Fundamentals of Basic Emergency Care
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Fundamentals of Basic Emergency Care

A rich learning solution for EMT-Basics

Updated to reflect the most current cardiac information, the second edition of Fundamentals of Basic Emergency Care offers a rich learning solution for EMT-Basics.  

With the addition of four new chapters, this innovative book teaches EMT skills through problem based learning, an approach that presents material in a practical manner and promotes critical thinking.

Throughout the book, real-life scenarios are presented through case studies that support and enhance information presented in the book giving learners the opportunity to apply the knowledge they learn in the classroom.

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

Features:

• Real stories from EMTs across the United States tell you how they responded to unique situations.
• Case studies teach you how to think critically and prepare to problem-solve in this fast-paced environment.
• "Street Smart" tips from veteran EMTs provide advice and perspective on providing care in challenging situations.
• Photographic layouts lead you step-by-step through essential skills with accompanying skill sheets in the workbook to help you gauge your progress.
• Double Talk highlights introduce medical terms and phrases and explain how to communicate this information to patients in plain language.
• "Ask the Doc" provides medical standards straight from position papers and research by the National Association of EMS Physicians so you will be up-to-date on the latest and most innovative information in the field.
• Internet links direct you to sources of additional knowledge and research.
• "Cultural Consideration" boxes draw attention to cultural issues that may impact patient care.
• New chapters on stroke, abdominal pain, responding to terrorism, and rural emergencies offer the most in-depth coverage of these important areas.
• The ABC's of assessment, Airway, Breathing and Circulation chapters appear together and earlier in the text so that this core knowledge is built upon and applied to each discussion and to specific emergencies.

Contents:

Section One: Emergency Medical Services

• Chap. 1 Introduction to Emergency Medical Services
• Chap. 2 Medical Responsibilities
• Chap. 3 The Legal Responsibilities of the EMT
• Chap. 4 Stress in Emergency Medical Services

Section Two: Anatomy and Physiology of the Human Body

• Chap. 5 Anatomy and Physiology

Section Three: Fundamentals of Emergency Medical Care

• Chap. 6 Infection Control
• Chap. 7 Basic Airway Control
• Chap. 8 Respiratory Support
• Chap. 9 Shock: A State of Hypoperfusion
• Chap. 10 Baseline Vital Signs and SAMPLE History
• Chap. 11 Lifting and Moving Patients

Section Four: Patient Assessment – General Principles

• Chap. 12 Scene Size-Up
• Chap. 13 Initial Assessment
• Chap. 14 Focused History and Physical Examination of the Trauma Patient
• Chap. 15 Detailed Physical Examination
• Chap. 16 Focused History and Physical Examination of the Medical Patient
• Chap. 17 The Ongoing Assessment

Section Five: EMS Communications

• Chap. 18 Radio
• Chap. 19 Report
• Chap. 20 Record
• Section Six: Trauma Care
• Chap. 21 Head Injuries
• Chap. 22 Spine Injuries
• Chap. 23 Chest and Abdominal Injuries
• Chap. 24 Soft Tissue Injuries
• Chap. 25 Bony Injuries

Section Seven: Emergency Medical Care

• Chap. 26 Pharmacology for the Street
• Chap. 27 Shortness of Breath
• Chap. 28 Chest Pain
• Chap. 29 Cardiac Arrest
• Chap. 30 Altered Mental Status
• Chap. 31 Stroke
• Chap. 32 Abnormal Behavior
• Chap. 33 Abdominal Pain
• Chap. 34 Environmental Emergencies
• Chap. 35 Poisoning and Allergic Reactions

Section Eight: Maternal Health Emergencies

• Chap. 36 Prenatal Problems
• Chap. 37 Emergency Childbirth

Section Nine: Childhood Emergencies

• Chap. 38 Newborn Care
• Chap. 39 Pediatric Medical Emergencies
• Chap. 40 Pediatric Trauma Emergencies

Section Ten: Geriatric Emergencies

• Chap. 41 Geriatric Medical Emergencies
• Chap. 42 Advance Directives
• Section Eleven: EMS Operations
• Chap. 43 Emergency Vehicle Operations
• Chap. 44 Public Safety Incident Management
• Chap. 45 Rescue Operations
• Chap. 46 Emergency Response to Terrorism
• Chap. 47 Farm Emergencies

Appendices:

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

1024 Pages - 8-1/2 x 11 in.
Copyright 2005

About the Authors:

Richard Beebe, MEd, RN, NREMT-P is the program director for Bassett Health Care Center for Rural Emergency Medical Services Education in Cooperstown, New York. He is also an adjunct Faculty member at Herkimer County Community college in Herkimer, New York.

Richard Beebe has a Masters degree in education, is a registered nurse and an NREMT-Paramedic. Richard Beebe has been an EMS educator for over 17 years.

Dr. Deborah Funk, MD is also an NREMT-Paramedic. She is an instructor for Emergency Medicine at Albany Medical College in Albany, New York where she has been an EMS educator for over 13 years. She is also the attending Physician in the Emergency Department at Albany Medical Center Hospital in Albany, New York.

Dr. Funk is well known in the EMS circles for her work as an emergency medical physician. She is the national medical director for the Advanced Medical Life Support Program sponsored by the National Association of EMTs and the National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMT/NAEMSP ).

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