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Mosby's Paramedic Textbook, 3rd Edition, gives you everything you want in a paramedic textbook... and more! Updated, expanded, and packed with valuable new support materials, Mosby's Paramedic Textbook, 3rd Edition, is a comprehensive learning tool for both first time and refresher paramedic students. Offering complete coverage of the 1998 U.S. D.O.T. National Standard Curriculum (NSC) for the EMT-Paramedic, as well as enhanced content for further learning, this comprehensive textbook contains everything in one convenient volume. Instructor resources are available; please contact your Elsevier sales representative for details. Perfect for review, each chapter includes a bulleted Summary and a list of References. Chapter openers set the stage for learning with Objectives and Key Terms with definitions. Boxed Critical Thinking questions aid in understanding concepts and how chapter content impacts patient care. ALS skills are presented step-by-step in full-color to demonstrate emergency care procedures. Detailed, up-to-date content throughout the text, including current AHA algorithms and the 2000 emergency cardiovascular care guidelines. All chapters comply with the 1998 U.S. D.O.T. National Standard Curriculum for the EMT-Paramedic. 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 space-efficient design and reorganized table of contents make this edition more student-friendly and easier to read. Approximately 150 new illustrations, primarily photographs, accurately present different techniques and skills and are relevant to the material presented in the text. More than 900 illustrations in all! Money-saving packages are available. New appendix covers Advance Practice Procedures for the Critical Care Paramedic. A new ba