Includes index.

Contents: Section 1: Foundations: Introduction to emergency medical care -- The well-being of the EMT -- Lifting and moving parts -- Medical terminology and anatomy and physiology -- Principles of pathophysiology -- Life span development -- Section 2: Airway management, respiration, and artificial ventilation: Airway management -- Respiration and artificial ventilation -- Patient assessment: Scene size-up -- The primary assessment -- Vital signs and monitoring devices -- Assessment of the trauma patient -- Assessment of the medical patient -- Reassessment -- Critical thinking and decision making -- Communication and documentation -- Section 4: Medical emergencies: General pharmacology -- respiratory emergencies -- Cardiac emergencies -- Diabetic emergencies and altered mental status -- Allergic reaction -- Poisoning and overdose emergencies -- Abdominal emergencies -- Behavioral and psychiatric emergencies and suicide -- Hematologic and renal emergencies -- Trauma emergencies: Bleeding and shock -- Soft-tissue trauma -- Chest and abdominal trauma -- Musculoskeletal trauma -- Environmental emergencies -- Special populations: Obstetric and gynecologic emergencies -- Pediatric emergencies -- Geriatric emergencies -- Emergencies for patients with special challenges -- Operations: EMS operations -- Hazardous materials, multiple-casualty incidents, and incidents, and incident management -- Highway safety and vehicle extrication -- EMS response to terrorism.