ABC of prehospital emergency medicine /

ABC of prehospital emergency medicine / edited by Tim Nutbeam, Matthew Boylan. - Chichester, England : Wiley-Blackwell, ©2013. - 1 online resource (xiii, 215 pages) : color illustrations, photographs. - ABC Series . - ABC series (Malden, Mass.) .

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Prehospital emergency medicine / Activation and deployment / Personal protective equipment / Scene safety and assessment / The primary survey / Airway assessment and management / Breathing assessment and management / Circulation assessment and management / Prehospital anaesthesia / Prehospital analgesia and sedation / Prehospital monitoring / Prehospital ultrasound / Trauma : head injury / Trauma : spinal injuries / Trauma : abdominal injury / Trauma : pelvic injury / Trauma : extremity injury / Trauma : burns / Trauma : suspension and crush / Trauma : ballistic and blast / Trauma : extrication of the trapped patient / Cardiac arrest / Acute medical injuries / Environmental injuries / Environmental : altitude injury / Environmental : drowning and near drowning / Environmental : diving emergencies / Care of special groups : the obstetric patient / Care of special groups : the paediatric patient / Care of special groups : the elderly patient / Care of special groups : the bariatric patient / Retrieval and transport / Emergency preparedness : major incident management / Emergency preparedness : chemical, biological, radiation and nuclear incidents / Emergency preparedness : mass gatherings / Clinical governance / Medicolegal and ethical aspects of prehospital emergency medicine / Research and development in prehospital emergency medicine / Matthew Boylan and Tim Nutbeam -- Andrew Thurgood and Matthew Boylan -- Clare Bosanko and Matthew Boylan -- Vic Calland and Pete Williams -- Tim Nutbeam and Matthew Boylan -- Mårten Sandberg, Anders Rostrup Nakstad, Peter Anthony Berlac, Per Kristian Hyldmo, and Matthew Boylan -- Per Kristian Hyldmo, Peter Anthony Berlac, Anders Rostrup Nakstad, Mårten Sandberg, and Matthew Boylan -- R.J. Dawes and Matthew Boylan -- Tim Hooper and David Lockey -- Jonathan Hulme -- Tim Harris and Peter Shirley -- Tim Harris, Adam Bystrzycki, and Stefan Mazur -- Jeremy Henning and Clare Hammell -- Lucas A. Myers, Christopher S. Russi, Matthew Boylan, and Tim Nutbeam -- Keith Roberts -- Matt O'Meara, Keith Porter, and Tim Nutbeam -- Matt O'Meara, Keith Porter, and Tim Nutbeam -- Alex Jones, Anna Barnard, and Keith Allison -- Jason van der Velde -- Matthew Boylan -- Malcolm Q. Russell -- Walter Kloeck, Efraim Kramer, Martin Botha, and David Kloeck -- Adam Low and Tim Nutbeam -- Peter Aitken, Mark Little, Ian Norton, and Andrew Pearce -- Harvey Pynn -- Tim Nutbeam -- Tudor A. Codreanu -- Kristyn Manley, Tracy-Louise Appleyard, Tim Draycott, and Matthew Boylan -- Fiona Jewkes and Julian Sandell -- Tim Nutbeam -- Lynn Gerber Smith, Suzanne Sherwood, Anna Fergusson, and Dennis Jones -- Peter Aitken, Mark Elcock, Neil Ballard, and Matt Hooper -- Damian Keene, Tim Nutbeam, and Claire Scanlon -- Christopher A. Kahn, Kristi L. Koenig, and Matthew Boylan -- Lee Wallis and Wayne Smith -- Assiah Mahmood and Rod Mackenzie -- Craig M. Klugman and Jennifer Bard -- Suzanne Mason and A. Niroshan Siriwardena.

"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 patients receive on-scene as well as en-route can be life-saving, and this new title is invaluabe for all staff involved in emergency and pre-hospital medicine"--Provided by publisher.

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Emergency medicine.
Medical emergencies.
Emergency Medicine--methods.
Emergency Medical Services--methods.
Critical care medicine--Simulation methods.
Emergency medical services--Methods.
Emergency medicine--Methods.
HEALTH & FITNESS--Diseases--General.
MEDICAL--Clinical Medicine.
MEDICAL--Diseases.
MEDICAL--Evidence-Based Medicine.
MEDICAL--Internal Medicine.
Emergency medicine.
Medical emergencies.


Electronic books.

RC86.7 / .A23 2013eb

616.025