Research and Course Guides: Emergency Medical Services: Books

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Books at Spiva Library

Essentials of Paramedic Care by Bryan E. Bledsoe; Robert S. Porter; Richard A. Cherry
Call Number: RC86.7 .B594 2007 Main collection on 2nd floor
ISBN: 9780131711631
Publication Date: 2006-03-03
This textbook, the 2nd edition of Essentials of Paramedic Care, will serve as your guide and reference to advanced prehospital care.
Mosby's Paramedic Refresher and Review by Alice Dalton; Richard Allen Walker
Call Number: RC86.8 .D35 2007
ISBN: 9780323047524
Publication Date: 2006-10-25
Located in the Main Collection on the 2nd floor.
Exam Prep: Paramedic by Ben Hirst Performance Training Systems
Call Number: RC86.9 .H575 2007 Located in Main Collection on 2nd floor.
ISBN: 9780763742164
Publication Date: 2006-11-13
Exam Prep: Paramedic is designed to prepare you to sit for a Paramedic certification or training examination by including the same type of multiple-choice questions you are likely to encounter.
Mosby's medical, nursing, & allied health dictionary by 6th
Call Number: Ref R121 .M89 2002
ISBN: 0323014305
Publication Date: 2002
PDR Nurse's Drug Handbook 2013 by PDR Staff
Call Number: RM125 .S668 2013
ISBN: 1563638061
Publication Date: 2012-07-17
Physician's Desk Reference Guide to Drug Interactions, Side Effects, and Indications by 61st ed.
Call Number: Reference Collection RS75 .P37 2007
ISBN: 156363581X
Publication Date: 2007
Located on the 4th floor.
Physicians' desk reference : PDR.
Call Number: Reference Collection RS75 .P5 2011
ISBN: 1563637804
Publication Date: 2011
Located on the 4th floor.

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Careers in Emergency Medical Services
ISBN: 9781429477468
Publication Date: 2007-01-01
Professional Practice in Paramedic, Emergency and Urgent Care by Valerie Nixon (Editor)
ISBN: 9781118488232
Publication Date: 2013-04-16
Professional Practice in Paramedic, Emergency and Urgent Care explores a range of contemporary relevant topics fundamental to professional practice.
The First Responder's Field Guide to Hazmat and Terrorism Emergency Response by Jill Meryl Levy (Original Author)
ISBN: 9780965151696
Publication Date: 2014
The Oxford Illustrated Companion to Medicine by Stephen Lock (Editor); George Dunea (Editor); John M. Last (Editor)
ISBN: 0192629506
Publication Date: 2001-12-27
Confessions of a Trauma Junkie by Sherry Lynn Jones
ISBN: 9781615993413
Publication Date: 2017-04-03
Emts & Paramedics by Samantha Simon
ISBN: 9781422237991
Publication Date: 2017-01-01
EMTs and Paramedics are often the first health-care personnel on the site of an accident where medical attention is needed. EMTs and Paramedics are known to treat 25 to 30 million patients a year in the United States on various 911 calls.
Public Health in the 21St Century by Ernest L. Schneider
ISBN: 9781611229455
Publication Date: 2010-01-01
The Oxford Companion to the Body by Colin Blakemore (Editor); Sheila Jennett (Editor)
ISBN: 019852403X
Publication Date: 2002-02-07
Introduction to Fire Safety Management by Martin Muckett; Andrew Furness
ISBN: 9780080551791
Publication Date: 2007-09-20
Andrew Furness and Martin Muckett give an introduction to all areas of fire safety management, including the legal framework, causes and prevention of fire and explosions, fire protection measures, fire risk assessment, and fire investigation. Fire safety is not treated as an isolated area but linked into an effective health and safety management system.

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