Full Description
Critical care paramedics regularly perform advanced life support to patients during the most stressful and time-sensitive situations. Not only do they require specialist medical knowledge in order to care for critically ill patients, but they are also often expected to think quickly and keep calm under pressure.
Putting you in the centre of the action as a critical care paramedic, this book brings together a range of in-depth case studies on critical care. It first presents you with a scenario, and then delves deep into the case details in order to challenge and assess your wider understanding of the situation.
Key features include:
Over 35 in-depth case studies covering Leadership, Airway, Resuscitation, Cardiac Arrest, Medical Emergencies, Trauma, Paediatrics, Obstetrics and Toxicology
Contributions from a range of international, specialist authors.
Question and answer-based format to break down your learning into easily digestable sections with full-colour illustrations.
Self-reflective questions to enable you to think critically about patient care
Fully evidence-based and up-to-date with the latest guidance for international best practice.
The book will allow you to further your understanding and knowledge of critical care, whether studying for exams, working within an aeromedical environment or providing life-saving care on the ground.
Contents
Part 1 Airway
1 Paramedic-led prehospital rapid sequence intubation (RSI)
David Anderson, Ben Meadley and Alex Olaussen
2 The physiologically difficult airway 00
Jonathan Begley and Ben Meadley
3 The anatomically difficult airway
Jason Bendall and Matt Humar
Part 2 Breathing
4 Mechanical ventilation
Tim Byrne and Nick Roder
5 Respiratory Failure
Daniel Cudini and Segun Olesanya
6 Critical Asthma
David Anderson and Tatsu Kuwasaki
Part 3 Circulation
7 Undifferentiated shock
Andy Celestia and Todd Wollum
8 Myocardial infarction (STEMI)
Luke Dawson, Ross Salathiel and Dion Stub
9 The management of unstable bradycardia
Alan Cowley and Mark Durell
10 Palpitations and chest pain: Paramedic management of narrow complex tachycardias
Andrew Bishop
11 Broad complex tachycardia
Tim Edwards and Kieren Pugh
12 Acute chest pain and shortness of breath: Cardiogenic shock complicating acute myocardial infarction
Jason Bloom and Dave Hawkins
13 Massive upper gastrointestinal bleed (UGIB)
Sarah Yong and Michelle Murphy
14 Acute pulmonary oedema (APO)
Nick Trestrail and Luke Hamilton
Part 4 Disability
15 Approach to an altered level of consciousness
Luke De la Rue and Natalie Lavergne
16 Severe traumatic brain injury
James Manktelow and Virginia Newcombe
17 Assessment and management of acute ischaemic stroke
Skye Coote and Henry Zhao
18 Severe/Uncontrolled Pain
Todd Blackburn
Part 5 Exposure
19 Hypothermia
Eystein Grusd and Justin Hensley
20 Prehospital sepsis management
Dan Cudini and Judit Orosz
Part 6 Cardiac arrest
21 High-performance CPR
Belinda Delardes, Jack Howard and Ziad Nehme
22 Refractory cardiac arrest and salvage extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR)
Matthew Thornton, Julia Coull and Sacha Richardson
23 Traumatic cardiac arrest
Zainab Alqudah and Brian Burns
24 Cardiac arrest in special circumstances
Casey Lewis and Clare Bertenshaw
25 Termination of resuscitation
Natalie Anderson
Part 7 Trauma
26 The trapped patient
Tash Adams
27 Shocked blunt trauma
Michael Noonan, Benjamin Meadley and Alexander Olaussen
28 Penetrating trauma
Kat Baird and Pete Sherren
29 Severe chest injury: Tension pneumothorax
Mark Fitzgerald and Toby St Clair
Part 8 Toxicology
30 Tricyclic antidepressant toxicity
Ben Fitzgerald and Michael Mann
31 Acute behavioural disturbance: Emergency pharmacological sedation
Claire Bertenshaw and Lachlan Parker
32 Severe Metabolic Acidosis
Tash Adams and John Glasheen
Part 9 Paediatrics, obstetrics and gynaecology
33 Croup and Epiglottitis
Brad Gander and Claire Wilkin
34 Care of the newborn: Assisting transition, stabilisation and transport
Rosmarie Boland and James Yates
35 Maternal bleeding: Postpartum haemorrhage and active management of the third stage of labour
Mark Durham and Dawn Kerslake
Part 10: Special circumstances
36 The older patient
David Anderson and Tegwyn McMannamy
37 Providing paramedic care in resource-limited settings 00
Matt Cannon and Felix Ho
