AMLS: Advanced Medical Life Support: Advanced Medical Life Support - Softcover

National Association Of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 128419874X ISBN 13: 9781284198744

Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc, 2020

Synopsis

AMLS: Advanced Medical Life Support is the leading course for prehospital practitioners in advanced medical assessment and treatment of commonly encountered medical conditions. Taught across the globe since 999, AMLS was the first EMS education program that fully addressed how to best manage patients in medical crises. Created by the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT) and endorsed by the National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP), AMLS emphasizes the use of the AMLS Assessment Pathway. This essential assessment tool empowers prehospital practitioners to rapidly diagnose medical patients and initiate effective management in the field.AMLS is the only textbook approved for use in NAEMT's Advanced Medical Life Support course. Its medical content is continuously revised and updated to reflect current, evidence-based knowledge and practice. The AMLS philosophy is centered on using critical thinking to assess patients and formulate management plans.A Clear Approach to Assessing a Medical PatientIn the field, seconds count. The AMLS Assessment Pathway provides a systematic approach to the assessment of a medical patient that enables prehospital practitioners to diagnose medical patients with urgent accuracy. Dynamic Technology SolutionsWorld-class content joins instructionally sound design with a user-friendly interface to give instructors and students a truly interactive and engaging learning experience with:eBook of the AMLS Course Manual that reinforces key concepts presented in the AMLS courseEngaging case-based lectures in the AMLS Online Instructor Toolkit

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Formed in 1975 and more than 32,000 members strong, the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT) is the nation’s only organization solely dedicated to representing the professional interests of all EMS practitioners, including paramedics, emergency medical technicians, emergency medical responders and other professionals working in prehospital emergency medicine. NAEMT members work in all sectors of EMS, including government service agencies, fire departments, hospital-based ambulance services, private companies, industrial and special operations settings, and in the military. NAEMT represents all EMS practitioners in promoting: • Greater understanding and appreciation by government agencies at the local, state and national levels of the role that EMS plays in our nation's health care, public safety, and disaster response systems. • Pay and benefits that reflects their professional training, responsibilities and dedication. • Leadership at the federal level that fosters and supports the delivery of quality EMS nationwide. • Adequate and sustainable funding for EMS in all locations. • Public policy that supports EMS practitioners and the patients they serve.

Edition details

• Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 128419874X
• ISBN 13: 9781284198744
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 277