical, Legal, and Ethical Issues 10(5) The Human Body 15(4) Baseline Vital Signs and Sample History 19(3) Lifting and Moving Patients 22(6) Section 2: Airway Airway 28(8) Section 3: Patient Assessment Patient Assessment 36(7) Communications and Documentation 43(7) Section 4: Medical Emergencies General Pharmacology 50(4) Respiratory Emergencies 54(4) Cardiovascular Emergencies 58(5) Neurologic Emergencies 63(3) The Acute Abdomen 66(3) Diabetic Emergencies 69(3) Allergic Reactions and Envenomations 72(3) Substance Abuse and Poisoning 75(4) Environmental Emergencies 79(6) Behavioral Emergencies 85(3) Obstetric and Gynecologic Emergencies 88(6) Section 5: Trauma Kinematics of Trauma 94(3) Bleeding 97(3) Shock 100(3) Soft-Tissue Injuries 103(4) Eye Injuries 107(3) Face and Throat Injuries 110(3) Chest Injuries 113(3) Abdomen and Genitalia Injuries 116(3) Musculoskeletal Care 119(6) Head and Spine Injuries 125(7) Section 6: Special Populations Pediatric Emergencies 132(4) Pediatric Assessment and Management 136(5) Geriatric Emergencies 141(3) Geriatric Assessment and Management 144(4) Section 7: Operations Ambulance Operations 148(3) Gaining Access 151(3) Special Operations 154(3) Response to Terrorism and Weapons of Mass Destruction 157(5) Section 8: ALS Techniques Advanced Airway Management 162(5) Assisting With Intravenous Therapy 167(3) Assisting With Cardiac Monitoring 170(3) Appendix A BLS Review 173