Chapter 1Well-Being of the EMS Provider 1 -- Chapter 2 Roles and Responsibilities of the EMS Provider 8 -- Chapter 3 Illness and Injury Prevention 17 -- Chapter 4 Medical/Legal Issues 22 -- Chapter 5 Ethical Issues for the EMS Provider 30 -- Chapter 6 General Principles of Pathophysiology 34 -- Chapter 7 Pharmacology 47 -- Chapter 8 Medication Administration 52 -- Chapter 9 Basic Cardiac Life Support Resuscitation Issues 57 -- Chapter 10 Life Span Development 62 -- Chapter 11 Airway Management and Ventilation 67 -- Chapter 12 Therapeutic Communications and History Taking 78 -- Chapter 13 Techniques of Physical Examination 83 -- Chapter 14 Overview: Patient Assessment 89 -- Chapter 15 Scene Size-up and the Initial Assessment 93 -- Chapter 16 Focused History and Physical Examination: Medical Patient 98 -- Chapter 17 Focused History and Physical Examination: Trauma Patient 104 -- Chapter 18 Assessment Based Management 109 -- Chapter 19 Ongoing Assessment and Clinical Decision Making 113 -- Chapter 20 Communications 118 -- Chapter 21 Documentation 122 -- Chapter 22 Pulmonary and Respiratory 127 -- Chapter 23 Cardiology 138 -- Chapter 24 Neurology 149 -- Chapter 25 Endocrinology 159 -- Chapter 26 Allergies and Anaphylaxis 167 -- Chapter 27 Gastroenterology and Urology 171 -- Chapter 28 Toxicology 177 -- Chapter 29 Environmental Conditions 182 -- Chapter 30 Infectious and Communicable Diseases 191 -- Chapter 31 Behavioral and Psychiatric Diseases 196 -- Chapter 32 Hematology 202 -- Chapter 33 Gynecology and Obstetrics 206 -- Chapter 34 Trauma Systems and Mechanism of Injury 213 -- Chapter 35 Hemorrhage and Shock 219 -- Chapter 36 Soft Tissue Trauma 224 -- Chapter 37 Burns 231 -- Chapter 38 Head and Facial Trauma 238 -- Chapter 39 Spinal Trauma 245 -- Chapter 40 Thoracic Trauma 252 -- Chapter 41 Abdominal Trauma 259 -- Chapter 42 Musculoskeletal Trauma 263 -- Chapter 43 Neonatology 268 -- Chapter 44 Pediatrics 273 -- Chapter 45 Geriatrics 280 -- Chapter 46 Challenged Patient 285 -- Chapter 47 Acute Interventions in the Home Care Patient 291 -- Chapter 48 Ambulance Operations and Medical Incident Command 297 -- Chapter 49 Rescue Awareness and Operations 303 -- Chapter 50 Hazardous Material Awareness and Operations 313 -- Chapter 51 Crime Scene Awareness 317 -- Chapter 52 Advanced Cardiac Life Support 321.