Emergency Medical Services: Books

Using the National EMS Education Standards as a foundation, Advanced EMT: A Clinical-Reasoning Approach is designed to assist students in successfully completing their Advanced EMT course and ultimately obtaining their licensure.

For courses in Emergency Medical Technician Training and Emergency Medical Services Help students think like EMTs with the gold standard for EMT training For over 30 years, Emergency Care has provided generations of EMT students with the practical information they need to succeed in the classroom and in the field. Updated with the latest research and developments in emergency medical services, this edition meets the 2010 American Heart Association guidelines for CPR and ECC. Using the National EMS Education Standards as a foundation, Emergency Care goes beyond the Standards to provide the most current, accurate reflection of EMS practice today.

Based on the new National EMS Education Standards, the 10th ed. offers complete coverage of every competency statement with clarity and precision in a concise format.

Medical simulation training involves simulated human patients, educational documents or computer models with detailed simulated animations and/or interactive functionality. This book is written and designed to provide medical educators in emergency medicine with resource for integrating medical simulation into their teaching practices.

Learn how to identify symbols for and vehicles carrying toxic, flammable, explosive, radioactive, or otherwise harmful substances and how to respond. Keeping this guide around at all times will ensure that, if you were to come upon a transportation situation involving hazardous substances or dangerous goods, you will be able to help keep others and yourself out of danger.

"Emergency Medical Patients: Assessment, Care & Transport"offers a practical approach to common medical emergencies. EMPACT" is updated and revised to conform to the 2010 American Heart Association guidelines.

This worktext is a combination text/workbook that reinforces student learning by enabling students to instantly apply knowledge throughout a chapter, not just at the end. In addition to the worktext format of the book, several pedagogical components have been integrated to ensure optimal student learning.

This book provides evidence-based information on what diagnostic tests to ask for and when and how to use particular decision rules. The new edition builds on the success of the current book by modifying the presentation of the evidence, increasing the coverage, and updating the current information throughout.

As an EMS provider, staying safe through the evolving COVID-19 situation involves distinct challenges. This book describes the SARS-CoV-2 virus and disease, prevention tactics, vaccine development, treatment, and public health implications, particularly as they affect providers working in the field. It's not designed to supply everything you need to know about COVID-19, but rather to brief you on key issues and considerations.

This guide gives you finger-tip access to all of the essential information to perform your job. This edition features; EMS Protocols, Spell-Checking, Ekgs, Defibrillation, Home Medications and much more.

Now completely updated, this best-selling guide offers test takers the advantage they need to ace the EMT exam, including: --ELEVEN practice exams based on the most recent DOT/NHTSA curriculum. Also available digitally through the Learning Express database.

The Revised Fourth Edition of this comprehensive and visually rich textbook makes learning the EMT curriculum easy.

Provides an introduction to many of the subjects not traditionally taught in ambulance 'in-house' training, such as psychology and sociology. It addresses the theoretical elements of paramedic courses in higher education and provides clear links to practice.

It provides an overview about the emergency medical services system. Because EMS is both an evolving system and a technical field, change is constantly occurring both in the clinical aspects of patient care and in the delivery of EMS services. This change has been evident in EMS over the past few years as a result of the significant changes in the scope of practice and education of EMS providers.

Local Planning for Terror and Disaster gives voice to experts in key fields involved with local preparedness, assessing the quality of preparedness in each field, and offering directions for improvement.

Offers a solid resource to help readers learn how to fearlessly take on the unique challenges of EMS Management, including the strategic planning needed to create comprehensive and successful EMS Management programs.

Preplanning For EMS Introduces EMS Administrators, Supervisors, And Paramedics To Pre-Incident Planning.

Handy, quick-reference features include management algorithms, emergency drug information, HAZMAT warning placards, a spinal injury decision tree, crime scene considerations, equations such as the Glasgow Coma Scale and Revised Trauma Score, and much more.

The landmark emergency medicine text is now in full color. This authoritative, in-depth coverage makes this classic text indispensible not only in emergency departments, but also for residents and practitioners when studying or preparing for any exam they may face.