Emergency Medical Services

6-page guide includes: What is Pain?, Back Pain, Headaches, Skin Pain, Dental and Mouth Pain, Abdominal Pain, Heartburn, Eye Pain, Managing Your Chronic Pain, Home Medicine Cabinet, First-aid Travel Kit, Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Treatments, NSAIDs and Acetaminophen.

6 page guide includes: First Response; Wound Management; Bone Fractures; Dislocation; Burns; Extreme Temperature Injuries; Other Weather-related Injuries; Altitude Sickness; Poisoning, Bites and Stings; Dental Emergencies; Abdominal and Gastrointestinal Problems; Ear, Eye, and Nose Emergencies, Chest Injuries.

6-page guide includes: Basics, CPR, Adult CPR (8 Years and Older), Child CPR (1-8 Years Old), Infant CPR (Less Than 1 Year Old), C-A-B Sequence for CPR, Automated External Defibrillator (AED), Choking, Standard Precautions, Medical Emergencies, Health History Forms, Heat Emergencies, Cold Emergencies, Trauma Injuries, Rescuing and Moving Victims, Injury Prevention, First-Aid Kit Supply Checklist.

6-page guide includes: Patient Assessment; Medical and Legal Issues; Communications; Documentation; Scene Size-up and Management; Anatomy, Physiology, and Pathophysiology; Pediatric Differences, Geriatric Differences, Pharmacology, Toxicology, Hazardous Materials, Environmental Emergencies, Anatomical Medical Terminology.

Essential quick reference to the terminology you need as a student or professional in the emergency medical services field. In 6 pages William (Bill) Dino, MS, NRP, former instructor for ACLS, PALS and CPR, professor of paramedicine has used his experience as an educator and author to provide a powerful tool to help those who have made it their mission in life to help others.

Essential quick reference for both the paramedic student and the practicing field provider. This 6 page guide compliments many textbooks and highlights key points that you may be asked on the National Registry or state exams. Organized according to the key categories identified in the US Department of Transportation guidelines for paramedic studies it clearly and concisely covers areas that have traditionally caused students angst, such as medication mathematics, acid-base balance, and cardiology. Includes: Introductory Concepts; Death and Dying; Health and Nutrition; Ethics; Duty to Act; Medical Direction; Continuing Research; Injury Prevention; Medico-Legal Issues; Regional, State, and Federal Agencies; Regulatory Agencies; Licensing and Certifications; Good Samaritan Laws; Patient Restraint; Patient Transport; Patient Refusal of Transport; Resuscitation and Cessation of Resuscitation; Terminology and Documentation; Body Systems Overview: Cell Structure, Tissue types, Body Systems, Acid-Base Balance; Physiology & Pathophysiology; Medical Trauma; Airway; Pharmacology: Interactions, Special Considerations, Drug math, Infusions, Fluid Infusions over Time; Behavioral Emergencies: General Principals, Suicidal Ideation, Delusions, Anxiety, Schizophrenia, Psychosis.