Emergency Care
by Daniel Limmer, Michael O'Keefe, Edward Dickinson
14th Edition
Publisher: Pearson
Book Details
| Print ISBN | 9780135379134 |
| eText ISBN | 9780135479162 |
| Publisher | Pearson |
| Publishing Year | 2021 |
| Edition | 14th Edition |
| Language | English |
Emergency Care, 14th Edition, is a dedicated textbook created to prepare EMT students and Emergency Medical Services trainees for entry-level prehospital clinical responsibilities. Grounded in the National EMS Education Standards, this volume presents practical information formatted for classroom instruction and active field application.
The text structures core knowledge across foundational concepts, starting with EMT well-being, medical terminology, anatomy, and pathophysiology. Trainees progress through airway management, systematic patient assessment, shock intervention, general pharmacology, and specific medical conditions such as cardiac, respiratory, diabetic, infectious, and psychiatric emergencies, along with trauma protocols covering head, neck, spine, and multisystem injuries.
Published by Pearson, Emergency Care has been a standard title in EMS education for over 35 years. This edition supports foundational emergency care courses by linking theoretical concepts to field practice, concluding with specialized operational topics such as incident management, highway safety, vehicle extrication, and emergency terrorism response.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction to Emergency Medical Care
Chapter 2: Well-Being of the EMT
Chapter 3: Lifting and Moving Patients
Chapter 4: Medical, Legal, and Ethical Issues
Chapter 5: Medical Terminology
Chapter 6: Anatomy and Physiology
Chapter 7: Principles of Pathophysiology
Chapter 8: Life Span Development
Chapter 1: Airway Management
Chapter 2: Respiration and Artificial Ventilation
Chapter 1: Scene Size-Up
Chapter 2: Primary Assessment
Chapter 3: Vital Signs and Monitoring Devices
Chapter 4: Principles of Assessment
Chapter 5: Secondary Assessment
Chapter 6: Reassessment
Chapter 7: Communication and Documentation
Chapter 1: General Pharmacology
Chapter 2: Respiratory Emergencies
Chapter 3: Cardiac Emergencies
Chapter 4: Resuscitation
Chapter 5: Diabetic Emergencies and Altered Mental Status
Chapter 6: Allergic Reaction
Chapter 7: Infectious Diseases and Sepsis
Chapter 8: Poisoning and Overdose Emergencies
Chapter 9: Abdominal Emergencies
Chapter 10: Behavioral and Psychiatric Emergencies and Suicide
Chapter 11: Hematologic and Renal Emergencies
Chapter 1: Bleeding and Shock
Chapter 2: Soft-Tissue Trauma
Chapter 3: Chest and Abdominal Trauma
Chapter 4: Musculoskeletal Trauma
Chapter 5: Trauma to the Head, Neck, and Spine
Chapter 6: Multisystem Trauma
Chapter 7: Environmental Emergencies
Chapter 1: Obstetric and Gynecologic Emergencies
Chapter 2: Emergencies for Patients with Special Challenges
Chapter 1: EMS Operations
Chapter 2: Hazardous Materials, Multiple-Casualty Incidents, and Incident Management
Chapter 3: Highway Safety and Vehicle Extrication
Chapter 4: EMS Response to Terrorism
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