Paramedic Care: Principles And Practice, Fourth Edition, is intended to serve as a foundational guide and reference to paramedicine. Developed to stay ahead of current trends and practices in paramedicine, all seven volumes are based on the National EMS Education Standards and the accompanying Paramedic Instructional Guidelines.Volume 3, Patient Assessment, addresses the various steps and facets of patient assessment. Current terms for steps of the assessment have replaced older terms, for example Oprimary assessmentO replaces the former term Oinitial assessmentO; Osecondary assessmentO replaces the former term Ofocused history and physical exam.