National Registry Emergency Medical Technician - Basic Study Guides

Overview of Chapter 12: Shock in Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and Injured. Includes cardiogenic shock, obstructive shock, distributive shock, hypovolemic shock, septic shock, neurogenic shock.

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 16: Cardiovascular Emergencies in Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and Injured.

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 ...

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...

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...

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 wou...

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 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 Age...

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...

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, hem...

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,...