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9th Edition
,Table of contents
volume 1 ....................................................................................................................................................... 4
section 1 preparatory ................................................................................................................................... 4
chapter 1: ems systems ............................................................................................................................ 4
chapter 2: workforce safety and wellness ................................................................................................ 8
chapter 3: public health .......................................................................................................................... 21
chapter 4: medical, legal, and ethical issues........................................................................................... 28
chapter 5: communications .................................................................................................................... 39
chapter 6: documentation ...................................................................................................................... 49
chapter 7: medical terminology .............................................................................................................. 59
section 2 the human body and human systems........................................................................................ 70
chapter 8: anatomy and physiology........................................................................................................ 70
chapter 9: pathophysiology .................................................................................................................... 78
chapter 10: life span development ......................................................................................................... 88
section 3 patient assessment ................................................................................................................... 101
chapter 11: patient assessment ............................................................................................................ 101
chapter 12: critical thinking and clinical decision making .................................................................... 115
section 4 pharmacology ........................................................................................................................... 117
chapter 13: principles of pharmacology ............................................................................................... 117
chapter 14: medication administration ................................................................................................ 129
chapter 15: emergency medications .................................................................................................... 136
section 5 airway management ................................................................................................................. 180
chapter 16: airway management .......................................................................................................... 180
section 6 medical ...................................................................................................................................... 185
chapter 17: respiratory emergencies.................................................................................................... 185
chapter 18: cardiovascular emergencies .............................................................................................. 197
chapter 19: neurologic emergencies .................................................................................................... 212
chapter 20: diseases of the eyes, ears, nose, and throat ..................................................................... 228
chapter 21: abdominal and gastrointestinal emergencies ................................................................... 239
chapter 22: genitourinary and renal emergencies ............................................................................... 244
chapter 23: gynecologic emergencies .................................................................................................. 258
chapter 24: endocrine emergencies ..................................................................................................... 268
chapter 25: hematologic emergencies ................................................................................................. 275
, chapter 26: immunologic emergencies ................................................................................................ 286
chapter 27: infectious diseases ............................................................................................................. 295
chapter 28: toxicology .......................................................................................................................... 308
chapter 29 psychiatric emergencies ..................................................................................................... 344
volume 2 ................................................................................................................................................... 350
section 7 trauma....................................................................................................................................... 350
chapter 30: trauma systems and mechanism of injury ........................................................................ 350
chapter 31: bleeding ............................................................................................................................. 359
chapter 32: soft-tissue trauma ............................................................................................................. 369
chapter 33: burns .................................................................................................................................. 373
chapter 34: face and neck trauma ........................................................................................................ 377
chapter 35: head and spine trauma...................................................................................................... 387
chapter 36: chest trauma...................................................................................................................... 398
chapter 37: abdominal and genitourinary trauma ............................................................................... 413
chapter 38: orthopaedic trauma........................................................................................................... 431
chapter 39: environmental emergencies .............................................................................................. 462
section 8 shock and resuscitation ............................................................................................................ 474
chapter 40: responding to the field code ............................................................................................. 474
chapter 41: management and resuscitation of the critical patient ...................................................... 479
section 9 special parent populations ....................................................................................................... 488
chapter 42: obstetrics ........................................................................................................................... 488
chapter 43: neonatal care ..................................................................................................................... 492
chapter 44: pediatric emergencies ....................................................................................................... 505
chapter 45: geriatric emergencies ........................................................................................................ 515
chapter 46: patients with special challenges ........................................................................................ 527
section 10 operations ............................................................................................................................... 539
chapter 47: transport operations ......................................................................................................... 539
chapter 48: incident management and mass-casualty incidents ......................................................... 542
chapter 49: vehicle extrication and special rescue ............................................................................... 563
chapter 50: hazardous materials .......................................................................................................... 573
chapter 51: terrorism response ............................................................................................................ 577
chapter 52: disaster response............................................................................................................... 593
chapter 53: crime scene awareness...................................................................................................... 599
, volume 1
section 1 preparatory
chapter 1: ems systems
1. ems stands for:
a. evolve medical service
b. emergency medical services
c. emergency medical school
d. european medical services
Ans>>b dif: easy ref: page. 4
2. the first recorded use of an ambulance was by the military during the siege of malaga in:
a. at the beginning of 1400
b. in the mid of 1400
c. at the start of 1500
d. at the end of 1400
Ans>>d dif: moderate ref: page. 4
3. (coaemsp) is the only accrediting body for paramedic programs which stands for:
a. committee on accreditation of educational programs for the ems professions
b. committee on association of educational programs for the ems professions
c. conference on accreditation of educational programs for the ems professions