Natural disasters. Hostage situations. Terror attacks. During these and other emergency situations, first responders make split-second judgments: evaluating risks, identifying dangerous conditions, and-often the hardest job of all-attending to those distressed and disturbed by t…
This guidebook provides responders with critical insights into the human impact of extreme trauma, and various levels of mental impairment suffered by both victims and survivors. This work is suitable for professionals in the emergency, security, and rescue services, as well as …
Provides readers critical insights into the human impact of extreme trauma, and various levels of mental impairment suffered by both victims and survivors. This work is suitable for professionals in the emergency, security, and rescue services, as well as for those training to e…
Mounting an effective response to a terrorist attack or, just as importantly, managing a possible terrorist incident, is the direct professional responsibility of community physicians, occupational health physicians, accident and emergency staff, general practitioners and doctor…
"Prehospital Emergency Medicine (PHEM) is a new and evolving field within Prehospital Care and involves the delivery of safe prehospital critical care to seriously ill or injured patients, and safe transfer to or between hospitals. It covers a broad range of medical and traumati…
"This brand new title in the ABC series provides a comprehensive overview of pre-hospital medicine, including transport, patient assessment, emergency care systems, and pre-hospital interventions. With pre-hospital care being the start of the "trauma chain", the treatment patien…
"This brand new title in the ABC series provides a comprehensive overview of pre-hospital medicine, including transport, patient assessment, emergency care systems, and pre-hospital interventions. With pre-hospital care being the start of the "trauma chain", the treatment patien…
Sudden cardiac arrest is the leading cause of death among adults, yet it need not be fatal. Though survival in most communities is very poor, a few communities achieve rates as high as 50%. Why are some communities so successful in snatching life from the jaws of death? This boo…
