McGraw-Hill's EMT-Paramedic, 3rd Edition
The ultimate one-stop success guide to the EMT-Paramedic exam--now fully updated!
If you want to ace the EMT Paramedic Certification Exam, there's no better study partner than McGraw-Hill Education's EMT-Paramedic Exam Review. Based on in-the-trenches insights from seasoned EMT instructor Peter A. DiPrima, Jr., this concise, skill-building learning tool helps you think through pre-hospital medicine while covering every must-know topic on the exam--from pharmacology to hazardous materials awareness.
Each chapter begins with a clinical scenario followed by a bulleted overview of key topics and is summarized by chapter-ending Q&As. Also included are valuable exam preparation tips, the do's and don'ts of answering multiple-choice questions, and much more. Turn to any page, and you'll see that the Third Edition of McGraw-Hill Education's EMT-Paramedic Exam Review has everything you need to boost your confidence--and your score.
Rely on this indispensable resource for:
- A complete 180-question practice exam at the end of the book
- New and improved online question bank (available at www.mcgrawhillemt.com) with over 360 EMT-P practice questions--and answers that correspond to topics in the text
- High-yield outline format bolstered by Q&As, realistic clinical scenarios, and retention-enhancing bulleted content
- Seven sections that incorporate the most recent Paramedic National Curriculum
- Content corresponding to National EMS Education Standards
- Updated section on Advanced Life Support Monitoring featuring chapters on 12-lead ECG, Capnography, and Understanding Blood Chemistry
- EKGs and ECGs that enhance your comfort level with reading leads--a growing part of the EMT's job function
- Photographs facilitating the identification of critical instruments and equipment
- And more!
Peter A. DiPrima, Jr., EMT-P is a Lakeland Fire District Firefighter/Paramedic. He is also a Port Jefferson Ambulance EMS Supervisor, and an EMT Training Unit Supervisor with the Suffolk County Police Department in Ronkonkoma, New York.
Table of contents
Chapter 1: EMS Systems
Chapter 2: Workforce Safety and Wellness
Chapter 3: Therapeutic Communications
Chapter 4: Medical Legal Ethics
Chapter 5: Anatomy and Physiology
Chapter 6: Life-Span Development
Chapter 7: Pharmacology
Chapter 8: Airway Management, Respiration, and Artificial Ventilation
Chapter 9: Patient Assessment
Chapter 10: Neurology
Chapter 11: Abdominal and Gastrointestinal
Chapter 12: Immunology
Chapter 13: Infectious Diseases
Chapter 14: Endocrine Disorders
Chapter 15: Psychiatric Disorders
Chapter 16: Cardiovascular Emergencies
Chapter 17: Toxicology
Chapter 18: Respiratory Emergencies
Chapter 19: Hematology
Chapter 20: Genitourinary-Renal
Chapter 21: Gynecology
Chapter 22: Nontraumatic Musculoskeletal Disorders
Chapter 23: Diseases of the Eyes, Ears, Nose, and Throat
Chapter 24: Shock and Resuscitation
Chatper 25: Trauma
Chapter 26: Chest Trauma
Chapter 27: Abdominal and Genitourinary Trauma
Chapter 28: Orthopedic Trauma
Chapter 29: Soft Tissue Trauma
Chapter 30: Head, Neck, Face, and Spinal Trauma
Chapter 31: Environmental Emergencies
Chapter 32: Obstetrics
Chapter 33: Neonatology
Chapter 34: Pediatrics
Chapter 35: Geriatrics
Chapter 36: Patients with Special Challenges
Chapter 37: Principles of Safely Operating a Ground Ambulance
Chapter 38: Incident Management and Mass Casualty Incidents
Chapter 39: Rescue Awareness and Operations
Chapter 40: Hazardous Materials Awareness and Response to Terrorist Incidents
End of Chapter Answers
Practice Exam
Practice Exam Answers
Index
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