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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.

Each year in the United States, approximately 40 percent of all emergency medical services (EMS) calls are for geriatric patients experiencing acute medical disorders, trauma, or exacerbations of chronic disease, and future EMS calls for this population will sharply rise. In fact, the number of people 80 years of age and older globally is expected to triple by 2050. The National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians' Geriatric Education for EMS Course Manual prepares prehospital practitioners to respond to, assess, and care for this fast-growing patient population. Geriatric Education for Emergency Medical Services, Third Edition is an engaging educational resource that practitioners can consult after the course to help them provide the best care for older adults in every community.A Comprehensive Approach to Geriatric CareThe GEMS program helps EMS practitioners learn to conduct a comprehensive assessment of geriatric patients. Because the aging process affects all body systems, NAEMT's course provides an overview of changes that occur as people age and describes how those changes can impact patient presentation. Completing a full assessment that integrates and responds to differences in geriatric pathophysiology is critical to recognizing and responding quickly and effectively to the critically ill or injured older adult. Additionally, incorporating the GEMS Diamond (Geriatric, Environmental, Medical, and Social assessments) can help practitioners formulate a holistic diagnostic and treatment approach.This new GEMS course manual includes chapters that address the following topics: - Changes with age and assessment of the older patient - Polypharmacy and Toxicity in Older Patients- Respiratory Emergencies- Cardiovascular Emergencies - Trauma- Other Medical Disorders- Neurologic Emergencies - Elder Maltreatment and Psychosocial Emergencies- End-of-Life and Palliative Care- Disaster Triage and Transporting Older Patients- Left Ventricular Assist Devices- Skin Disorders- Ventilators- Urinary Catheter and Colostomy Bag Care- Implantable Cardioverter DefibrillatorsThis print course manual comes with an access code for the course manual's eBook.The GEMS Course Manual, Third Edition is required for NAEMT's GEMS, Third Edition course.

The Emergency Pediatric Care (EPC) course is a comprehensive NAEMT education program for EMS practitioners on the care of sick and injured children, addressing the full spectrum of emergency illnesses, injuries and scenarios that an EMS practitioner might encounter. While there are few pediatric encounters in the field, there are even fewer critical pediatric encounters and having the ability to differentiate those children who are in need of quick treatment and transport and those who do not, is essential.Not currently teaching EPC? Learn how to become an NAEMT instructor.