Virtual Patient Encounters for Mosby's EMT-Intermediate Textbook for the 1999 National Standard Curriculum

Bruce R. Shade

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ISBN-13: 9780323049276
ISBN-10: 0323049273
Publisher: Mosby/JEMS
Format: CD-ROM, 264 pages
Pub Date: 09/2007
Edition Number: 3

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Virtual Patient Encounters is a breakthrough in EMS education! Users can get real-world prehospital experience without leaving the classroom or home! The Virtual Patient Encounters learning triad - a textbook, interactive patient simulation software, and a study guide that ties everything together - offers a state-of-the-art tool for developing critical thinking skills. Users can apply what they're learning in Mosby's EMT-Intermediate Textbook for the 1999 National Standard Curriculum, 3rd Edition on 15 virtual patients in a variety of prehospital environments. It's an incredible opportunity to make real patient care decisions in a safe environment!

An extraordinary study guide that helps students take the knowledge they learn in Mosby's EMT-Intermediate Textbook for the 1999 National Standard Curriculum, 3rd Edition, and apply it to 15 complex patient care scenarios in a virtual prehospital setting - promoting mastery of NSC competencies
Utilizes interactive patient care simulation software, featuring scenario-setting videos, virtual assessment tools, treatment protocols, emergency drug information, intervention wizards, and more
Serves as a bridge between the classroom and clinicals - so st udents truly understand how theory applies to situations they'll face in the real world
Presents realistic emerging conditions that are a direct result of students' interventions
Provides hands-on learning - making it easy for audio, visual and kinesthetic learners
Offers students peace of mind - preparing them for clinicals by removing the risk of harming real patients and building their confidence throughout the course
Makes assessment of students easy - instructors can gauge student comprehension and ability to think critically through study guide exercises and logs from the software.
Provides the opportunity for class discussion on the same patient - so the entire class can discuss learning points of each virtual patient and their outcomes.

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Getting Started

Orientation to Virtual Patient Encounters

DIVISION ONE: PREPARATORY

Lesson 1: Foundations of EMT-Intermediate (Chapter 1)

Lesson 2: Your Well-Being (Chapter 2)

Lesson 3: Medical-Legal Aspects (Chapter 3)

Lesson 4: Overview of Human Systems (Chapter 4)

Lesson 5: Emergency Pharmacology (Chapter 5)

Lesson 6: Venous Access (Chapter 6)

Lesson 7: Medication Math (Chapter 7)

Lesson 8: Medication Administration (Chapter 8)

DIVISION TWO: AIRWAY

Lesson 9: Airway Management (Chapter 9)

DIVISION THREE: PATIENT ASSESSMENT

Lesson 10: History Taking (Chapter 10)

Lesson 11: Techniques of Physical Examination (Chapter 11)

Lesson 12: Patient Assessment (Chapter 12)

Lesson 13: Clinical Decision Making (Chapter 13)

Lesson 14: Communications (Chapter 14)

Lesson 15: Documentation (Chapter 15)

DIVISION FOUR: TRAUMA

Lesson 16: Trauma Systems and Mechanism of Injury (Chapter 16)

* Lesson 17: Multisystem Trauma (Chapters 17, 19, 20, and 21)

Lesson 18: Burns (Chapter 18)

DIVISION FIVE: MEDICAL

* Lesson 19: Respiratory Emergencies (Chapter 22)

* Lesson 20: Cardiology I (Chapters 23 and 24)

* Lesson 21: Cardiology II (Chapter 24)

* Lesson 22: Diabetic Emergencies (Chapter 25)

* Lesson 23: Allergic Reactions (Chapter 26)

* Lesson 24: Poisoning and Overdose Emergencies (Chapter 27)

* Lesson 25: Neurological Emergencies (Chapter 28)

* Lesson 26: Nontraumatic Abdominal Emergencies (Chapters 29)

* Lesson 27: Environmental Emergencies (Chapter 30)

* Lesson 28: Behavioral Emergencies and Substance Abuse (Chapter 31)

* Lesson 29: Gynecological Emergencies (Chapter 32)

DIVISION SIX: SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS

* Lesson 30: Obstetrical Emergencies (Chapter 33)

Lesson 31: Neonatal Resuscitation (Chapter 34)

* Lesson 32: Pediatric Emergencies I (Chapter 35)

* Lesson 33: Pediatric Emergencies II (Chapter 35)

Lesson 34: Geriatrics (Chapter 36)

Lesson 35: Patients with Special Challenges (Chapter 37)

DIVISION SEVEN: ASSESSMENT-BASED MANAGEMENT

Lesson 36: Assessment-Based Management (Chapter 38)

APPENDIX

Patient Care Report Blanks

Summative Lessons Listed by Case

Case #1: 20-year-old male difficulty breathing (Lesson 23)

Case #2: 56-year-old female fell (Lesson 20)

Case #3: 7-year-old female seizure (Lesson 25)

Case #4: 64-year-old male unknown medical (Lesson 22)

Case #5: 40-year-old male vomiting blood (Lesson 26)

Case #6: 16-year-old female unknown medical (Lesson 24)

Case #7: 8-year-old male submersion (Lesson 32)

Case #8: 38-year-old male suicide attempt (Lesson 28)

Case #9: 22-year-old female assault (Lesson 29)

Case #10: 25-year-old female abdominal pain (Lesson 30)

Case #11: 32-year-old male gunshot wounds (Lesson 17)

Case #12: 57-year-old male man down (Lesson 27)

Case #13: 5-month-old male unr esponsive (Lesson 33)

Case #14: 65-year-old male difficulty breathing (Lesson 21)

Case #15: 42-year-old male difficulty breathing (Lesson 19)