Emergency Pathophysiology: Clinical Applications for Prehospital Care

A succinct, problem-oriented text. The book explains the pathophysiology of disease states commonly encountered by the prehospital care provider, and provides detailed guidelines for using that knowledge to effectively manage the disease or disorder involved.

Emergency Pathophysiology is intended for providers of prehospital medical care at all levels of training. It not only explains the "what, how and why" of common disorders, it tells you how to use that information clinically.

This book effectively makes a better paramedic by answering "why" a particular drug is being given, and "how" the natural history of a patient unfolds, facilitating an effecient transfer from prehospital provider care to physician care.