Mosby's Paramedic Textbook, Third Edition, covers the 1998 U.S department of transportation (U.S. DOT) national standard curriculum for the EMT-paramedic completely - you won't need any other textbook to prepare for local, state, or national examinations!

NEW TO THIS EDITION

• Two new chapters, life span development and bioterrorism and weapons of mass destruction.
• Two expanded chapters, injury prevention and general principles of pathophysiology
• A new spaceefficient design and reorganized table of contents, making this edition even more reader-friendly.
• Approximately 150 new illustrations, primarily photographs, presenting different techniques and skills. More than 1000 illustrations in all!
• New herbal appendix for the pharmacology chapter
• An updated quick reference for approximately 60 emergency drugs detailing specific information for both adult and pediatric patients
• New appendix! advanced practice procedures for the critical care paramedic provides additional coverage of critical care transport procedures

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Companion Skills DVD

This new DVD provides step-by-step video demonstrations of 13 ALS skills and printable copies of the NREMT skills sheets.

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Mosby's Drug Consult CD-ROM

This comprehensive CD-ROM database provides current, unbiased, and accurate drug entries for more than 22,000 generic, U.S brand name, and international brand name pharmaceuticals - all at the click of a mouse.