Mosby's EMT-Intermediate Textbook for the 1999 National Standard Curriculum, Revised

Emergency Medical Services Educator, Riverview Hospital, Noblesville, Indiana

• Division One - Preparatory 1. Foundations of EMT-Intermediate 2. Your Well-Being 3. Medical-Legal Aspects 4. Overview of Human Systems 5. Emergency Pharmacology 6. Venous Access 7. Medication Math NEW! 8. Medication Administration Division Two - Airway 9. Airway Management Division Three - Patient Assessment 10. History Taking 11. Techniques of Physical Examination 12. Patient Assessment 13. Clinical Decision Making 14. Communications 15. Documentation Division Four - Trauma 16. Trauma Systems and Mechanism of Injury 17. Hemorrhage and Shock 18. Burns 19. Thoracic Trauma 20. Head and Spinal Trauma 21. Abdominal and Extremity Trauma NEW! Division Five - Medical 22. Respiratory Emergencies 23. Cardiac Anatomy and Physiology and ECG Interpretation NEW! 24. Cardiovascular Emergencies 25. Diabetic Emergencies 26. Allergic Reactions 27. Poisoning and Overdose Emergencies 28. Neurological Emergencies 29. Nontraumatic Abdominal Emergencies 30. Environmental Emergencies 31. Behavioral Emergencies and Substance Abuse 32. Gynecological Emergencies Division Six - Special Considerations 33. Obstetrical Emergencies 34. Neonatal Resuscitation 35. Pediatric Emergencies 36. Geriatrics NEW! 37. Patients with Special Challenges NEW! Division Seven - Assessment-Based Management 38. Assessment-Based Management Division Eight - Special Operations 39. First-Responder Procedures with Weapons of Mass Destruction NEW! 40. Incident Command NEW! 41. Tactical Emergency Medical Support NEW! Appendixes A. Emergency Drugs NEW! B. Alternative Airway Procedures C. Medical Terminology