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Overview of Chapter 22: Psychiatric Emergencies from Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and Injured. Includes: Acute Psychosis: schizophrenia, excited delirium Suicide PTSD: combat veterans Restraint and safety considerations

Overview of Chapter 19: Endocrine and Hematologic Emergencies from Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and Injured. Includes: Diabetes Mellitus Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 Symptomatic hypoglycemia, symptomatic hyperglycemia Sickle Cell Disease Hemophilia Thrombophilia and Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)

Overview of Chapter 24: Trauma Overview from Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and Injured. Includes: energy dynamics and trauma multi-system trauma Blunt trauma: motor vehicle collisions / car crashes, motorcycle crash / collision, falls Penetrating trauma: GSW / gunshot wound, bullets Blast injuries: primary, secondary, tertiary, quaternary blast injuries, tissues at risk

Summary of Chapter 32: Environmental Emergencies from Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and Injured Includes: Cold exposure: hypothermia, frostbite, immersion foot Heat exposure: heat cramps, heat exhaustion, heat stroke Drowning & Diving: air embolus, decompression sickness Altitude & Lightning: High Altitude Pulmonary Edema, High Altitude Cerebral Edema, direct strike, indirect strike, burns Bites, Envenomations, & Marine Animals: spider bites, Hymenoptera stings, s...

Overview of Chapter 15: Respiratory Emergencies in Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and Injured. Includes croup, bronchiolities, RSV, pneumonia, COPD, Influenza, Tuberculosis, pulmonary edema, anaphylaxis, pulmonary embolism, pneumothorax.

Overview of Chapter 10: Airway Management in Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and Injured. Includes anatomy and physiology of upper and lower airway structures, pathophysiology of ventilation and pathophysiology of oxygenation and respiration.

Overview of Chapter 21: Toxicology from Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and Injured. Includes: Alcohol Opiates / Opioids Sedative-Hypnotic Drugs Abused Inhalants Hydrogen Sulfide Sympathomimetics Synthetic Cathinones (Bath Salts) Marijuana Hallucinogens Anticholinergic Agents Cholinergic Agents Botulism Salmonella DUMBELS and SLUDGEM

West Coast EMT block 2 JBL Quiz answers in addition to other questions to help review for block exams

West Coast EMT exam review questions for Block 2, including all JbL quiz answers and additional questions to help you prepare for your block 2 exam.

Overview of Chapter 26: Soft Tissue Injuries from Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and Injured. Includes: stages of wound healing Closed injuries: crush injury, compartment syndrome Open injuries: abrasions, lacerations, avulsions, penetrating wounds Burns: Rule of Nines, full and partial thickness, pediatrics

Overview of Chapter 27: Face and Neck Injuries from Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and Injured. Includes anatomy and physiology of face and neck, including upper airway structures. Reviews eye injuries, dental injuries, burns, nose injuries, ear injuries, facial fractures, and neck injuries.

Overview of Chapter 24: Trauma Overview from Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and Injured. Includes: energy dynamics and trauma multi-system trauma Blunt trauma: motor vehicle collisions / car crashes, motorcycle crash / collision, falls Penetrating trauma: GSW / gunshot wound, bullets Blast injuries: primary, secondary, tertiary, quaternary blast injuries, tissues at risk

Overview of Chapter 18: Gastrointestinal Emergencies from Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and Injured. Includes: Acute abdominal: ulcers, gallstones, pancreatitis, appendicitis, GI hemorrhage, esophagitis, esophageal varices, mallory-weiss tear, gastroenteritis, diverticulitis, hemorrhoids Cystitis, renal failure, kidney stones, hernia, abdominal aortic aneurysm, pneumonia, dialysis emergencies

Overview of Chapter 10: Airway Management in Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and Injured. Includes anatomy and physiology of upper and lower airway structures, pathophysiology of ventilation and pathophysiology of oxygenation and respiration.

Overview of Chapter 21: Toxicology from Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and Injured. Includes: Alcohol Opiates / Opioids Sedative-Hypnotic Drugs Abused Inhalants Hydrogen Sulfide Sympathomimetics Synthetic Cathinones (Bath Salts) Marijuana Hallucinogens Anticholinergic Agents Cholinergic Agents Botulism Salmonella DUMBELS and SLUDGEM

Summary of Chapter 32: Environmental Emergencies from Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and Injured Includes: Cold exposure: hypothermia, frostbite, immersion foot Heat exposure: heat cramps, heat exhaustion, heat stroke Drowning & Diving: air embolus, decompression sickness Altitude & Lightning: High Altitude Pulmonary Edema, High Altitude Cerebral Edema, direct strike, indirect strike, burns Bites, Envenomations, & Marine Animals: spider bites, Hymenoptera stings, s...

Overview of Chapter 17: Neurologic Emergencies from Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and Injured. Includes: Stroke: ischemic, hemorrhagic, transient ischemic attack (TIA) Seizure: generalized (tonic-clonic), partial (focal), postictal state Altered Mental Status (AMS): AEIOU TIPS, hypoglycemia, delirium, glascow coma scale