Virtual Patient Encounters is a breakthrough in EMS education! Users can get real-world prehospital experience without leaving the classroom or home! The Virtual Patient Encounters learning triad - a textbook, interactive patient simulation software, and a study guide that ties everything together - offers a state-of-the-art tool for developing critical thinking skills. Users can apply what they're learning in Mosby's Paramedic Textbook, Revised 3rd Edition on 15 virtual patients in a variety of prehospital environments. It's an incredible opportunity to make real patient care decisions in a safe environment!

Getting Started Orientation to Virtual Patient Encounters PART ONE Lesson 1: Emergency Medical Services Systems: Roles and Responsibilities (Chapter 1) Lesson 2: The Well-Being of the Paramedic (Chapter 2) Lesson 3: Injury Prevention (Chapter 3) Lesson 4: Medical/Legal Issues (Chapter 4) Lesson 5: Ethics (Chapter 5) PART TWO Lesson 6: Review of Human Systems (Chapter 6) Lesson 7: General Principles of Pathophysiology (Chapter 7) Lesson 8: Life Span Development (Chapter 8) PART THREE Lesson 9: Therapeutic Communication (Chapter 9) Lesson 10: History Taking (Chapter 10) Lesson 11: Techniques of Physical Examination (Chapter 11) Lesson 12: Patient Assessment (Chapter 12) Lesson 13: Clinical Decision Making (Chapter 13) Lesson 14: Assessment-Based Management (Chapter 14) Lesson 15: Communications (Chapter 15) Lesson 16: Documentation (Chapter 16) PART FOUR Lesson 17: Pharmacology (Chapter 17) Lesson 18: Venous Access and Medication Administration (Chapter 18) PART FIVE Lesson 19: Airway Management and Ventilation (Chapter 19) PART SIX Lesson 20: Trauma Systems and Mechanism of Injury (Chapter 20) *Lesson 21: Multisystem Trauma (Chapters 21) Lesson 22: Burns (Chapter 23) PART SEVEN *Lesson 23: Cardiology I (Chapter 29) *Lesson 24: Cardiology II (Chapter 29) PART EIGHT *Lesson 25: Pulmonary Emergencies (Chapter 30) *Lesson 26: Neurology (Chapter 31) *Lesson 27: Endocrinology (Chapter 32) *Lesson 28: Allergies and Anaphylaxis (Chapter 33) *Lesson 29: Gastroenterology (Chapter 34) Lesson 30: Urology (Chapters 30 and 35) *Lesson 31: Toxicology (Chapter 36) Lesson 32: Hematology (Chapter 37) *Lesson 33: Environmental Conditions (Chapter 38) Lesson 34: Infectious and Communicable Diseases (Chapter 39) *Lesson 35: Behavioral and Psychiatric Disorders (Chapter 40) Lesson 36: Gynecology (Chapter 41) *Lesson 37: Obstetrics (Chapter 42) PART NINE Lesson 38: Neonatology (Chapter 43) *Lesson 39: Pediatrics I (Chapter 44) *Lesson 40: Pediatrics II (Chapter 44) Lesson 41: Geriatrics (Chapter 45) *Lesson 42: Abuse and Neglect (Chapter 46) Lesson 43: Patients with Special Challenges (Chapter 47) Lesson 44: Acute Interventions for the Home Health Care Patient (Chapter 48) PART TEN Lesson 45: Ambulance Operations (Chapter 49) Lesson 46: Rescue Awareness and Operations (Chapter 51) Lesson 47: Crime Scene Awareness (Chapter 52) Appendix Patient Care Report Blanks *Summative Lessons Listed by Case Case #1: 20-year-old male - difficulty breathing (Lesson 28) Case #2: 56-year-old female - fell (Lesson 23) Case #3: 7-year-old female - seizure (Lesson 26) Case #4: 64-year-old male - unknown medical (Lesson 27) Case #5: 40-year-old male - vomiting blood (Lesson 29) Case #6: 16-year-old female - unknown medical (Lesson 31) Case #7: 8-year-old male - submersion (Lesson 39) Case #8: 38-year-old male - suicide attempt (Lesson 35) Case #9: 22-year-old female - assault (Lesson 42) Case #10: 25-year-old female - abdominal pain (Lesson 37) Case #11: 32-year-old male - gunshot wounds (Lesson 21) Case #12: 57-year-old male - man down (Lesson 33) Case #13: 5-month-old male - unresponsive (Lesson 40) Case #14: 65-year-old male - difficulty breathing (Lesson 24) Case #15: 42-year-old male - difficulty breathing (Lesson 25)