Emergency Medical Services - Certification Exam Series: 3 Quickstudy Laminated Reference Guides

Bys: Kolmetz, Melodie, Martinka, Christina, Dino, William

Three best-selling reference guides with proven support of the emergency medical services students and professionals. Includes EMT - Emergency Medical Technician, EMR - Emergency Medical Responder, and EMS Terminology. Essential facts needed for certification and continued 2-year recertification, as well as professional reference while working in the field. Such an important and often tough job needs a great tool that makes it easy to increase knowledge retention and professionalism for a successful career or upward career pathway. Author Christina Martinka ALB, MBE, NRP, CCP-C, FP-C has a wide range of clinical experience, being faculty at Harvard, instructor for EMT and paramedic programs, along with a long list of specialties and board certifications. Using her experience to create the best tool possible covering the most important information you need to know from scene size-up and patient assessment and treatment, communication, operations and more. Author of EMS Terms, William (Bill) Dino, MS, NRP, former instructor for ACLS, PALS and CPR, professor of paramedicine and current EMS Deputy Chief and owner of Red to Black editing. EMT Author Melodie Kolmetz, Ed.D, MPAS, PA-C, DFAAPA, NRP, CP-P is currently a PA but has worked in EMS in urban, suburban, and rural areas and is a content creator for medical education. All authors have used their experience in the field in mulitple positions and as educators to make these guides the go-to for emergency medical responders in training and an excellent refresher EMS professionals already in the field. Extremely durable and slickly organized in just 6 laminated pages, formatted in easy access color coded outline format, they lay flat for easy storage at an unbeatable price for 18 pages of just the facts you need to know.

Three 6 page laminated guides include:

EMT - Emergency Medical Technician

Patient Assessment Medical & Legal IssuesConsent & Refusal Other Legal IssuesCommunications Hospital Radio Reports Patient HandoffDocumentation Scene Size-Up & Management Anatomy, Physiology & Pathophysiology IntegumentaryMusculoskeletalRespiratoryCardiovascularNeuropsychiatricDigestiveUrinaryReproductiveEndocrinePediatric Differences Geriatric Differences Pediatric Vital Signs Pharmacology Toxicology Signs & Symptoms of Alcohol & Substance AbusePoinsoningsHazardous Materials Environmental Emergencies Heat EmergenciesCold EmergenciesWater-Related EmergenciesBites & EnvenomationAnatomical Medical Terminology

EMR - Emergency Medical Responder

Introduction Roles & ResponsibilitiesScope of Practice & Legal ConsiderationsConsent for CareBody SystemsScene Size-Up & Safety Considerations Plan of ActionScene SafetyPersonal Protective Equipment (PPE)Infectious Disease, Exposure Control & SanitizationDetermining & Triaging Potential PatientsWhat Resources Are Required for the Scene?Performing a Patient Assessment Primary (Initial) AssessmentSecondary Assessment & HistoryRapid Trauma AssessmentReassessmentCall for ALS If: Detailed Physical ExamPatient Treatment Airway/RespiratoryCardiovascular SystemTrauma EmergenciesMedical EmergenciesNeurological EmergenciesToxicology EmergenciesEnvironmental EmergenciesSpecial PopulationsPatient Transport Common MethodsSafety ConsiderationsCommunication TypesRadio EtiquetteCommunication Center / DispatchOperations DocumentationLaws to FollowProvider Well-Being Death & DyingStressful Events on Scene

EMS - Terminology

Essential terminology for every EMS professional & studentA to Z, over 350 need-to-know terms for testing or as a refresherFlat and durable enough to store anywhereWaterproof and strong enough to withstand a direct hit from a firehose

• Format: Misc.
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1423254600
• ISBN13: 9781423254607
• Release Date: June 2026
• Publisher: Barcharts