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By
Matthew Cooke, Senior Clinical Lecturer in Accident and Emergency Medicine, Department of General Practice, Birmingham University, Accident and Emergency Department, Birmingham, UK
Included in series
Churchill Pocketbooks,
Audience
Pre-hospital care doctors, A&E doctors, ambulance parmedics
Contents
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 CO2 DRUGS: Suggested Stock. Storage of Drugs. Controlled Drugs.
Pain Relief. By Individual Drug. Indication/Dose/Contra-Indication/Storage Useful Telephone Numbers/Radio Callsigns
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Paperback, 176 pages, publication date: JAN-1999
ISBN-13: 978-0-443-05987-2
ISBN-10: 0-443-05987-X
Imprint: CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONE
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