New guidelines and medications currently being used for BLS, ACLS, and PALS are discussed.
New chapters have been added on Invasive Interventions, Pharmacology, Invasive Monitoring, Bioterrorism, CAMTS Standards, and Transport Operations.
Updated and expanded content addresses emerging infectious diseases, CISM for emergency and transport staff, CAMTS standards and transport operations, conscious sedation issues, RSI, airway management, safety training, and age-related changes and differences (pediatric and geriatric).
Part I. Practice and Patient Care Issues 1. Emergency and transport nursing education and preparation for practice. 2. Patient assessment and priority setting: triage 3. Abdominal emergencies 4. Cardiovascular emergencies 5. Dental, ear, nose, and throat emergencies 6. Environmental emergencies 7. Facial emergencies 8. Genitourinary emergencies 9. Medical emergencies 10. Mental health emergencies 11. Neurological emergencies 12. Obstetrical and gynecological emergencies 13. Ocular emergencies 14. Organ and tissue donation and post transplant emergencies 15. Orthopedic emergencies 16. Pain management 17. Respiratory emergencies 18. Shock emergencies 19. Toxicological emergencies 20. Wound management emergencies 21. Disaster preparedness 22. Bioterrorism – NEW! 23. Legal and ethical issues 24. Research 25. Education: patient family and community, safety training
Part 2. Prehospital and Transport Issues 26. Transport physiology 27. Transport safety a. Extrication b. Survival c. Stress Management 28. Patient care during transport 29. CAMTS Standards – NEW! 30. Transport Operations – NEW!
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