Prehospital Emergency Medicine Secrets
Editat de Robert P. Olympia, Jeffrey S. Lubinen Limba Engleză Paperback – 14 feb 2022
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 0323722660
Pagini: 352
Ilustrații: 50 illustrations (50 in full color)
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 17 mm
Greutate: 0.4 kg
Editura: Elsevier
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Contents
[draft of TOC - upon approval, I would seek additional reviews by experts on contents before finalizing, including Dr. Peter Cameron]
Top 100 Secrets
Section 1 History of Emergency Medical Services
- History of Emergency Medical Services Section 2 Emergency Medical Services Operations
- Destination Guidelines and Hospital Designation
- Emergency Vehicle Operation
- EMS System Design
- Media and Public Relations
- Medical Direction
- Medicolegal Issues
- Prehospital Communications
- Public Health and EMS
- Quality Improvement
- Research in EMS Section 3 Personal Safety and Wellness
- Critical Incident Stress
- Infectious Disease Exposure
- Occupational Health Issues in EMS
- Scene Safety Section 4 Adult Medical Care
- Decision making and critical interpretation of vital signs
- Prehospital physical assessment
- Abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhea, dehydration
- Altered mental status
- Arrhythmias
- Cardiac arrest, including ECMO
- Cardiac emergencies - chest pain, STEMI, ACS, CHF
- Cardiac device emergencies - pacemaker/implanted defibrillator dysfunction, left ventricular assist devices
- Diabetic emergencies
- Gastrointestinal hemorrhage
- Hypotension and shock
- Infectious disease emergencies/sepsis
- Psychiatric emergencies/Care of the agitated or suicidal patient
- Obstetrics and Gynecologic emergencies
- Overdose
- Poisonings
- Renal failure and dialysis
- Respiratory emergencies - anaphylaxis, COPD, asthma, pneumonia
- Seizures
- Stroke and TIA
- Syncope Section 5 Adult Trauma Care
- General Adult trauma principles and triage
- Head injuries and facial trauma
- Cervical spine and spinal cord injuries
- Chest, abdominal, and pelvic injuries
- Extremity injuries
- Penetrating injuries
- Thermal burns and inhalational injuries
- Care of the entrapped patient, including crush injury Section 6 Pediatric Medical Care
- Decision making and critical interpretation of vital signs
- Abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhea, dehydration
- Altered mental status
- Cardiac arrest and arrhythmias
- Chest pain and syncope
- Infectious disease emergencies/sepsis
- Prehospital physical assessment
- Respiratory distress emergencies - asthma, bronchiolitis, croup, pneumonia, anaphylaxis
- Seizures
- Shock
- Technology dependent children
- Poisonings Section 7 Pediatric Trauma Care
- General Pediatric trauma principles and triage
- Head injuries and facial trauma
- Cervical spine and spinal cord injuries
- Chest, abdominal, and pelvic injuries
- Extremity injuries
- Penetrating injuries
- Thermal burns and inhalational injuries Section 8 Disaster and Multiple Casualty Incidents
- General principles in disasters and multiple casualty incidents
- Prehospital triage for mass casualties
- Mass casualty evacuation and patient movement
- Biological terrorism
- Chemical terrorism
- Radiation and radiation injury
- Blast injuries
- Hazardous materials response
- Tactical EMS
- Search and rescue
- Community disaster preparedness Section 9 Wilderness EMS and Austere medicine
- General principles in wilderness medicine
- Bites, stings, and envenomations
- Decompression illnesses
- Dysbarisms
- Heat related illness
- Hypothermia
- Lightning and electrical emergencies
- Submersion injuries/drownings
- Wilderness survival Section 10 Special Prehospital Situations
- Interfacility transport, including Ground Critical Care Transport
- Bariatric emergencies
- Geriatric emergencies
- Aeromedical Transport
- Community Paramedicine
- Intimate partner violence, sexual assault, and child maltreatment
- End of life issues Section 11 Prehospital Skills and Procedures
- Airway Management
- Analgesia and sedation
- CPR, AED, mechanical compression
- Electrocardiogram interpretation
- Field amputation
- Hemorrhage control
- Intravascular/ interosseous access and fluids resuscitation
- Oxygenation and ventilation
- Perimortem caesarian section
- Point of care testing
- Procedures in the trauma patient
- Splinting and spinal immobilization
- Telemedicine and emerging telecommunications
- Termination of resuscitation
- Transport of the highly infectious patient
Descriere
For more than 30 years, the highly regarded Secrets Series® has provided students and practitioners in all areas of health care with concise, focused, and engaging resources for quick reference and exam review. Prehospital Emergency Medicine Care Secrets is an all-new addition to this popular series, offering practical, up-to-date coverage of the full range of essential topics in this dynamic field. This new resource features the Secrets' popular question-and-answer format that also includes lists, tables, pearls, memory aids, and an easy-to-read style - making inquiry, reference, and review quick, easy, and enjoyable.