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TEST BANK FOR EMERGENCY CARE 13TH EDITION BY
DANIEL LIMMER, MICHAEL F. O’KEEFE AND EDWARD
T. DICKINSON-1-41 CHAPTERS COVERED
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TABLE OF CONTENT
SECTION 1: FOUNDATIONS
1. Introduction to Emergency Medical Care
2. Well-Being of the EMT
3. Lifting and Moving Patients
4. Medical, Legal, and Ethical Issues
5. Medical Terminology
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6. Anatomy and Physiology
7. Principles of Pathophysiology
8. Life Span Development
SECTION 2: AIRWAY MANAGEMENT, RESPIRATION, AND
ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION
9. Airway Management
10. Respiration and Artificial Ventilation
SECTION 3: PATIENT ASSESSMENT
11. Scene Size-Up
12. Primary Assessment
13. Vital Signs and Monitoring Devices
14. Principles of Assessment
15. Secondary Assessment
16. Reassessment
17. Communication and Documentation
SECTION 4: MEDICAL EMERGENCIES
18. General Pharmacology
19. Respiratory Emergencies
20. Cardiac Emergencies
21. Resuscitation
22. Diabetic Emergencies and Altered Mental Status
23. Allergic Reaction
24. Infectious Diseases and Sepsis
25. Poisoning and Overdose Emergencies
26. Abdominal Emergencies
27. Behavioral and Psychiatric Emergencies and Suicide
28. Hematologic and Renal Emergencies
SECTION 5: TRAUMA EMERGENCIES
29. Bleeding and Shock
30. Soft-Tissue Trauma
31. Chest and Abdominal Trauma
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32. Musculoskeletal Trauma
33. Trauma to the Head, Neck, and Spine
34. Multisystem Trauma
35. Environmental Emergencies
SECTION 6: SPECIAL POPULATIONS
36. Obstetric and Gynecologic Emergencies
37. Pediatric Emergencies
38. Geriatric Emergencies
39. Emergencies for Patients with Special Challenges
SECTION 7: OPERATIONS
40. EMS Operations
41. Hazardous Materials, Multiple-Casualty Incidents, and
Incident Management
Chapter 1
1) Which of the following groups is credited with
developing the earliest documented emergency medical
service?
A) The Spanish
B) The Egyptians
C) The Mayans
D) The French - Explanation: A) INCORRECT. The Spanish
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TEST BANK FOR EMERGENCY CARE 13TH EDITION BY
DANIEL LIMMER, MICHAEL F. O’KEEFE AND EDWARD
T. DICKINSON-1-41 CHAPTERS COVERED
1
,2
TABLE OF CONTENT
SECTION 1: FOUNDATIONS
1. Introduction to Emergency Medical Care
2. Well-Being of the EMT
3. Lifting and Moving Patients
4. Medical, Legal, and Ethical Issues
5. Medical Terminology
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,3
6. Anatomy and Physiology
7. Principles of Pathophysiology
8. Life Span Development
SECTION 2: AIRWAY MANAGEMENT, RESPIRATION, AND
ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION
9. Airway Management
10. Respiration and Artificial Ventilation
SECTION 3: PATIENT ASSESSMENT
11. Scene Size-Up
12. Primary Assessment
13. Vital Signs and Monitoring Devices
14. Principles of Assessment
15. Secondary Assessment
16. Reassessment
17. Communication and Documentation
SECTION 4: MEDICAL EMERGENCIES
18. General Pharmacology
19. Respiratory Emergencies
20. Cardiac Emergencies
21. Resuscitation
22. Diabetic Emergencies and Altered Mental Status
23. Allergic Reaction
24. Infectious Diseases and Sepsis
25. Poisoning and Overdose Emergencies
26. Abdominal Emergencies
27. Behavioral and Psychiatric Emergencies and Suicide
28. Hematologic and Renal Emergencies
SECTION 5: TRAUMA EMERGENCIES
29. Bleeding and Shock
30. Soft-Tissue Trauma
31. Chest and Abdominal Trauma
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32. Musculoskeletal Trauma
33. Trauma to the Head, Neck, and Spine
34. Multisystem Trauma
35. Environmental Emergencies
SECTION 6: SPECIAL POPULATIONS
36. Obstetric and Gynecologic Emergencies
37. Pediatric Emergencies
38. Geriatric Emergencies
39. Emergencies for Patients with Special Challenges
SECTION 7: OPERATIONS
40. EMS Operations
41. Hazardous Materials, Multiple-Casualty Incidents, and
Incident Management
Chapter 1
1) Which of the following groups is credited with
developing the earliest documented emergency medical
service?
A) The Spanish
B) The Egyptians
C) The Mayans
D) The French - Explanation: A) INCORRECT. The Spanish
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