Designed for both beginning and experienced EMTs, the EMS Field Guide, BLS Version is the ideal quick reference. Now in its Ninth Edition, this field guide has been an essential resource for EMS professionals for over a decade. Whether you're a student, or a 20-year veteran of emergency medical services, this guide gives you quick access to vital information needed to perform your job.This newly updated edition includes: EMT field determination of death checklist CDC criteria for field evaluation of school aged athletes with head injuries Capnography waveform interpretation for BLA/AEMT providers Comprehensive ACLS algorithms for EMT/AEMT including asthma, traumatic and hypothermic arrest, and post-arrest resuscitation and care Pain assessment charts Updated infectious disease to include high risk biological response including Ebola and MERS Revised American Burn Association (ABA) burn resuscitation guidelinesPlus, this field guide includes all other charts and references that EMTs and AEMTs need ready access to in the field: APGAR, pediatric vital signs, stroke scales, GCS (infant, child, and adult), pupil chart, CDC Trauma Triage, O2 tank capacities, prescription drugs, abbreviations, spell checker, phone numbers, Spanish translations, and metric conversions. The EMS Field Guide, BLS Version is the only field guide that addresses the needs of both EMTs and AEMTs under the new EMS Scope of Practice model. Just as with all Informed Publishing print products, this field guide is 3x5, fit easily in your pocket, have color-coded tabs, and are durable. The EMS Field Guide, BLS Version is the resource you'll use in class, and take with you throughout your career.

The most popular pocket reference in emergency nursing - now in a new edition! The Emergency & Critical Care Pocket Guide has been an essential resource for physicians, paramedics, and nurses for over a decade.The newly updated Eighth Edition features: •Updated information on poisons and emergency medications • New ECG rhythm strips •Common drugs sections •Updated pediatric medications •Revised Spanish section •Straightforward medical emergency treatments. Important Notice: The digital edition of this book is missing some of the images or content found in the physical edition.

Comprehensive, but succinct—this pocket-sized guide delivers all of the essential facts and clinical information you need in the field and in the ED. From common medications through interpreting 12-lead ECGs to current algorithms and procedures.

This convenient field guide contains all the information that paramedics need at their fingertips in the field-assessment checklists, anatomic illustrations, vital sign ranges, airway management, medication indications and administration, arrhythmias, and other basic information in the form of tables and charts for quick reference. The full-color, spiral-bound guide is divided into sections that follow the U.S. DOT EMT-Paramedic National Standard Curriculum; sections are divided by color-coded tabs to allow rapid retrieval of information when paramedics need it most.

The Fourth Edition is a quick reference guide to drug and toxicology information and will speed your recognition of unfamiliar drugs, improving your field care and treatment of the overdose or poison patient.

Fully updated to reflect the National EMS Education Standards and the 2015 CPR and ECC guidelines, this concise, indispensable resource provides easy access to the vital emergency information needed by BLS personnel. Color-coded tabs and a logical presentation of information enable BLS personnel to find the information they need when they need it most. An all-new section on the most common medical emergencies encountered in the field features relevant signs and symptoms and appropriate management steps and makes this a must-have resource for BLS providers. The Third Edition features: Personalized forms Patient assessment tools Key medical and trauma emergencies CPR summary for adult and pediatric patients Pediatric guidelines General pharmacology for BLS providers Tips on ensuring safe transport HazMat identification tools Mass-casualty incident guidelines Tools to ensure proper and professional patient care reports Common prescription medications encountered in the field

EMS providers learn the skills that allow them to give state-of-the-art care at the scene. Unfortunately, how to document that care so that it is not called into question two days or even two years down the road is often not taught in-depth. In order to help EMTs with this important subject, we assembled this water resistant, pocket-sized guide for providers at all levels, examining many of the common calls EMTs receive and following a standard protocol for the preparation of EMS run reports.

"Designed for use in pre-deployment planning and in-field reference for a variety of special operations missions"--Page 2 of cover

This field-guide handbook, based upon Dr. Auerbach's text Wilderness Medicine, 4th Edition, focuses on information that is needed when medical situations present in the wilderness setting. Perfect for the physician on the go, this new 2nd edition includes more chapters and appendixes for an even quicker more complete reference! Complements Wilderness Medicine, 4th Edition. Perfect for the physician on the go. Comprehensive coverage of outdoor medicine. New chapters include: Solar Radiation and Sunscreen, Emergency Airway Management, Emergency Oxygen Administration, Pain Management, Cardiopulmonary Emergencies, Neurological Emergencies, Improvised Litters and Carriers, Aeromedical Transport, Survival, Knots, Children in the Wilderness, Women in the Wilderness. Includes information on splints, slings, dressings, and hot spots. Expanded coverage of Animal Attacks and Zoonoses (diseases carried by animals that can be transmitted to humans, i.e. rabies). 6 Appendixes, including: Priority First Aid Equipment, Contingency Supplies for Wilderness Travel, and Medicine Specific to Women's Health.

Whether you're at the local, state or federal level or in private industry, the NIMS Incident Command System Field Guide puts NIMS compliance information at your fingertips. This reference clearly and concisely outlines what you need to know about NIMS objectives, making it an ideal tool for NIMS and incident command training, during training and functional exercises and, most importantly, in the field where you need it most. Combine this guide with your training and feel confident that your NIMS compliance requirements are met.