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EMS Street Strategies: Effective Patient Interaction
EMS Street Strategies Effective Patient Interaction Author:Stephen M. Soreff, Robert T. Cadigan Emergency Management Technicians (EMTs) face more sorrow, despair, blood, death & human folly in their career than most people do in a lifetime. Without much formal training in what makes human beings tick, EMTs must deal with people in the extremes of tension & suffering. How well they understand their patients, the patients' families, & themse... more »lves has a direct impact on the care that they provide & on their own long-term job performance & emotional well-being. This book addresses the psychological aspects of emergency medicine. In vivid, easily understood language, the authors pull the reader into 14 realistic & gripping emergency situations, then offer insights & specific techniques for effectively dealing with each.« less