Sick/Not Sick: A Guide to Rapid Patient Assessment: A Guide to Rapid Patient Assessment

Completely updated with new case studies throughout, Sick/Not Sick, Second Edition is designed to help EMS personnel develop rapid patient assessment skills. This resources distills years of field experience into a workable formula that both inexperienced and experienced providers can use. Sick/Not Sick teaches EMS personnel how to quickly collect information and discern what details are important in order to provide immediate initial care. After all, in EMS it comes down to whether the patient is SICK or NOT SICK.

Author: American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Mike Helbock, John M. Jerin
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers
Published: 07/14/2010
Pages: 178
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.93lbs
Size: 10.85h x 8.39w x 0.27d
ISBN: 9780763758769

About the Author
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (Aaos): - With more than 38,000 members, the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (aaos.org or orthoinfo.org), is the premier not-for-profit organization that provides education programs for orthopaedic surgeons and allied health professionals, champions the interests of patients and advances the highest quality of musculoskeletal health. Orthopaedic surgeons and the Academy are the authoritative sources of information for patients and the general public on musculoskeletal conditions, treatments and related issues. More than one in four Americans have bone or joint health problems, making them the greatest cause of lost work days in the U.S. When orthopaedic surgeons restore mobility and reduce pain, they help people get back to work and to independent, productive lives. Orthopaedic surgeons keep this "Nation in Motion." To learn more about A Nation in Motion campaign, or to read hundreds of patient stories or to submit your own story, visit ANationInMotion.org.Helbock, Mike: - Mike Helbock is an EMS educator, author, and Senior Paramedic. He is the Director of EMS Training and Education for EMS Associates. He is a Washington State and nationally certified Senior Paramedic and EMS instructor, and for the past 27 years has served in Seattle/King County as aparamedic, seniorinstructor and class coordinator of emergency medical training courses. He is a nationally/internationally recognized lecturer on prehospital medicine, and throughout this book he draws on his more than 30 years of field experience as a Senior Firefighter/Paramedic for the City of Bellevue Fire Department in Washington State. Additionally, Mike has spent the past 7 years as the EMS Training and Education Manager for Seattle/King County EMS, Division of Emergency Medicine.

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