Description:
Three best-selling reference guides with proven support of the emergency medical services students and professionals. Includes EMT - Emergency Medical Technician, EMR - Emergency Medical Responder, and EMS Terminology. Essential facts needed for certification and continued 2-year recertification, as well as professional reference while working in the field. Such an important and often tough job needs a great tool that makes it easy to increase knowledge retention and professionalism for a successful career or upward career pathway. Author Christina Martinka ALB, MBE, NRP, CCP-C, FP-C has a wide range of clinical experience, being faculty at Harvard, instructor for EMT and paramedic programs, along with a long list of specialties and board certifications. Using her experience to create the best tool possible covering the most important information you need to know from scene size-up and patient assessment and treatment, communication, operations and more. Author of EMS Terms, William (Bill) Dino, MS, NRP, former instructor for ACLS, PALS and CPR, professor of paramedicine and current EMS Deputy Chief and owner of Red to Black editing. EMT Author Melodie Kolmetz, Ed.D, MPAS, PA-C, DFAAPA, NRP, CP-P is currently a PA but has worked in EMS in urban, suburban, and rural areas and is a content creator for medical education. All authors have used their experience in the field in mulitple positions and as educators to make these guides the go-to for emergency medical responders in training and an excellent refresher EMS professionals already in the field. Extremely durable and slickly organized in just 6 laminated pages, formatted in easy access color coded outline format, they lay flat for easy storage at an unbeatable price for 18 pages of just the facts you need to know.
Three 6 page laminated guides include:
EMT - Emergency Medical Technician
- Patient Assessment
- Medical & Legal Issues
- Consent & Refusal
- Other Legal Issues
- Communications
- Hospital Radio Reports
- Patient Handoff
- Documentation
- Scene Size-Up & Management
- Anatomy, Physiology & Pathophysiology
- Integumentary
- Musculoskeletal
- Respiratory
- Cardiovascular
- Neuropsychiatric
- Digestive
- Urinary
- Reproductive
- Endocrine
- Pediatric Differences
- Geriatric Differences
- Pediatric Vital Signs
- Pharmacology
- Toxicology
- Signs & Symptoms of Alcohol & Substance Abuse
- Poinsonings
- Hazardous Materials
- Environmental Emergencies
- Heat Emergencies
- Cold Emergencies
- Water-Related Emergencies
- Bites & Envenomation
- Anatomical Medical Terminology
EMR - Emergency Medical Responder
- Introduction
- Roles & Responsibilities
- Scope of Practice & Legal Considerations
- Consent for Care
- Body Systems
- Scene Size-Up & Safety Considerations
- Plan of Action
- Scene Safety
- Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
- Infectious Disease, Exposure Control & Sanitization
- Determining & Triaging Potential Patients
- What Resources Are Required for the Scene?
- Performing a Patient Assessment
- Primary (Initial) Assessment
- Secondary Assessment & History
- Rapid Trauma Assessment
- Reassessment
- Call for ALS If:
- Detailed Physical Exam
- Patient Treatment
- Airway/Respiratory
- Cardiovascular System
- Trauma Emergencies
- Medical Emergencies
- Neurological Emergencies
- Toxicology Emergencies
- Environmental Emergencies
- Special Populations
- Patient Transport
- Common Methods
- Safety Considerations
- Communication
- Types
- Radio Etiquette
- Communication Center / Dispatch
- Operations
- Documentation
- Laws to Follow
- Provider Well-Being
- Death & Dying
- Stressful Events on Scene
EMS - Terminology
- Essential terminology for every EMS professional & student
- A to Z, over 350 need-to-know terms for testing or as a refresher
- Flat and durable enough to store anywhere
- Waterproof and strong enough to withstand a direct hit from a firehose