Emergency medical care involves rapid assessment and intervention to preserve life in critical situations. This introductory book outlines the principles and procedures used in pre-hospital and emergency department settings. Topics include triage, basic life support, airway management, bleeding control, and shock management. Readers learn to stabilize patients with trauma, cardiac arrest, poisoning, or respiratory failure. The importance of communication, teamwork, and legal-ethical considerations is highlighted. This book is a foundational guide for paramedics, EMTs, and emergency care trainees.
Joy Barlow is an emergency care educator whose expertise lies in pre-hospital assessment protocols and rapid trauma response systems. She has a long-standing background in EMT training and simulation-based education. Her focus includes capacity building in underserved regions through mobile medical units. She often consults for health agencies in structuring community emergency care. Her academic outreach also spans volunteer programs in first-responder training.