Full Description
The ultimate one-stop success guide to the EMT-Paramedic exam-now fully updated!If you want to ace the EMT Paramedic Certification Exam, there's no better study partner than McGraw-Hill's EMT-Paramedic Exam Review. Based on in-the-trenches insights from seasoned EMT instructor Peter A. DiPrima, Jr., this concise, skill-building learning tool helps you think through pre-hospital medicine while covering every must-know topic on the exam-from pharmacology to hazardous materials awareness. Each chapter begins with a clinical scenario followed by a bulleted overview of key topics and is summarized by chapter-ending Q&As. Also included are valuable exam preparation tips, the do's and don'ts of answering multiple-choice questions, and much more. Turn to any page, and you'll see that the Third Edition of McGraw-Hill's EMT-Paramedic Exam Review has everything you need to boost your confidence-and your score. Rely on this indispensable resource for: A complete 180-question practice exam at the end of the book New and improved online question bank (available at www.mcgrawhillemt.com) with over 360 EMT-P practice questions-and answers that correspond to topics in the text High-yield outline format bolstered by Q&As, realistic clinical scenarios, and retention-enhancing bulleted contentSeven sections that incorporate the most recent Paramedic National CurriculumContent corresponding to National EMS Education StandardsUpdated section on Advanced Life Support Monitoring featuring chapters on 12-lead ECG, Capnography, and Understanding Blood ChemistryEKGs and ECGs that enhance your comfort level with reading leads-a growing part of the EMT's job functionPhotographs facilitating the identification of critical instruments and equipmentAnd more!Peter A. DiPrima, Jr., EMT-P is a Lakeland Fire District Firefighter/Paramedic. He is also a Port Jefferson Ambulance EMS Supervisor, and an EMT Training Unit Supervisor with the Suffolk County Police Department in Ronkonkoma, New York.
Contents
Chapter 1Chapter 2: Workforce Safety and WellnessChapter 3: Therapeutic CommunicationsChapter 4: Medical Legal EthicsChapter 5: Anatomy and PhysiologyChapter 6: Life-Span DevelopmentChapter 7: PharmacologyChapter 8: Airway Management, Respiration, and Artificial VentilationChapter 9: Patient AssessmentChapter 10: NeurologyChapter 11: Abdominal and Gastrointestinal Chapter 12: ImmunologyChapter 13: Infectious DiseasesChapter 14: Endocrine DisordersChapter 15: Psychiatric DisordersChapter 16: Cardiovascular EmergenciesChapter 17: ToxicologyChapter 18: Respiratory EmergenciesChapter 19: HematologyChapter 20: Genitourinary-RenalChapter 21: GynecologyChapter 22: Nontraumatic Musculoskeletal DisordersChapter 23: Diseases of the Eyes, Ears, Nose, and ThroatChapter 24: Shock and ResuscitationChatper 25: TraumaChapter 26: Chest TraumaChapter 27: Abdominal and Genitourinary TraumaChapter 28: Orthopedic TraumaChapter 29: Soft Tissue TraumaChapter 30: Head, Neck, Face, and Spinal TraumaChapter 31: Environmental EmergenciesChapter 32: ObstetricsChapter 33: NeonatologyChapter 34: PediatricsChapter 35: GeriatricsChapter 36: Patients with Special ChallengesChapter 37: Principles of Safely Operating a Ground AmbulanceChapter 38: Incident Management and Mass Casualty IncidentsChapter 39: Rescue Awareness and OperationsChapter 40: Hazardous Materials Awareness and Response to Terrorist IncidentsEnd of Chapter AnswersPractice ExamPractice Exam AnswersIndexNER(01): WOW
