Pocket Reference for the EMT-B and First Responder
2nd Edition
Published on 11. March 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
202 pages
978-0-13-098167-7 (ISBN)
Description
For First Responders and Emergency Medical Technicians courses.
Pocket Reference for the EMT-B and First Responder is written specifically for EMT-Bs and First Responders. A must-have for every EMT-B and First Responder, this handy, easy-to-carry pocketsize field reference complements all Brady First Responder and EMT-Basic textbooks and includes patient assessment flow charts and skills sequences.
Pocket Reference for the EMT-B and First Responder is written specifically for EMT-Bs and First Responders. A must-have for every EMT-B and First Responder, this handy, easy-to-carry pocketsize field reference complements all Brady First Responder and EMT-Basic textbooks and includes patient assessment flow charts and skills sequences.
More details
Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 140 mm
Width: 105 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
104 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-13-098167-7 (9780130981677)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Previous edition
Robert Elling
Pocket Reference Emt-B First Responder
Book
03/2000
Prentice-Hall
€38.57
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Person
Bob Elling, MPA, REMT P, is a Professor of Management for the American College of Prehospital Medicine, a faculty member for Hudson Valley Community College Institute of Prehospital Emergency Medicine, and a paramedic with the Town of Colonie EMS Department. Bob has served as a paramedic and Lieutenant for NYC*EMS, Associate Director of the New York State EMS Program, and Education Coordinator for "PULSE: Emergency Medical Update:"
Content
1. Vital Signs and Patient Assessment.
2. Airway Management and Breathing Skills.
3. Assessment Skills.
4. ALS Assist Skills.
5. Adult CPR.
6. Adult Foreign Body Airway Obstruction.
7. Shock Management Skills.
8. Immobilization Skills.
9. Skills for Moving Non-Trauma Patients.
10. Geriatric Patients.
11. Pediatric Patients.
12. Pregnancy and Birth.
13. Poisons.
14. Burns.
15. Active Rewarming Frostbite.
16. Refusal of Emergency Care.
17. Handwashing.
18. Ambulance Operations.
19. Special Operations.
20. Anatomy Charts.
21. Pharmacology Review.
22. Medications that EMT-Bs Assist/Administer "with Doctor's Permission."
23. Common Prescribed and Over-the-Counter Medications.
24. Communicable Diseases.
25. Infectious Disease Exposure Procedures.
26. Standard Abbreviations.
27. Standard Terms and Planes.
28. Word Parts.
29. Ambulance-to-Hospital Radio Support.
Important Phone Numbers
2. Airway Management and Breathing Skills.
3. Assessment Skills.
4. ALS Assist Skills.
5. Adult CPR.
6. Adult Foreign Body Airway Obstruction.
7. Shock Management Skills.
8. Immobilization Skills.
9. Skills for Moving Non-Trauma Patients.
10. Geriatric Patients.
11. Pediatric Patients.
12. Pregnancy and Birth.
13. Poisons.
14. Burns.
15. Active Rewarming Frostbite.
16. Refusal of Emergency Care.
17. Handwashing.
18. Ambulance Operations.
19. Special Operations.
20. Anatomy Charts.
21. Pharmacology Review.
22. Medications that EMT-Bs Assist/Administer "with Doctor's Permission."
23. Common Prescribed and Over-the-Counter Medications.
24. Communicable Diseases.
25. Infectious Disease Exposure Procedures.
26. Standard Abbreviations.
27. Standard Terms and Planes.
28. Word Parts.
29. Ambulance-to-Hospital Radio Support.
Important Phone Numbers