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Essentials of Paramedic Care Update, 2nd Edition
- By BLEDSOE, Bryan E. Bledsoe, Robert S. Porter, Richard A. Cherry
- Pub. Date: May 7, 2010 by Pearson.
- ISBN-10: 0-13-215689-X
- ISBN-13: 978-0-13-215689-9
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Features
Essentials of Paramedic Care, 2nd edition Update, will serve as a dependable guide and reference to advanced prehospital care. It is based on the 1998 U.S. Department of Transportation’s Emergency Medical Technician–Paramedic National Standard Curriculum.
This text, based on the widely used Paramedic Emergency Care text developed more than 20 years ago, will provide the core foundation for paramedic education. Coupled with quality classroom instruction and clinical rotations, readers are assured of receiving the knowledge and skills required of a quality paramedic. Essentials of Paramedic Care, 2nd edition Update, will prepare readers for their certification exam and for challenges they will encounter on the street.
Hallmark Features:
- Chapter Objectives with Page References.
- List the objectives that form the basis of each chapter, in addition to the page on which each objective is covered.
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Key Terms with Page References.
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Present important terminology at the beginning of each chapter, along with the page on which each term is introduced.
Illustrations and Tables.
Key Points.
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Help students identify and learn fundamental points.
Margin Definitions.
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Located in margins near the paragraphs in which they first appear, these help students master new terminology.
Content Review.
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Summarizes important content, giving students a format for quick review.
Summary.
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Provides students with a concise review of important chapter information.
NEW! Review Questions.
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Ask students to recall information and to apply the principles they’ve just learned.
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Procedure Scans.
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Provide step-by-step visual support on how to perform skills.
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Patient Care Algorithms.
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Provide graphic “pathways” that integrate assessment and care procedures.
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A student workbook with review and practice activities accompanies this text. The workbook includes multiple-choice questions, other exercises, case studies, and special projects, along with an answer key with text page references. Flash Cards are also provided.
- Review of Chapter Objectives.
- Reviews important content elements addressed by chapter objectives.
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Case Study Review.
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Reviews and points out essential information and applied principles.
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Content Self-Evaluation.
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Multiple-choice, matching, and short-answer questions to test reading comprehension.
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Special Projects.
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Experiences designed to help students remember information and principles.
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National Registry Practical Evaluation Forms.
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Give a clearer picture of what is expected during the practical exam.
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Emergency Drug Cards.
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Alphabetized perforated flash cards can be detached. They allow you to test your knowledge of correct route, dosage, and other important information on each drug.
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Also, a complete Teaching and Learning Package is available for this update: MyBradyKit, www.mybradykit.com
For the Instructor:
This new robust companion website has all your instructor resources in one location! It provides a one-stop shop for online chapter support materials and all your teaching resources. Available for download are:
TestGen.
Program containing more than 2,000 questions that support and reinforce text content and including text page references to where answers can be found.
PowerPoint Slides.
With a complete library of all images in the text.
CourseCompass.
Provides a dynamic, interactive online learning environment.
You can easily create a course and customize it with your own materials.
For the Student:
MyBradyKit provides a one-stop shop for online chapter support materials and resources. You can prepare for class and exams with:
- Multiple Choice Quizzes
- Anatomy Labeling Exercises
- Case Study Activities
- Video Vignettes
- Media Resources with Exercises
- 3D Animations
- Narrated Virtual Tours
- Breath Sounds
- Interactive Drag-and-Drop Exercises
- Resource Weblinks
- Medical Terminology
- Drug Guide
Workbook.
- Contains a review of objectives with summary information for each chapter; case study review; multiple-choice, matching, and short answer questions; emergency drug flashcards.
This book is the update to the Essentials of Paramedic Care, 2nd edition, which is the first text program to take students beyond the skills necessary to practice as a paramedic and into the underlying principles upon which those practices are based. Correlated to the U.S. Department of Transportation's 1998 National Standard Curriculum for EMT-Paramedic, this book provides the background content and skills coverage required for paramedic education.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction to Advanced Prehospital Care
Chapter 2 Medical/Legal Aspects of Advanced Prehospital Care
Chapter 3 Anatomy and Physiology
Chapter 4 General Principles of Pathophysiology
Chapter 5 Life-Span Development
Chapter 6 General Principles of Pharmacology
Chapter 7 Intravenous Access and Medication Administration
Chapter 8 Airway Management and Ventilation
Chapter 9 Therapeutic Communications
Chapter 10 History Taking
Chapter 11 Physical Exam Techniques
Chapter 12 Patient Assessment in the Field
Chapter 13 Clinical Decision Making
Chapter 14 Communications
Chapter 15 Documentation
Chapter 16 Trauma and Trauma Systems
Chapter 17 Blunt Trauma
Chapter 18 Penetrating Trauma
Chapter 19 Hemorrhage and Shock
Chapter 20 Soft-Tissue Trauma
Chapter 21 Burns
Chapter 22 Musculoskeletal Trauma
Chapter 23 Head, Facial, and Neck Trauma
Chapter 24 Spinal Trauma
Chapter 25 Thoracic Trauma
Chapter 26 Abdominal Trauma
Chapter 27 Pulmonology
Chapter 28 Cardiology
Chapter 29 Neurology
Chapter 30 Endocrinology
Chapter 31 Allergies and Anaphylaxis
Chapter 32 Gastroenterology
Chapter 33 Urology and Nephrology
Chapter 34 Toxicology and Substance Abuse
Chapter 35 Hematology
Chapter 36 Environmental Emergencies
Chapter 37 Infectious Disease
Chapter 38 Psychiatric and Behavioral Disorders
Chapter 39 Gynecology
Chapter 40 Obstetrics
Chapter 41 Neonatology
Chapter 42 Pediatrics
Chapter 43 Geriatric Emergencies
Chapter 44 Abuse and Assault
Chapter 45 The Challenged Patient
Chapter 46 Acute Interventions for the Chronic-Care Patient
Chapter 47 Assessment-Based Management
Chapter 48 Operations
Chapter 49 Responding to Terrorist Acts
Precautions on Bloodborne Pathogens and Infectious Diseases
Answers to Review Questions
Further Reading
Glossary
Index
Product Type: Alternate Binding
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