Chapter Summaries:
Each week, we provide summaries of/study guides for the OEC chapters covered that week. These are partly copied verbatim from the book and partly annotated by current patrollers; their purpose is to help you direct your out-of-class reading and studying as efficiently as possible.
Chapter 1: Intro to OEC
Chapter 2: Emergency Medical Care Systems
Chapter 3: Rescue Basics
Chapter 4: Incident Command and Triage
Chapter 6: Anatomy and Physiology
Chapter 7: Patient Assessment
Chapter 13: Respiratory Emergencies
Chapter 14: Allergies and Anaphylaxis
Chapter 15: Cardiovascular Emergencies
Chapter 16: Gastro., Gentiourinary and Repro. Syst. Emerg.
Chapter 18: Principles of Trauma
Chapter 20: Musculoskeletal Injuries
Chapter 21: Spine, Brain, and Nervous System Injuries
Chapter 22: Face, Neck, and Eye Trauma
Chapter 23: Chest Trauma
Chapter 25: Cold Related Emergencies
Chapter 28: Altitude Emergencies
Chapter 33: Behavioral Emergencies