Pocketbook of Pre-Hospital Care

Author:: Matthew Cooke
Format:: Hardcover

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This work is intended for all those practising pre-hospital care. The first aider, ambulance technician, paramedic and doctor will find the information applicable to them. It balances the urgency of treatment with the limitations of the pre-hospital environment.

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Publisher:: Churchill Livingstone
ISBN:: 9780443059872
Publication date:: January 1999
Length:: 230mm
Width:: 10mm
Thickness:: 13mm
Weight:: 227g
Pages:: 195
Illustrations:: 26 Illustrations
Readership:: Professional & scholarly

Introduction PRINCIPLES of PRE
HOSPITAL CARE
How Much at the Scene
Pre
Call Checklist
Safety
Yourself, The Scene, The Casualties
Dress for the Job
Vechicle & Medical Equipment
Hazards
Chemical, Radiation, Bomb, Railways, Power Cables
Radio Procedure
Informing the Hospital
Driving and Attending the Scene
Motorway Incidents
Aero
Medical Evacuation Fire Service
Role, Identification
Police Force
Role, Identification
Fatalities, MEDICAL
Anaphylaxis
Asthma
Basic Life Support
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Cardiac Protocols
ALS and Arrhythmia (Adult and Child)
Chest Pain Incl MI
Choking
Collapse/Unconscious Patient
Decompression Disorders
Diabetic Hypoglycaemia
Drowning
ECG Recording and Interpretation
Epiglottis & Croup
Fits
Heat Exhaustion
Hyperventilation
Meningitis
Neonatal Emergencies
Paediatric Resuscitation Chart (?IBC)
Poisoning
Pregnancy
Psychiatric Emergencies and the Mental Health Act/ Pulmonary Oedema TRAUMA
ABC Principle
Mechanism of Injury, Typical Injury Patterns
(A) Airway Control
Spinal Injuries, Facial Injuries
(B) Assessment and Treatment of Ventilatory Problems & Chest Injuries
(C) Circulatory Control
Pelvic Injuries, Abdominal Injuries and Trauma in Pregnancy (D) Head Injury (E) Environmental Control
Limb Injuries
Paediatric Trauma
Burns
Entrapment
Amputation
Penetrating Trauma
Anaesthesia Andanalgiesia in Trauma
Trauma Scoring
When to Move MULTIPLE CASUALTY SITUATIONS
Assessment
ETHANE
Priorities at Scene
Principles of Triage
Ambulance Incident Officer
Medical Incident Officer Role
Triage Officer
Casualty Clearing Station
Choice of Hospital
Major Event/Mass Gathering Checklist PROCEDURES
Airway Devices
Needle Cricothyrotomy
Surgical Airway
Log Roll
Insertion of Spinal Board
Sideways, Rear
Rapid Extrication Technique
Needle Thoracocentesis
Tube Thoracococentesis
Needle Pericardiocentesis
Defibrillati On
Central Venous Cannulation
Venous Cutdown
Pneumatic Anti
Shock Garment
Intraosseous Needle
Splint Application
Femoral Nerve Block MONITORING
ECG & NIBP
Pulse Oximetry
End Tidal CO DRUGS
Suggested Stock
Storage of Drugs
Controlled Drugs
Pain Relief
By Individual Drug
Indication/Dose/Contra
Indication/Storage Useful Telephone Numbers/Radio Callsigns