Table of Content
Table of Contents SECTION 1: FOUNDATIONS Introduction to Emergency Medical Care Well-Being of the EMT Lifting and Moving Patients Medical, Legal, and Ethical Issues Medical Terminology Anatomy and Physiology Principles of Pathophysiology Life Span Development SECTION 2: AIRWAY MANAGEMENT, RESPIRATION, AND ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION Airway Management Respiration and Artificial Ventilation SECTION 3: PATIENT ASSESSMENT Scene Size-Up Primary Assessment Vital Signs and Monitoring Devices Principles of Assessment Secondary Assessment Reassessment Communication and Documentation SECTION 4: MEDICAL EMERGENCIES General Pharmacology Respiratory Emergencies Cardiac Emergencies Resuscitation Diabetic Emergencies and Altered Mental Status Allergic Reaction Infectious Diseases and Sepsis Poisoning and Overdose Emergencies Abdominal Emergencies Behavioral and Psychiatric Emergencies and Suicide Hematologic and Renal Emergencies SECTION 5: TRAUMA EMERGENCIES Bleeding and Shock Soft-Tissue Trauma Chest and Abdominal Trauma Musculoskeletal Trauma Trauma to the Head, Neck, and Spine Multisystem Trauma Environmental Emergencies SECTION 6: SPECIAL POPULATIONS Obstetric and Gynecologic Emergencies Emergencies for Patients with Special Challenges SECTION 7: OPERATIONS EMS Operations Hazardous Materials, Multiple-Casualty Incidents, and Incident Management Highway Safety and Vehicle Extrication EMS Response to Terrorism
