For courses in Paramedic Emergency Medical Services.
Paramedic Care: Principles & Practice, Fourth Edition, is intended to serve as a foundational guide and reference to paramedicine. Developed to stay ahead of current trends and practices in paramedicine, all seven volumes are based on the National EMS Education Standards and the accompanying Paramedic Instructional Guidelines.
Volume 2, Paramedicine Fundamentals, covers basic paramedic-level knowledge in pathophysiology, human life-span development, and pharmacology. It also covers key advanced-level skills in intravenous access and medication administration as well as airway management and ventilation.
Bledsoe is an emergency physician with special interest in prehospital care.
Richard A. Cherry is Assistant Residency Director and Clinical Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at SUNY Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, NY His experience includes years of classroom teaching and emergency fieldwork. He is the author of several Brady EMS titles. Joseph J. Mistovich, M.Ed., NREMT-P, is Chairperson and Professor of the Department of Health Professions at Youngstown State University in Youngstown, OH. He has been in EMS for 20 years and is the author of many Brady EMS titles.