Includes glossary and index.

Contents: Introduction to advanced prehospital care -- Medical/legal aspect of advanced prehospital care -- Anatomy and physiology -- General principles of pathophysiology -- Life-spane development -- General principles of pharmacology -- Intravenous access and medication administration -- Airway management and ventilation -- Therapeutic communication -- History of taking -- Physical exam technique --Patient assessment in the field -- Clinical decision making -- Communication -- Documentation -- Trauma and trauma systems -- Blunt trauma -- Penetrating trauma -- Hemorrhage and shock -- Soft-tissue trauma -- Burns -- Musculoskeletal trauma -- Head, facial and neck trauma -- Spinal trauma -- Thoracic trauma -- Abdominal trauma -- Pulmonology -- Cardiology -- Neurology -- Endocriminology -- Allergies and anaphylaxis -- Gastroenterology -- Urology and nephrology -- Toxicology and substance abuse -- Hematology -- Environmental emergencies -- Infectious diseases -- Psychiatric and behavioral disorders -- Gynaecology -- Obstetrics -- Neonatology -- Pediatrics -- Geriatric emergencies -- Abuse and assault -- The challenged patient -- Acute interventiond for the chronic-care patient -- Assessment-based management --- Operations -- Responding to terrorist act.