This manual covers relevant issues of pharmacology as they relate to the field practice of the paramedic. It gives students a comprehensive understanding of the indications, contraindications, and side effects of medications, as well as insight into the pathophysiology and etiology of conditions requiring rapid pharmacologic intervention.

This text is a quick reference for emergency and critical care nurses and other healthcare professionals, containing all of the key clinical information they need at their fingertips. It covers emergency and critical care related to cardiology, neurology, and pediatrics.

This text covers all medical and surgical conditions emergency professionals are likely to encounter. It is an invaluable resource for all emergency physicians, residents, and EMS professionals and students.

This text provides support for each procedure in the cardiac surgery environment to include standards of practice, risk management, staffing competencies, and quality indicators to optimize care of the cardiovascular surgery patient. It is based upon AORN standards and meets JCAHO standards for the operating room environment.

This DVD provides a visual demonstration of the skills that must be successfully completed as part of the national paramedic practical examination process. It contains live-action demonstration of the objectives, equipment, and steps necessary to complete each skill, including helpful hints to avoid errors that could result in failure.

This guide allows first responders and EMT-Basics to provide quality assistance to their ALS counterparts.  It features bulleted text and illustrations that guide BLS personnel through critical knowledge and skills and will enable them to better recognize, assist, and anticipate the needs of an ALS provider.

This field guide provides side-by-side English and Spanish translations of common questions and explanations. It is arranged alphabetically by medical condition, ensuring that the EMT can quickly and effectively communicate with Spanish-speaking patients.

This handbook offers clinicians’ quick access to the latest treatment guidelines for the specific diseases and conditions most commonly found in the ER or ICU. It includes such topics as pathophysiology, treatment guidelines, rationales to help clinicians quickly identify an illness and treat a patient, IV infusion rates for the most common IV push medications, and a list of brand and generic names for over 1,600 prescription and over-the-counter medications.

This guide is ideal for all pet owners and pet caregivers. It covers common health and safety-related issues, first aid basics, when to seek professional care, and disaster planning steps for the proper care of pets. 

This text provides insight into the latest guidelines for every aspect of the investigation process. It is fully updated to correlate with the 2004 NFPA 921: Guide for Fire and Explosion Investigations.

This video presents all aspects of patient assessment from scene survey to the ongoing assessment as they are performed by experienced EMTs on actual patients. It gives students a feel for how assessments are performed in the field and how patients act and respond.

This DVD focuses on the issues that accompany pediatric and geriatric calls such as size of patient, use of equipment that the EMT may be less familiar with, and the stress brought on by treating these patients.

This DVD follows one medical call from dispatch through delivery at the hospital. It is an excellent way to introduce new EMT students to what they can expect when they are in the field or as a summary at the end of an EMT class.

This review manual is designed to prepare students for exams by including the same type of questions that they are likely to see on classroom and national exams. It contains multiple-choice question exams with an answer key and page references.

This text gives any new perioperative nurse a head start on achieving perioperative competency, as well as serving as an excellent refresher for the experienced nurse to test his or her knowledge of fundamental OR practice. It is a perfect resource for operating room nurses, nurses studying to become operating room nurses, current operating room nurses needing to refresh and test their knowledge, as well as colleges offering courses in perioperative nursing.