Paramedic & EMT Medicine

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The medical techniques described here require extremely advanced training, if not an actual degree in medicine. It is not advised for most lay persons to even attempt most of the information presented.

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Pediatric prehospital care: Children are not simply miniature adults. They require specialized care from prehospital professionals. Take our online pretest to discover what you know and what you need to learn. Take the pretest for BLS or Take the pretest for ALS

Paramedic Television 24-hours a day, 7-days a week. Click the image to the right, sit back, and enjoy the programming.

Brookside Press has a pretty cool military medicine site. Many of their online manuals are missing imbedded pictures (bad links) and many of their free video clips (shorts or full) come up with "404 Not Found" but what is left is (if sometimes outdated) very instructional and interesting - and there is a lot of it. The positives, overall, outweigh the negatives and it is worth a visit.

The Merck Manual Online: Explains disorders, who is likely to get them, their symptoms, how they're diagnosed, how they might be prevented, and how they can be treated; also provides information about prognosis. Based on the world's most widely used textbook of medicine—The Merck Manual—but written in everyday language by 300 outstanding contributors. Provided free of charge on the Internet by Merck & Co., Inc., as a public service.

Online Chapter Pretests The Emergency Care & Transportation Quiz test your knowledge of the important concepts in each chapter and provide an explanation for each answer.

Interactive Ready for Review - Interactive Ready for Review will help you prepare for exams.

Interactive Skill Drills - Interactive Skill Drills will help you with the most important skills taught in an EMT-Basic course.

Assessment in Action - Challenge your problem solving abilities with these detailed scenarios, complete with questions and feedback.

Ambulance Calls - These real case scenarios provide an opportunity to explore the concerns associated with patient management.

9-1-1 Scenarios - These scenarios present actual 9-1-1 calls and engaging questions designed to give you the opportunity to apply your knowledge and learn from experience.

Videos: Skills in Action - Here, you can watch an experienced EMT-Basic perform the important skills you need to learn. Seeing these skills in action will help you to cope confidently and correctly when faced with an emergency.

Interactive Simulations - These simulations let you put your classroom knowledge to the test in the safety of a virtual environment.

Anatomy Review These interactive labeling exercises will help you learn the parts of the human anatomy.

Interactive Online Glossary - Interactive searchable glossary. Search or browse to find definitions of key terms from the textbook.

Animated Flashcards - Use this engaging tool to review key terms chapter by chapter.

Crossword Puzzles - Piece it all together: use these interactive puzzles to test your vocabulary knowledge.

Abbreviation Guide - Make documentation a breeze using this guide to common EMS abbreviations.

Abbreviation Flashcards - Once you've mastered the abbreviations, test your knowledge with this interactive review.

Commonly Misspelled Words - This reference will help you avoid common spelling errors in EMS documentation.

National Registry Skill Sheets - These sheets will help you prepare for the national EMT-Basic practical examination.

Skill Evaluation Sheets - These sheets provide you with ready-to-use skill proficiency assessments.

Registry Review Multiple choice questions scored online.

Interactive Skill Drills - Interactive Skill Drills help reinforce the most important skills taught in an EMT-Intermediate course..

Interactive Ready for Review - Interactive Ready for Review will help you prepare for exams.

Facial and Mandibular Fractures Approaches To Differential Diagnosis In Musculoskeletal Imaging - Michael L. Richardson, M.D.

Neck Trauma This material was prepared by resident physicians in partial fulfillment of educational requirements established for the Postgraduate Training Program of the UTMB Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery and was not intended for clinical use in its present form. It was prepared for the purpose of stimulating group discussion in a conference setting.

Lifting techniques for professional caregivers As a professional caregiver, you devote a lot of time to lifting and moving patients. If you do not follow the proper methods of lifting and moving, you are in danger of hurting your back. Follow these guidelines on the job in order to Lift It Safe

SMART BAG® Disposable Bag-Valve-Mask Resuscitator designed to allow the provision of consistent ventilations while almost completely eliminating the risks associated with conventional BVM ventilation.

Don't Play "Fast and Loose" with your Patient's Ventilations (The clinical reasons why not to hyperventilate)

Respiratory Distress (A Potentially Arresting Subject)

Consistent Ventilation: Is Your "Old Bag" Up To The Task?

Disease Transmission: Fear Strikes Out

Airway Breathing Circulation

What do you do when your battery dies?

Inspiration/Expiration: Creating the right balance for your patient.

When the "pressures on" does your ventilator "back off?"

"Resuscitation Guidelines 2005" are published in A4 booklet form by the Resuscitation Council (UK). The booklet contains detailed information about Emergency Life Support and can be obtained from the Resuscitation Council (UK). The following chapters from the Guidelines deal with some of the issues of basic and advanced life support for adults, pediatrics and the newborn, as well as guidelines for the use of Automated External Defibrillators and other related topics. (PDF)

Emergency Medical Treatment of Anaphylactic Reactions for First Medical Responders and for Community Nurses. A Project Team Report for the Resuscitation Council. Revised May 2008 and Frequently asked questions

Suggested equipment for the management of Pediatric Cardiopulmonary Arrest (0 - 16 years) (excluding resuscitation at birth) for a compact kit

Murphy's EMT laws Very Funny!!! (...The severity of the injury is directly proportional to the weight of the patient....)

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