Full Description
Transition Seriestransition guide between the 1998 U.S. Department of Transportation's Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic National Standard Curriculum and the 2009 Paramedic National EMS Education Standards. Providing a timely, topical continuing education guide, this book provides both and overview of new information found in the Education Standards and the Paramedic level and provides a source of continuing education for practicing Paramedics.
Contents
Preparatory1Workforce Safety and Wellness2 Patient Safety3 Legal Issues in EMS4 Therapeutic Communication5 Research: Evidence-Based Decision Making in EMSAnatomy and Physiology6 The Cellular Environment and Metabolism7Anatomy and Physiology: The Blood8The Nervous SystemMedical Terminology9 Medical TerminologyPathophysiology10Cellular Adaptation and Injury11Self-Defense Mechanisms and Inflammation12 The Cardiovascular SystemLife Span Development13 Life Span DevelopmentPublic Health 14 Public Health and EMSPharmacology15Medication Administration16Paramedic MedicationsAirway Management, Respiration, and Artificial Ventilation17Airway Assessment and Decision Making 18 Noninvasive Airway Intervention 19Invasive Airway ManagementAssessment20 Critical Thinking21 Patient Assessment22 Patient Monitoring Devices Shock and Resuscitation23 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation24 Shock25SepsisMedicine26 Cardiovascular Emergencies: Acute Coronary Syndrome 27Acute Coronary Syndrome and the Multilead ECG28 Cardiovascular Emergencies: Heart Failure29 Respiratory Emergencies: Airway Resistance Disorders 30 Respiratory Emergencies: Lung and Gas Exchange 31 Respiratory Emergencies: Infectious Disorders 32 Neurology: Stroke33 Abdominal Emergencies and Gastrointestinal Bleeding34 Immunology: Anaphylactic and Anaphylactiod Reactions35Endocrine Emergencies: Hypoglycemia36Endocrine Emergencies: Hyperglycemic Disorders37Psychiatric Disorders38Hematology39Genitourinary and Renal Disorders40Gynecologic Emergencies41Emergencies Involving the Eyes, Ears, Nose and ThroatTrauma42Bleeding and Bleeding Control43Chest Trauma44Abdominal Trauma45Soft Tissue Injuries: Crush Injury and Compartment Syndrome46Orthopedic Trauma47Head and Neck Trauma48Traumatic Brain Injury49Complete and Incomplete Spine and Spinal Cord Injuries50Trauma in Special Populations: Pediatrics51Trauma in Special Populations: Geriatrics52Trauma in Special Populations: Pregnancy53Diving Emergencies: Decompression Sickness and Arterial Embolism54Lightning Strike InjuriesSpecial Patient Populations55Obstetrics (Antepartum Complications)56Neonatology57Pediatrics58Geriatrics59Patients with Special Challenges EMS Operations60Operating an Ambulance Safely61Multiple Casualty Incidents and Incident Management
