Advanced EMT: A Clinical Reasoning Approach by Richard Belle (English) Paperback

Description: Advanced EMT by Richard Belle, Melissa Alexander For courses in Advanced EMTUsing the National EMS Education Standards as a foundation, Advanced EMT: A Clinical-Reasoning Approach is designed to assist students in successfully completing their Advanced EMT course and ultimately obtaining their licensure. Special care has been taken to ensure that the latest applicable research was reviewed during the development of this text, resulting in our ability to deliver the latest evidence-based patient care to you and your students. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography About our authors Melissa Alexander, EdD, Paramedic, became an EMT-A in 1982 and earned a Certificate in Paramedicine from Home Hospital School of Paramedicine in Lafayette, Indiana, in 1984. She has a BA in Community Health Education from Purdue University, an MS in Health Sciences Education from Indiana University and an EdD in Human Resources Development from The George Washington University. Dr. Alexander is the Senior Director of Planning, Assessment, and Evaluation for Medical Student Education for Indiana University School of Medicine. She is actively involved in national-level innovations in medical education, including the American Medical Association (AMA) Accelerating Change in Medical Education (ACE) grant and the American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC) initiative for creating entrustment-based curricula and assessments to ensure medical students readiness to enter residency. Dr. Alexander previously served as the Director of the EMS Academy at the University of New Mexico, as an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at The George Washington University, as an Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice, Fire Science and EMS at Lake Superior State University and as a paramedic at Wishard Ambulance Service in Indianapolis. She has authored and contributed to several EMS texts and educational products. Dr. Alexanders research interests include assessing and improving clinical-reasoning skills and creating valid assessments of learning. She has three daughters, Lindsay (Chris) Giroux, Brittany Streuker and Eleanor Shook; and five grandsons, Asher, Ethan, Grant, Rhys and Jasper. She enjoys bicycling, spending time with family, organic gardening and hanging out with her dogs, Sabrina and Benito. Richard Belle, BS, NRP, a native of New Orleans, Louisiana, began his EMS career in 1996 after completing EMT-Basic and Paramedic training at Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, Louisiana. Richard has worked throughout south Louisiana as a field paramedic, new employee preceptor, student preceptor and as a flight paramedic. He has been actively involved in EMS education since 1999. Richard served as Education Coordinator for Acadian Ambulances southeastern district while he returned to Nicholls State University and earned a Bachelor of Science degree. After four years of teaching EMT Basic and Paramedic courses, he transferred to Lafayette, Louisiana, to serve as Acadian Ambulances Continuing Education Coordinator; he was responsible for providing refresher training and continuing education opportunities to medics across Louisiana, Texas and Mississippi. Currently, Richard works in Lafayette, Louisiana, as Continuing Education Manager for Acadian Ambulance and the National EMS Academy. Richard lives in south Louisiana with his wife, Rhonda, and their three children, James, Victoria and Allison. Table of Contents Section 1 Preparing for Advanced Emergency Medical Technician Practice1 Introduction to Advanced Emergency Medical Technician Practice2 Emergency Medical Services, Health Care, and Public Health Systems3 Workforce Wellness and Personal Safety4 Ethical and Medical/Legal Considerations in Advanced EMT Practice5 Ambulance Operations and Responding to EMS Calls6 Communication and Teamwork Section 2 Human Development, Health, and Disease 7 Medical Terminology 8 Human Body Systems 9 Life Span Development and Cultural Considerations 10 Pathophysiology: Selected Impairments of Homeostasis Section 3 Pharmacology 11 Principles of Pharmacology 12 Medication Administration 13 Medications Section 4 Assessment and Initial Management 14 General Approach to Patient Assessment and Clinical Reasoning 15 Scene Size-Up and Primary Assessment 16 Airway Management, Ventilation, and Oxygenation 17 Resuscitation: Managing Shock and Cardiac Arrest 18 Vital Signs and Monitoring Devices 19 History Taking, Secondary Assessment, and Reassessment Section 5 Medical Emergencies 20 Respiratory Disorders 21 Cardiovascular Disorders 22 Neurologic Disorders 23 Endocrine Disorders 24 Abdominal Pain and Gastrointestinal Disorders 25 Renal, Genitourinary, and Gynecologic Disorders 26 Hematologic Disorders 27 Immunologic Disorders 28 Infectious Illnesses 29 Nontraumatic Musculoskeletal and Soft-Tissue Disorders 30 Disorders of the Eye, Ear, Nose, Throat, and Oral Cavity 31 Mental Illness and Behavioral Emergencies 32 Toxicologic Emergencies Section 6 Trauma 33 Trauma Systems and Incident Command 34 Mechanisms of Injury, Trauma Assessment, and Trauma Triage Criteria 35 Soft-Tissue Injuries and Burns 36 Musculoskeletal Injuries 37 Head, Brain, Face, and Neck Trauma 38 Thoracic Trauma 39 Abdominal Trauma 40 Spine Injuries 41 Environmental Emergencies 42 Multisystem Trauma and Trauma Resuscitation Section 7 Special Patient Populations43 Obstetrics and Care of the Newborn44 Pediatric Emergencies 45 Geriatrics 46 Patients with Special Challenges Section 8 Rescue and Special Operations 47 Rescue Operations and Vehicle Extrication 48 Hazardous Materials 49 Response to Terrorism and Disasters Appendix 1: Endotracheal IntubationAppendix 2: Advanced ECG RecognitionAppendix 3: Adult Intraosseous Infusion Appendix 4: Additional EmergencyMedications Answer Key Glossary Index Long Description For courses in Advanced EMT Using the National EMS Education Standards as a foundation, Advanced EMT: A Clinical-Reasoning Approach is designed to assist students in successfully completing their Advanced EMT course and ultimately obtaining their licensure. Special care has been taken to ensure that the latest applicable research was reviewed during the development of this text, resulting in our ability to deliver the latest evidence-based patient care to you and your students. Also available with MyBRADYLab(tm) MyBRADYLab is an online homework, tutorial, and assessment program designed to work with this text to engage students and improve results. Within its structured environment, students practice what they learn, test their understanding, and pursue a personalized study plan that helps them better absorb course material and understand difficult concepts. Note: You are purchasing a standalone product; MyBRADYLab does not come packaged with this content. Students, if interested in purchasing this title with MyBRADYLab, ask your instructor for the correct package ISBN and Course ID. Instructors, contact your Pearson representative for more information. Feature Details A print text Free shipping New Feature Delivers the latest evidence-based patient care UPDATED: Section 1: Preparing for Advanced Emergency Medical Technician Practice. New to Chapter 1 is an expanded section on professionalism and social media use, and added emphasis on self-directed learning as a professional characteristic. Chapters 1 and 2 also include new content on mobile integrated health care (MIH) and community paramedicine (CP). Chapter 3 has expanded the information on National Health Goals, and the section on EMS provider mental health now includes shift-work disorder. Chapter 4 now includes an updated concept of decision-making capacity, and physicians orders for life-sustaining treatment (POLST). Chapter 5 now offers updated information on the anticipated replacement of the DOTs specifications for ambulance design. UPDATED: Section 2: Human Development, Health, and Disease. In Chapter 8, the In the Field features have been expanded and updated to highlight the importance of understanding anatomy and physiology. UPDATED: Section 3: Pharmacology. Chapters 11 and 12 now include discussion of obesity and weight-based medication calculations. Chapter 12 also has new information on medications administered via auto-injector. UPDATED: Section 4: Assessment and Initial Management. Chapter 14 expands the first editions discussion of diagnosis and differential diagnosis in EMS, and it offers updated field triage guidelines. New to Chapter 15 is information on situational awareness. Both Chapters 15 and 16 include an updated description of the approach to patients with suspected cervical-spine injury. Chapter 17 now offers information on tranexamic acid in hemorrhagic shock and on systemic inflammatory response (SIRS) and the potential role of prehospital serum lactate measurement. It also has expanded information on topical hemostatics, common prescription anticoagulants, teamwork in resuscitation, and end-of-life care terminology related to physicians orders for life-sustaining treatment (POLST). Chapter 18 clarifies the uses and limitations of estimating blood pressure by palpation and pulse oximetry waveform methods, and offers additional information on temporal artery-scanning thermometers. Chapter 19 now includes anatomic and systems-based frameworks in the discussion of the clinical-reasoning approach. Where appropriate, the chapters in this section reflect the newest American Heart Associations 2015 guidelines. UPDATED: Section 5: Medical Emergencies. Chapter 20 now includes guidelines for administering oxygen to patients with advanced COPD, and new information on MERS and the importance of obtaining a travel history. Additional emphasis has been added to reflect the importance of pneumococcal vaccine for susceptible populations, and the information on asthma and lung cancer has been updated. Chapter 21 has been reorganized to enhance clinical reasoning, focusing on pertinent positives and negatives for specific cardiovascular emergencies. Chapter 22 now includes an updated list of medications prescribed for neurological disorders. Chapter 23 now includes hyperosmolar hyperglycemic state (HHS) in the discussion on diabetes. Chapter 24 has added information on chronic opioid-induced constipation and on pediatric abdominal pain and foreign body ingestion. Chapter 26 offers an updated list of medications that affect blood clotting. Chapter 28 now provides information on the special concerns related to pregnant women and fetuses, updates the discussion of infectious diseases of global concern, and lists resources for infectious disease information. Chapter 31 adds new emphasis to addiction as a mental illness and now includes information on mental illness among EMS personnel. Chapter 32 provides updated information on the public health crisis related to increased abuse of opiates and opioids, on the use of synthetic cannabinoids and vaping, and on designer drugs. UPDATED: Section 6: Trauma. Information on the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma Level V Trauma Center has been added to Chapter 33, as has a discussion on the SALT triage system. Chapter 34 now addresses quinary blast injuries. Chapter 40 has been updated to reflect new research on the use of spinal motion restriction and current trends that deemphasize the use of long backboards. UPDATED: Section 7: Special Patient Populations. Chapter 43 has been updated with new information on the use of suctioning in the neonate. UPDATED: Section 8: Rescue and Special Operations. Chapter 47 now incorporates new information on safety procedures when working with hybrid and electric vehicles. UPDATED: Appendixes. Ketamine has been added to Appendix 4 as a sedative for endotracheal intubation and in patients with excited delirium, and tranexamic acid has been included for reducing internal bleeding in trauma patients. Details ISBN0134420128 Author Melissa Alexander ISBN-10 0134420128 ISBN-13 9780134420127 Format Paperback Edition 2nd Imprint Pearson Subtitle A Clinical Reasoning Approach Country of Publication United States Replaces 9780135030431 DEWEY 616.025 Pages 1216 Illustrations illustrations Short Title Advanced EMT Language English AU Release Date 2017-01-23 NZ Release Date 2017-01-23 Year 2017 UK Release Date 2017-01-23 Publisher Pearson Education (US) Edition Description 2nd edition Audience Tertiary & Higher Education Publication Date 2017-01-30 US Release Date 2017-01-30 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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