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Category: Books (Education)
Author: BLEDSOE, Bledsoe, Bryan E., Porter, Robert S., Cherry, Richard A.
Author: BLEDSOE, Bledsoe, Bryan E., Porter, Robert S., Cherry, Richard A.
ISBN-10: 0134569954
ISBN-10: 0134569954
ISBN-13: 9780134569956
ISBN-13: 9780134569956
Publisher: Pearson
Publisher: Pearson
Pages: 288
Pages: 288
Binding: Hardcover
Binding: Hardcover
Pub Date: 01-Jul-2016
Pub Date: 01-Jul-2016
SKU: 0134569954-11-SPLV
SKU: 0134569954-11-SPLV
Item ID: 100522087
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Paramedic Care: Principles & Practice, Fifth Edition

Offers updated coverage of the latest guidelines, standards, current trends and practices in paramedicine

Chapter 1, Scene Size-Up, features an increased emphasis on ongoing scene safety assessment throughout the call (not just on arrival).
Chapter 2, Primary Assessment, updates information for:

for significant mechanism of injury, change from recommending full immobilization to deciding whether or not to immobilize the patient according to local protocols
discussion of how to use pulse oximetry and continuous waveform capnography in evaluation of breathing adequacy
for hemorrhage control, updated sequence (1) direct pressure; and if not effective, then (2) tourniquet for extremity wounds or hemostatic agents for wounds to other site
transport triage for burns guidelines: burns without other trauma to burn facility; burns with other trauma to trauma facility

Chapter 3, Therapeutic Communications, includes new emphasis on eye contact as the most powerful way to convey caring and emphasis on using language the patient can understand, which may vary with the patients age or other circumstances.
Chapter 6, Patient Monitoring Technology includes a new section on Point of Care (POC) Testingperforming basic blood chemistry analysis in the field with the use of portable analyzers. Completely revised and updated section on the use of ultrasound technology in the field to assist in assessing such factors as internal abdominal bleeding, abdominal aortic aneurysm, impaired cardiac function, possible pneumothorax, heart failure, distinguishing cardiac from non-cardiac shock, confirming endotracheal tube placement, and obstetric factors suchl�@