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The ultimate one-stop success guide to the EMT-Basic exam-now fully updated
If you want the highest score possible on the EMT-Basic exam, there's no better study partner than McGraw-Hill EMT-Basic Exam Review book. Based on in-the-trenches insights from a seasoned EMT instructor, this streamlined, skill-building study guide helps you think through pre-hospital medicine while covering every must-know topic on the exam. Each chapter begins with a clinical scenario followed by a bulleted overview of key topics and is summarized by retention-enhancing Q&As at the end of every chapter. Also included are valuable exam preparation tips, the do's and don'ts of answering multiple-choice questions, plenty of clinical pearls, and photographs to help you identify critical instruments and equipment.
Now thoroughly updated and revised, the third edition of McGraw-Hill EMT-Basic Exam Review comes with an online question bank that allows you to choose your questions by topic and pinpoint your strengths and weaknesses, which is an ideal way to prepare for the exam. McGraw-Hill EMT-Basic Exam Review is packed with everything you need to boost your confidence-and your score.
High-yield outline format covers content comprehensively and concisely and is bolstered by Q&A, clinical scenarios, and easy-to-remember bulleted content
Up-to-date coverage of recent changes in the core curriculum
Includes an online question bank with over 150 practice questions
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McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
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Für höhere Schule und Studium
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Höhe: 274 mm
Breite: 217 mm
Dicke: 20 mm
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978-0-07-184719-3 (9780071847193)
Schweitzer Klassifikation
Peter DiPrima, Jr, EMTP, is a Lead Paramedic for the Holbrook Fire Department in Suffolk County, NY, Volunteer Firefighter/Paramedic with the Lakeland Fire Department, Long Island, New York, and Certified Instructor Coordinator for the Suffolk County EMS.
Section 1: Preparatory
Chapter 1: Introduction to EMS Systems
Chapter 2: Workforce Safety and Wellness
Chapter 3: EMS Communication and Documentation
Chapter 4: Medical, Legal, and Ethical Issues in EMS
Chapter 5: The Human Body
Chapter 6: Life Span Development
Section 2: Pharmacology
Chapter 7: General Pharmacology
Section 3: Patient Assessment
Chapter 8: Patient Assessment
Section 4: Airway
Chapter 9: Airway Management, Ventilation, and Oxygen Therapy
Section 5: Medical Emergencies
Chapter 10: Respiratory Emergencies
Chapter 11: Cardiovascular and Hematological Emergencies
Chapter 12: Neurological Emergencies: Stroke, Seizures, and Syncope
Chapter 13: Immunological Emergencies
Chapter 14: Toxicological Emergencies
Chapter 15: Abdominal and Gastrointestinal Emergencies
Chapter 16: Infectious Diseases and Personal Protection
Chapter 17: Altered Mental Status and Diabetic Emergencies
Chapter 18: Psychiatric Emergencies
Chapter 19: Genitourinary and Renal Emergencies
Chapter 20: Gynecological Emergencies
Section 6: Shock
Chapter 21: Bleeding and Shock
Chapter 22: Mechanism of Injury, Kinematics of Trauma
Chapter 23: Soft Tissue Injuries
Chapter 24: Head, Face, Neck, and Spine Injuries
Chapter 25: Chest Trauma
Chapter 26: Abdominal and Genitourinary Trauma
Chapter 27: Orthopedic Trauma
Chapter 28: Environmental Emergencies
Section 7: Special Patient Population
Chapter 29: Obstetric and Neonatal Emergencies
Chapter 30: Infants and Children
Chapter 31: Assessment of the Geriatric Patient
Chapter 32: Patients with Special Challenges
Section 8: EMS Operations
Chapter 33: Lifting and Moving Patients
Chapter 34: Ambulance Operations
Chapter 35: Gaining Access and Extrication
Chapter 36: Incident Management
Chapter 37: Response to Hazardous Materials and Terrorism
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End of Chapter Answers
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