Full Description
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 traumatic conditions, interventions, clinical providers and physical environments.
ABC of Prehospital Emergency Medicine is the first text to provide a comprehensive overview of this field and with an international team of expert authors is essential reading to anyone involved in the delivery of Prehospital Emergency Medicine and Prehospital Care.
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Contents
Contributor list vii
Foreword xi
Preface xiii
1 Prehospital Emergency Medicine 1
Matthew Boylan and Tim Nutbeam
2 Activation and Deployment 3
Andrew Thurgood and Matthew Boylan
3 Personal Protective Equipment 7
Clare Bosanko and Matthew Boylan
4 Scene Safety and Assessment 13
Vic Calland and Pete Williams
5 The Primary Survey 18
Tim Nutbeam and Matthew Boylan
6 Airway Assessment and Management 20
Marten Sandberg Anders Rostrup Nakstad Peter Anthony Berlac Per Kristian Hyldmo and Matthew Boylan
7 Breathing Assessment and Management 27
Per Kristian Hyldmo Peter Anthony Berlac Anders Rostrup Nakstad Marten Sandberg and Matthew Boylan
8 Circulation Assessment and Management 35
R. J. Dawes and Matthew Boylan
9 Prehospital Anaesthesia 44
Tim Hooper and David Lockey
10 Prehospital Analgesia and Sedation 51
Jonathan Hulme
11 Prehospital Monitoring 57
Tim Harris and Peter Shirley
12 Prehospital Ultrasound 63
Tim Harris Adam Bystrzycki and Stefan Mazur
13 Trauma: Head Injury 70
Jeremy Henning and Clare Hammell
14 Trauma: Spinal Injuries 75
Lucas A. Myers Christopher S. Russi Matthew Boylan and Tim Nutbeam
15 Trauma: Abdominal Injury 81
Keith Roberts
16 Trauma: Pelvic Injury 84
Matt O'Meara Keith Porter and Tim Nutbeam
17 Trauma: Extremity Injury 87
Matt O'Meara Keith Porter and Tim Nutbeam
18 Trauma: Burns 90
Alex Jones Anna Barnard and Keith Allison
19 Trauma: Suspension and Crush 98
Jason van derVelde
20 Trauma: Ballistic and Blast 103
Matthew Boylan
21 Trauma: Extrication of the Trapped Patient 110
Malcolm Q. Russell
22 Cardiac Arrest 118
Walter Kloeck Efraim Kramer Martin Botha and David Kloeck
23 Acute Medical Emergencies 126
Adam Low and Tim Nutbeam
24 Environmental Injuries 134
Peter Aitken Mark Little Ian Norton and Andrew Pearce
25 Environmental: Altitude Injury 141
Harvey Pynn
26 Environmental: Drowning and Near Drowning 144
Tim Nutbeam
27 Environmental: Diving Emergencies 146
Tudor A. Codreanu
28 Care of Special Groups: The Obstetric Patient 150
Kristyn Manley Tracy-Louise Appleyard Tim Draycott and Matthew Boylan
29 Care of Special Groups: The Paediatric Patient 159
Fiona Jewkes and Julian Sandell
30 Care of Special Groups: The Elderly Patient 165
Tim Nutbeam
31 Care of Special Groups: The Bariatric Patient 168
Lynn Gerber Smith Suzanne Sherwood Anna Fergusson and Dennis Jones
32 Retrieval and Transport 172
Peter Aitken Mark Elcock Neil Ballard and Matt Hooper
33 Emergency Preparedness: Major Incident Management 179
Damian Keene Tim Nutbeam and Claire Scanlon
34 Emergency Preparedness: Chemical Biological Radiation and Nuclear Incidents 185
Christopher A. Kahn Kristi L. Koenig and Matthew Boylan
35 Emergency Preparedness: Mass Gatherings 190
Lee Wallis and Wayne Smith
36 Clinical Governance 195
Assiah Mahmood and Rod Mackenzie
37 Medicolegal and Ethical Aspects of Prehospital Emergency Medicine 201
Craig M. Klugman and Jennifer Bard
38 Research and Development in Prehospital Emergency Medicine 206
Suzanne Mason and A. Niroshan Siriwardena
Index 209
