Provides the most up-to-date information and content as it relates to the National Department of Transportation EMS education standards. NEW! Education Standards and Competencies have been updated with the latest information and content related to the National Department of Transportation EMS education standards and includes the latest guidelines and recommendations from the American Heart Association for both resuscitation and emergency care. NEW! A completely new set of learning objectives reflect the EMS Education Standards. These new objectives were written with the student in mind and represent the most important content necessary to become a competent EMT who can successfully pass the state or national exam. UPDATED! All Emergency Dispatch features have been updated to reflect current standards and practice. These chapter-opening scenarios get students into the mindset of an EMT who has just been dispatched to an emergency. Setting the stage for the context of the chapter, these features help students begin the all-important, "what-would-I-do" critical-thinking process. Each scenario wraps up at the end of each chapter with the Emergency Dispatch: Summary.
UPDATED! All Perspective features have been updated to reflect current standards and practice. Woven throughout each chapter, this feature elaborates on the scenario introduced in the Emergency Dispatch. Each Perspective is narrated by one of the many "characters" commonly encountered on an emergency scene, taking students inside the minds of frightened patients, angry and anxious family members, and nosy neighbors, as well as the thoughts of EMTs and their partners, fire captains, and other rescue personnel on the scene. It is through these insights that students begin to glimpse how an emergency call affects everyone involved. NEW! Chapters added throughout the text convey the most current Educational Standards for EMS and include: Chapter 4 Medical Terminology, Chapter 6 Pathophysiology, Chapter 7 Life Span Development, Chapter 15 Your Approach to the Medical Patient, Chapter 19 Caring for Patients with Seizures and Syncope, Chapter 21 Toxicology, Chapter 22 Acute Abdomen, Chapter 23 Acute Diabetic Emergencies, Chapter 25 Caring for Hematologic and Renal Emergencies, Chapter 28 Your Approach to the Trauma Patient, Chapter 40 Patients with Special Needs. Imparts real-world best practices and the latest medical information available to EMT professionals today. UPDATED! Within each chapter Clinical Clues offer bits of wisdom that reflect the best possible clinical practice. These pearls come from many years of actual field experience and provide insight beyond the standard curriculum.
NEW! A big addition to the second edition is the expanded content related to pathophysiology. Throughout each chapter this feature highlights important information specifically related to pathophysiology and reinforces the why behind what the patient may be experiencing. NEW AND EXPANDED! The medical photography contained in this second edition has been refreshed and expanded to expose the reader to more medical and educational images. This edition includes more than 100 new images that further enhance the educational impact of the text. Provides lots of opportunity for review, self-assessment, and reinforcement of important concepts and practices. NEW! Stop, Review, Remember! questions offer an opportunity for self-assessment and reinforcement after each section of the text. This cycle repeats throughout a chapter and culminates in the Chapter Review. UPDATED! Module Review and Practice Examinations offer students multiple-choice exams modeled after both state- and national-style certification exams, providing valuable practice for their own certification exam.
Appendix A offers more review in the form of a 150-question review. In total, there are approximately 3,000 different questions and exercises in this Worktext to help reinforce students'' knowledge.