This revised reprint is now updated to reflect the new 2005 emergency cardiovascular care guidelines. It gives you everything you want in a paramedic textbook. and more! Updated, expanded, and packed with valuable new support materials, Mosby's Paramedic Textbook, 3rd Edition, is a comprehensive learning tool for both first time and refresher paramedic students. Offering complete coverage of the 1998 U.S. D.O.T. National Standard Curriculum (NSC) for the EMT-Paramedic, as well as enhanced content for further learning, this comprehensive textbook contains everything in one convenient volume. Instructor resources are available; please contact your Elsevier sales representative for details.

• Perfect for review, each chapter includes a bulleted Summary and a list of References.
• Chapter openers set the stage for learning with Objectives and Key Terms with definitions.
• Boxed Critical Thinking questions aid in understanding concepts and how chapter content impacts patient care.
• ALS skills are presented step-by-step in full-color to demonstrate emergency care procedures.

Part One

Chapter 1 EMS Systems/Roles and Responsibilities - EXPANDED!
Chapter 2 The Well-Being of the Paramedic
Chapter 3 Injury Prevention - EXPANDED!
Chapter 4 Medical/Legal Issues
Chapter 5 Ethics

Part Two

Chapter 6 Review of Human Systems
Chapter 7 General Principles of Pathophysiology - EXPANDED!
Chapter 8 Life Span Development - NEW!

Part Three

Chapter 9 Therapeutic Communications
Chapter 10 History Taking
Chapter 11 Techniques of Physical Examination
Chapter 12 Patient Assessment
Chapter 13 Clinical Decision Making
Chapter 14 Assessment Based Management
Chapter 15 Communications
Chapter 16 Documentation

Part Four

Chapter 17 Pharmacology
Chapter 18 Venous Access and Medication Administration

Part Five
Chapter 19 Airway Management and Ventilation

Part Six

Chapter 20 Trauma Systems/Mechanism of Injury
Chapter 21 Hemorrhage and Shock
Chapter 22 Soft Tissue Trauma
Chapter 23 Burns
Chapter 24 Head and Facial Trauma
Chapter 25 Spinal Trauma
Chapter 26 Thoracic Trauma
Chapter 27 Abdominal Trauma
Chapter 28 Musculoskeletal Trauma

Part Seven

Chapter 29 Cardiology

Part Eight

Chapter 30 Pulmonary
Chapter 31 Neurology
Chapter 32 Endocrinology
Chapter 33 Allergies and Anaphylaxis
Chapter 34 Gastroenterology
Chapter 35 Urology
Chapter 36 Toxicology
Chapter 37 Hematology
Chapter 38 Environmental Conditions
Chapter 39 Infectious and Communicable Diseases
Chapter 40 Behavioral and Psychiatric Disorders
Chapter 41 Gynecology
Chapter 42 Obstetrics

Part Nine

Chapter 43 Neonatology
Chapter 44 Pediatrics
Chapter 45 Geriatrics
Chapter 46 Abuse and Neglect
Chapter 47 Patients with Special Challenges
Chapter 48 Acute Interventions for the Home Health Care Patient

Part Ten

Chapter 49 Ambulance Operations
Chapter 50 Medical Incident Command
Chapter 51 Rescue Awareness and Operations
Chapter 52 Crime Scene Awareness
Chapter 53 Hazardous Materials Incidents
Chapter 54 Bioterrorism and Weapons of Mass Destruction - NEW!

Appendix
Emergency Drug Index (EDI)

Glossary
CCT Appendix: Advanced Practice Procedures for the Critical Care Paramedic
Index

By Mick J. Sanders, MSA, EMT-P, EMS Training Specialist, St. Charles, MO