Emergency Care
11th Edition
Daniel Limmer
Michael F. O'Keefe
Medical EditorEdward T. Dickinson, MD, FACEP
Welcome to the companion website to accompany Emergency Care, 11th Edition by Daniel Limmer and Michael O’Keefe. To further enrich learning and teaching, this interactive website presents the following in each chapter:
U.S. DOT Objectives; Multiple Choice and True or False Questions; Audio Glossary; Anatomy Labeling; Web Medic Links; Spanish Language Outlines; State EMS Directory; Pearls/Word on the Street, Quick Study Guide; Links to The New York Times, National Registry Skill Sheets, Trauma Gallery, Student Success, and EMT Achieve Test Prep.
At the completion of each Multiple Choice and True or False section you may submit your answers to receive an instant score of your results. Instructors may assign you these quizzes and exercises ahead of time and ask you to route your answers to them using the Email Results function.
To begin, simply click on a chapter number to the right of 'Select Chapter' at the top of the page or click on one of the chapters below.
The following is a list of all chapters on this site:
Chapter 1: Introduction to Emergency Medical Care
Chapter 2: The Well-Being of the EMT-Basic
Chapter 3: Medical/Legal and Ethical Issues
Chapter 4: The Human Body
Chapter 5: Lifting and Moving Patients
Chapter 6: Airway Management
Chapter 7: Scene Size-Up
Chapter 8: The Initial Assessment
Chapter 9: Vital Signs and SAMPLE History
Chapter 10: Assessment of the Trauma Patient
Chapter 11: Assessment of the Medical Patient
Chapter 12: Ongoing Assessment
Chapter 13: Communications
Chapter 14: Documentation
Chapter 15: General Pharmacology
Chapter 16: Respiratory Emergencies
Chapter 17: Cardiac Emergencies
Chapter 18: Acute Abdominal Emergencies
Chapter 19: Diabetic Emergencies and Altered Mental Status
Chapter 20: Allergic Reactions
Chapter 21: Poisoning and Overdose Emergencies
Chapter 22: Environmental Emergencies
Chapter 23: Behavioral Emergencies
Chapter 24: Obstetric and Gynecological Emergencies
Chapter 25: Putting It All Together for the Medical Patient
Chapter 26: Bleeding and Shock
Chapter 27: Soft-Tissue Injuries
Chapter 28: Musculoskeletal Injuries
Chapter 29: Injuries to the Head and Spine
Chapter 30: Putting It All Together for the Trauma Patient
Chapter 31: Infants and Children
Chapter 32: Patients with Special Needs
Chapter 33: Geriatric Patients
Chapter 34: Ambulance Operations
Chapter 35: Gaining Access and Rescue Operations
Chapter 36: Special Operations
Chapter 37: EMS Response to Terrorism
Chapter 38: Advanced Airway Management
