Pre-hospital emergency medicine at a glance

Pre-hospital emergency medicine at a glance

by Seligman, William

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Pre-hospital Emergency Medicine at a Glance offers healthcare students and trainees the essential theoretical knowledge and practical skills relevant to the provision of immediate care outside of the hospital.

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  • Full title :Pre-hospital emergency medicine at a glance / Dr William Seligman, Dr Sameer Ganatra, Dr Timothy Parker, Dr Syed Masud.

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Pre-hospital Emergency Medicine at a Glance offers healthcare students and trainees the essential theoretical knowledge and practical skills relevant to the provision of immediate care outside of the hospital.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2018.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Wiley-Blackwell
  • Place of Publication:Chichester, West Sussex
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2018.

Notes

<P>Preface</p> <p>Contributors</p> <p>Abbreviations</p> <p><b>Principles of pre-hospital care </b></p> <p>1 History of pre-hospital care</p> <p>2 Pre-hospital care today</p> <p>3 Major trauma pathways in the UK</p> <p>4 Emerging pre-hospital medical care pathways</p> <p>5 Kinematics and mechanism of Injury</p> <p>6 Hazardous materials</p> <p>7 Human factors</p> <p>8 Pre-hospital transport</p> <p>9 Scene safety</p> <p><b>Initial assessment and management of immediately life-threatening injuries</b></p> <p>10 The primary survey</p> <p>11 Control of major haemorrhage</p> <p>12 Cervical spine injuries</p> <p>13 Basic airway management</p> <p>14 The difficult airway</p> <p>15 Life-threatening chest trauma</p> <p>16 Circulation I: haemodynamic instability</p> <p>17 Circulation II: medical cardiac arrest</p> <p>18 Circulation III: traumatic cardiac arrest</p> <p>19 Pain relief and sedation</p> <p>20 Head injury</p> <p>21 Spinal injuries</p> <p>22 Limb Injuries</p> <p><b>Special considerations in trauma management </b></p> <p>23 Paediatric trauma</p> <p>24 Trauma in the pregnant woman</p> <p>25 Trauma in the elderly</p> <p><b>Practical skills in pre-hospital emergency medicine </b></p> <p>26 Anaesthesia in the pre-hospital environment</p> <p>27 The emergency surgical airway</p> <p>28 Peripheral vascular access</p> <p>29 Chest techniques</p> <p>30 Resuscitative thoracotomy</p> <p>31 Pre-hospital ultrasound</p> <p>32 Packaging</p> <p>33 Handover</p> <p><b>Management of complex problems </b></p> <p>34 Major incidents</p> <p>35 Expedition medicine</p> <p>36 Event medicine</p> <p>37 Military pre-hospital emergency care</p> <p><b>Careers in pre-hospital emergency medicine </b></p> <p>38 Careers in pre-hospital emergency medicine NHS England</p> <p>References</p> <p>Index</p>

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (ix, 94 pages) : : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (colour)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781118829950, 1118829956, 9781118829929, 1118829921, 9781118829967, 1118829964, 9781118829950
  • oclc:on1076644010
  • LC Classification:RC86.8
  • Dewey Decimal:616.025

Subjects

Emergency Medicine Médecine d'urgence

Writers

Seligman, William Ganatra, Sameer Masud, Syed Parker, Timothy

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