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AMLS United Kingdom: Advanced Medical Life Support

Advanced Medical Life Support

Beschreibung

Advanced Medical Life Support, Second Edition is the leading course for prehospital practitioners in the advanced medical assessment and treatment of commonly encountered medical conditions. Taught throughout the world since 1999, Advanced Medical Life Support (AMLS) was the first emergency medical services education program that fully addressed how best to manage patients in medical crises. AMLS is the only textbook approved for use by NAEMT's Advanced Medical Life Support course, which emphasizes the AMLS Assessment Pathway, the most important guide for assessing patients with medical conditions. The United Kingdom edition of AMLS is enhanced by:Key FeaturesCritical thinking scenarios give students a genuine context for the application of the knowledge presented in the chapter, including a scenario solution. Students are able to assess, review, and discern the possible diagnosis of the patient. Chapter review questions, chapter summaries, and Putting It All Together sections reinforce key conceptsand tie information together, helping students retain what they have learned. Endorsed by the National Association of EMS Physicians and the United Kingdom College of Paramedics, the course emphasises the use of the AMLS Assessment Pathway, a systematic assessment tool that enables healthcare practitioners to diagnose medical patients with urgent accuracy. Current Medical ContentCoverage of basic and advanced treatment modalities incorporate the latest research developments that are suitable for both beginning and experienced prehospital care providers, emergency and critical care nurses, andemergency doctors. An Updated AMLS Assessment PathwayThe revised AMLS Assessment Pathway provides a systematic approach to the assessment of a medical patient and even more direction for students at all levels of practice.

Autor

Formed in 1975 and more than 32,000 members strong, the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT) is the nation's only organization solely dedicated to representing the professional interests of all EMS practitioners, including paramedics, emergency medical technicians, emergency medical responders and other professionals working in prehospital emergency medicine. NAEMT members work in all sectors of EMS, including government service agencies, fire departments, hospital-based ambulance services, private companies, industrial and special operations settings, and in the military.NAEMT represents all EMS practitioners in promoting: ¿ Greater understanding and appreciation by government agencies at the local, state and national levels of the role that EMS plays in our nation's health care, public safety, and disaster response systems.¿ Pay and benefits that reflects their professional training, responsibilities and dedication.¿ Leadership at the federal level that fosters and supports the delivery of quality EMS nationwide. ¿ Adequate and sustainable funding for EMS in all locations. ¿ Public policy that supports EMS practitioners and the patients they serve.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc
• 2 ed
• Seitenzahl: 456
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Mai 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 275mm x 219mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 1088g
• ISBN-13: 9781284148879
• ISBN-10: 1284148874
• Artikelnr.: 51387346