McGraw-Hill Education's EMT-Paramedic Exam Review, Third Edition / Edition 3

by Peter A. DiPrima

Overview

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The ultimate one-stop success guide to the EMT-Paramedic exam—now fully updated!

If you want to ace the EMT Paramedic Certification Exam, there's no better study partner than McGraw-Hill EMT-Paramedic Exam Review. Based on in-the-trenches insights from seasoned EMT instructor Peter A. DiPrima, Jr., this concise, skill-building learning tool helps you think through pre-hospital medicine while covering every must-know topic on the exam—from pharmacology to hazardous materials awareness.

Each chapter begins with a clinical scenario followed by a bulleted overview of key topics and is summarized by chapter-ending Q&As. Also included are valuable exam preparation tips, the do's and don'ts of answering multiple-choice questions, and much more. Turn to any page, and you’ll see that the Third Edition of McGraw-Hill EMT-Paramedic Exam Review has everything you need to boost your confidence—and your score.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780071849029
Publisher:	McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date:	09/16/2015
Pages:	688
Sales rank:	642,332
Product dimensions:	8.40(w) x 10.70(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Peter A. DiPrima, Jr., EMT-P is a Lakeland Fire District Firefighter/Paramedic. He is also a Port Jefferson Ambulance EMS Supervisor, and an EMT Training Unit Supervisor with the Suffolk County Police Department in Ronkonkoma, New York.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: EMS Systems

Chapter 2: Workforce Safety and Wellness

Chapter 3: Therapeutic Communications

Chapter 4: Medical Legal Ethics

Chapter 5: Anatomy and Physiology

Chapter 6: Life-Span Development

Chapter 7: Pharmacology

Chapter 8: Airway Management, Respiration, and Artificial Ventilation

Chapter 9: Patient Assessment

Chapter 10: Neurology

Chapter 11: Abdominal and Gastrointestinal

Chapter 12: Immunology

Chapter 13: Infectious Diseases

Chapter 14: Endocrine Disorders

Chapter 15: Psychiatric Disorders

Chapter 16: Cardiovascular Emergencies

Chapter 17: Toxicology

Chapter 18: Respiratory Emergencies

Chapter 19: Hematology

Chapter 20: Genitourinary-Renal

Chapter 21: Gynecology

Chapter 22: Nontraumatic Musculoskeletal Disorders

Chapter 23: Diseases of the Eyes, Ears, Nose, and Throat

Chapter 24: Shock and Resuscitation

Chatper 25: Trauma

Chapter 26: Chest Trauma

Chapter 27: Abdominal and Genitourinary Trauma

Chapter 28: Orthopedic Trauma

Chapter 29: Soft Tissue Trauma

Chapter 30: Head, Neck, Face, and Spinal Trauma

Chapter 31: Environmental Emergencies

Chapter 32: Obstetrics

Chapter 33: Neonatology

Chapter 34: Pediatrics

Chapter 35: Geriatrics

Chapter 36: Patients with Special Challenges

Chapter 37: Principles of Safely Operating a Ground Ambulance

Chapter 38: Incident Management and Mass Casualty Incidents

Chapter 39: Rescue Awareness and Operations

Chapter 40: Hazardous Materials Awareness and Response to Terrorist Incidents

End of Chapter Answers

Practice Exam

Practice Exam Answers

Index