Caroline's legacy with world-class medical content written in a manner that is relevant to today's practice of paramedicine. A poor condition book can still make a good reading copy but is generally not collectible unless the item is very scarce. Today, lead editors Bob Elling and Barb Aehlert, with the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, are proud to continue this legacy and set the new gold standard for the paramedics of tomorrow. The UK Revised Seventh Edition is the only paramedic textbook to reference the new 20163 UK Ambulance Service Clinical Practice Guidelines.

Last but not least, the Eighth Edition thoroughly addresses the 2015 ECC and CPR guidelines published by the American Heart Association. Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH). You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.Around that time, the late Peter Safar, MD, was overseeing a US Department of Transportation grant to create a curriculum for paramedics. Taking a systemic approach to the assessment and management of traumatic and medical emergencies, and devoting entire chapters to special topics, such as mass-casualty incidents, the Ninth Edition covers the full scope of paramedic practice. SUPPLEMENTS: ACCESS CODES, CDS, WORKBOOKS (EVEN THOSE NOTED IN THE TITLE OF THE BOOK) ARE NOT GUARANTEED.

The You are the Paramedic cases conclude with a Patient Care Report, showing the student exactly how the presented case would be documented.

Each chapter features a clinical case study to relate the chapter content to real-world application, thus enabling students and paramedics alike to bridge the theory-practice gap. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Based on feedback from program directors and educators around the country, we added two new chapters to the Eighth Edition: Medical Terminology.