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BRIEF CONTENTS

1.

PREPARATORY

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·        Introduction to Emergency Medical Care

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·        Well-Being of the EMT-Basic

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·        Medical/Legal and Ethical Issues

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·        The Human Body

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·        Lifting and Moving Patients.

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AIRWAY

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·        Airway Management

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PATIENT ASSESSMENT

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·        Scene Size-up

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·        The Initial Assessment

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·        Vital Signs and Sample History

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·        Assessment of the Trauma Patient

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·        Assessment of the Medical Patient

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·        Ongoing Assessment

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·        Communications

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·        Documentation

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MEDICAL EMERGENCIES

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·        General Pharmacology

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·        Respiratory Emergencies

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·        Cardiac Emergencies

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·        Acute Abdominal Emergencies

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·        Diabetic Emergencies & Altered Mental Status

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·        Allergic Reactions

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·        Poisoning and Overdose Emergencies

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·        Environmental Emergencies

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·        Behavioral Emergencies

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·        Obstetrics & Gynecological Emergencies

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·        Putting It All Together for the Medical Patients

5.

TRAUMA

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·        Bleeding and Shock

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·        Soft-Tissue Injuries

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·        Musculoskeletal Injuries

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·        Injuries to the Head and Spine

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·        Putting It All Together for the Trauma Patients.

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YOUNGER AND OLDER PATIENTS

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·        Infants and Children

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·        Geriatric Patients

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OPERATIONS

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·        Ambulance Operations

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·        Gaining Access and Rescue Operations

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·        Special Operations

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·        EMS Response to Terrorism

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ADVANCED AIRWAY MANAGEMENT

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·        Advanced Airway Management

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APPENDICES

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·        Appendix A  -  ALS-Assist Skills

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·        Appendix B  -  National Registry Skill Sheet

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·        Appendix C  -  Basic Cardiac Life Support Review