Emergency Medical Services: Clinical Practice and Systems Oversight, Edition 3
About this ebook
The two volumes offer the core knowledge trainees will need to successfully complete their training and begin their career as EMS physicians, regardless of the EMS systems in use in their areas. A companion website rounds out the book's offerings with audio and video clips of EMS best practice in action. Readers will also benefit from the inclusion of:
- A thorough introduction to the history of EMS
- An exploration of EMS airway management, including procedures and challenges, as well as how to manage ventilation, oxygenation, and breathing in patients, including cases of respiratory distress
- Practical discussions of medical problems, including the challenges posed by the undifferentiated patient, altered mental status, cardiac arrest and dysrhythmias, seizures, stroke, and allergic reactions
- An examination of EMS systems, structure, and leadership
About the author
David C. Cone, MD, Professor of Emergency Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
Jane H. Brice, MD, MPH, Professor and Chair of Emergency Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Theodore R. Delbridge, MD, MPH, Executive Director, Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems, Baltimore, Maryland.
J. Brent Myers, MD, MPH, Chief Medical Officer, ESO, Associate Medical Director, Wake County EMS, Raleigh, North Carolina.
