Overview
Main description
A complete review for EMT-Basic certification -- updated to reflect the new national standard
Includes test-simulating online questions
McGraw-Hill's EMT Basic provides a complete review of the coursework any first-responder (or recertifying EMT) must know to pass the recently-updated national certification exam. Written by EMT course directors, the book is presented in a high-yield outline format supplemented with Q&A, clinical scenarios, and an online practice exam that simulates the actual exam.
Features
Complete overview of every topic you must know on exam day
Reflects the recently updated National Standard Curriculum, released in Spring 2010
NEW images facilitate learning (anatomical, instruments, equipment)
More Q&A, EKG images, and scenario cases to reinforce learning
High-yield chapters that include cases, bulleted content review with margin notes, and chapter-ending Q&As
A 150-question online practice exam that gives you valuable practice in online testing and familiarizes you with the test format
Expert authorship from two highly experienced EMT-Basic course instructors who zero-in on exactly what you need to pass
Helpful test-taking tips throughout to guide your study
The content you need to ace the exam:
Exam Preparation Tips;
Preparatory;
Airway;
Patient Assesment;
Medical Emergencies;
Trauma;
Pediatric Patients;
Operations;
Advanced Airway
Table of contents
Exam Preparation Tips
Section I: Preparatory
Section 2: Airway
Section 3: Patient Assesment
Section 4: Medical Emergencies
Section 5: Trauma
Section 6: Pediatric Patients
Section7: Operations
Section 8: Advanced Airway
Author comments
Author Profiles
Peter A. DiPrima, Jr., EMT-P
Program Coordinator for Basic, Advanced Cardiac,
and Pediatric Life Support
Emergency Training Institute
New York-Presbyterian Hospital
Weill Cornell Medical Center
New York, NY
Lead Paramedic/Certified Instructor Coordinator
Holbrook Fire District
Holbrook, NY
George P. Benedetto, Jr., DHA(c), MPA, EMT-P
Trauma Coordinator
Department of Surgery
New York Hospital Queens
Flushing, NY
EMS Emergency Care Instructor and Educator
New York-Presbyterian Hospital
The University Hospital of Columbia and Cornell
New York, NY
