Pre Hospital Care of the Elder Patient - Softcover

Addressing a significant deficiency in prehospital educational materials for EMS providers, this unique text focuses solely on the prehospital care of the elder patient with illness or injury. Geriatric patients are one of the most rapidly growing segments serviced by Prehospital Providers, and this comprehensive resource is an ideal tool to aid in the training and education of how to best treat these patients. Based on real-world cases, it provides material relevant to the work of all EMS personnel, and contains special sections on elder abuse, medical ethics, and living wills.

FEATURES:

• Case-based learning allows for real-world situation application.
• Systems approach integrates the unique physiology and pathology of the elder population with traditional EMS Protocols.
• Thorough coverage of medical emergencies including cardiovascular, pulmonary, abdominal, and gastrointestinal emergencies and more.
• Complete coverage of traumatic emergencies as well as pharmacology.
• Special topics like psychiatric and behavioral emergencies, abuse and neglect, and advance directives.