Prehospital Emergency Care

<p><strong>PART 1: PREPARATORY AND PUBLIC HEALTH<br></strong>1. Emergency Medical Care Systems, Research, and Public Health<br>2. Workforce Safety and Wellness of the EMT<br>3. Medical, Legal, and Ethical Issues<br>4. Documentation<br>5. Communication<br>6. Lifting and Moving Patients<br><strong><br>PART 2: ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY, AND MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY<br></strong>7. Anatomy, Physiology, and Medical Terminology<br><strong><br>PART 3: PATHOPHYSIOLOGY<br></strong>8. Pathophysiology<br><strong><br>PART 4: SPAN DEVELOPMENT<br></strong>9. Life Span Development<br><strong><br>PART 5: AIRWAY MANAGEMENT, ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION, AND OXYGENATION<br></strong>10. Airway Management, Artificial Ventilation, and Oxygenation<br><strong><br>PART 6: ASSESSMENT<br></strong>11. Vital Signs, Monitoring Devices, and History Taking<br>12. Scene Size-Up13. Patient Assessment<br><br><strong>PART 7: GENERAL PHARMACOLOGY AND MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION<br></strong>14. General Pharmacology and Medication Administration<br><br><strong>PART 8: SHOCK AND RESUSCITATION<br></strong>15. Shock and Resuscitation<br><br><strong>PART 9: MEDICINE<br></strong>16. Respiratory Emergencies<br>17. Cardiovascular Emergencies<br>18. Altered Mental Status, Stroke, and Headache<br>19. Seizures and Syncope<br>20. Acute Diabetic Emergencies<br>21. Allergic and Anaphylactic Reactions<br>22. Toxicologic Emergencies<br>23. Abdominal, Hematologic, Gynecologic, Genitourinary, and Renal Emergencies<br>24. Environmental Emergencies<br>25. Submersion Incidents: Drowning and Diving Emergencies<br>26. Psychiatric Emergencies<br><br><strong>PART 10:</strong><strong>TRAUMA<br></strong>27. Trauma Overview: The Trauma Patient and the Trauma System<br>28. Bleeding and Soft Tissue Trauma<br>29. Burns<br>30. Musculoskeletal Trauma and Nontraumatic Fractures<br>31. Head Trauma<br>32. Spinal Trauma and Spine Motion Restriction<br>33. Eye, Face, and Neck Trauma<br>34. Chest Trauma<br>35. Abdominal and Genitourinary Trauma<br>36. Multisystem Trauma and Trauma in Special Patient Populations<br><br><strong>PART 11: SPECIAL PATIENT POPULATIONS<br></strong>37. Obstetrics and Care of the Newborn<br>38. Pediatrics<br>39. Geriatrics<br>40. Patients with Special Challenges<br>41. The Combat Veteran<br><br><strong>PART 12: EMS OPERATIONS<br></strong>42. Ambulance Operations and Air Medical Response<br>43. Gaining Access and Patient Extrication<br>44. Hazardous Materials<br>45. Multiple-Casualty Incidents and Incident Management<br>46. EMS Response to Terrorist Incidents<br><br><strong>Appendices<br></strong>1. ALS-Assist Skills<br>2. Advanced Airway Management<br>3. Agricultural and Industrial Emergencies</p>