Essentials of paramedic care / 
Bryan E. Bledsoe ... [et al.] 
 - 2nd ed.  
 - Upper Saddle River :  Pearson Education Inc.,  2007. 
 - ixiv, 2021 p. :  ill.;  29 cm.  
<br/><br/> Includes glossary and index. 
<br/><br/>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.   
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>013171636 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RC86.7.B594(2e)