Prehospital Emergency Medicine Secrets

1st Edition - October 1, 2021
Editors: Robert P. Olympia, Jeffrey S. Lubin
Language: English
Paperback ISBN:
9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 7 2 2 6 6 - 7
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9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 7 2 2 6 7 - 4

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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.

Cover
Title page
Contents
Copyright
Dedication
Section Editors
Contributors
Preface
Top 100 Secrets
1: Emergency Medical Services Operations
Chapter 1: History of Emergency Medical Services
Abstract
Questions and Answers
Chapter 2: Destination Guidelines and Hospital Designation
Abstract
Questions and Answers
Chapter 3: Emergency Vehicle Operation, EMS System Design, and Prehospital Communications
Abstract
Questions And Answers
Chapter 4: Media and Public Relations
Abstract
Questions and Answers
Chapter 5: Medical Direction and Medicolegal Issues
Abstract
Questions and Answers
Chapter 6: Public Health and EMS
Questions and Answers
Chapter 7: Prehospital Emergency Care Secrets—Quality Improvement and Research
Abstract
Questions and Answers
Chapter 8: Scene Safety
Abstract
Questions and Answers
Chapter 9: Critical Incident Stress and Occupational Health Issues in EMS
Abstract
Questions and Answers
2: Adult Medical Care
Chapter 10: Prehospital Physical Assessment and Critical Interpretation of Vital Signs
Abstract
Questions and Answers
Case Progression
Chapter 11: Cardiac Arrest and ECMO
Abstract
Questions and Answers
Chapter 12: Hypotension and Shock
Abstract
Questions and Answers
Chapter 13: Altered Mental Status
Abstract
Questions and Answers
Chapter 14: Arrhythmias and Electrocardiogram Interpretation
Abstract
Questions and Answers
Chapter 15: Cardiac Emergencies—Chest Pain, Stemi, ACS, CHF
Abstract
Chest Pain
Stemi and ACS
Congestive Heart Failure
Chapter 16: Cardiac Device Emergencies
Abstract
Questions and answers
Chapter 17: Gastrointestinal Emergencies
Abstract
Questions and answers
Chapter 18: Diabetic Emergencies
Abstract
Questions and Answers
Chapter 19: Sepsis
Abstract
Questions and Answers
Chapter 20: Obstetric and Gynecologic Emergencies
Abstract
Questions and Answers
Chapter 21: Dyspnea
Abstract
Questions and Answers
Chapter 22: Seizures
Abstract
Questions and answers
Chapter 23: Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attack
Abstract
Questions and answers
Chapter 24: Syncope
Abstract
Questions and Answers
3: Adult Trauma Care
Chapter 25: General Adult Trauma Principles and Triage
Abstract
Questions and Answers
Chapter 26: Head Injuries and Facial Trauma
Abstract
Questions and Answers
Chapter 27: Cervical Spine and Spinal Cord Injuries
Abstract
Questions and Answers
Chapter 28: Chest, Abdominal, and Pelvic Injuries
Abstract
Questions and Answers
Chapter 29: Extremity Injuries
Abstract
Questions and Answers
Chapter 30: Thermal Burns and Inhalational Injuries
Abstract
Questions and Answers
Chapter 31: Care of the Entrapped Patient Including Crush Injuries
Abstract
Questions and Answers
4: Pediatric Medical Care
Chapter 32: Prehospital Physical Assessment and Critical Interpretation of Vital Signs
Abstract
Questions and Answers
Chapter 33: Cardiac Arrest and Arrhythmias
Abstract
Questions and Answers
Chapter 34: Shock
Abstract
Questions and Answers
Chapter 35: Altered Mental Status
Abstract
Questions and Answers
Chapter 36: Chest Pain and Syncope
Abstract
Questions and Answers
Chapter 37: Respiratory Distress Emergencies
Abstract
Questions And Answers
Chapter 38: Seizures
Abstract
Questions and Answers
Chapter 39: Technology-Dependent Children
Abstract
Questions and Answers
5: Pediatric Trauma Care
Chapter 40: General Pediatric Trauma Principles and Triage
Abstract
Questions and Answers
Chapter 41: Pediatric Head Injuries and Facial Trauma
Abstract
Questions and Answers
Chapter 42: Pediatric Cervical Spine and Spinal Cord Injuries
Abstract
Questions and Answers
Chapter 43: Chest, Abdominal, and Pelvic Injuries
Abstract
Questions and Answers
Chapter 44: Extremity Injuries
Abstract
Questions and Answers
Chapter 45: Thermal Burns and Inhalation Injuries
Abstract
Questions and Answers
6: Disaster and Multiple Casualty Incidents
Chapter 46: General Principles in Disasters and Mass Casualty Incidents
Abstract
Questions and Answers
Chapter 47: Prehospital Triage for Mass Casualties
Abstract
Questions and Answers
Chapter 48: Mass Casualty Evacuation and Patient Movement
Abstract
Questions and Answers
Chapter 49: Biological and Chemical Terrorism
Abstract
Questions and Answers
Chapter 50: Radiation and Radiation Injury
Abstract
Questions and Answers
Chapter 51: Blast Injuries
Abstract
Questions and Answers
Chapter 52: Hazardous Materials Response
Abstract
Questions and Answers
Chapter 53: Tactical Emergency Medical Services
Abstract
Questions and Answers
Chapter 54: Search and Rescue
Abstract
Questions and Answers
Chapter 55: Community Disaster Preparedness
Abstract
Questions and Answers
7: Wilderness EMS and Austere Medicine
Chapter 56: General Principles in Wilderness Medicine
Abstract
Questions and Answers
Chapter 57: Bites, Stings, and Envenomations
Abstract
Questions and Answers
Chapter 58: Dysbarisms
Abstract
Questions and Answers
Chapter 59: Heat- and Cold-Related Illness
Abstract
Questions and Answers
Chapter 60: Lightning and Electrical Emergencies
Abstract
Questions and Answers
Chapter 61: Drowning and Submersion Injury
Abstract
Questions and Answers
8: Special Prehospital Situations
Chapter 62: Interfacility Transport, Including Ground Critical Care Transport
Abstract
Questions and Answers
Chapter 63: Bariatric Emergencies
Abstract
Questions and Answers
Chapter 64: Geriatric Emergencies
Abstract
Questions and Answers
Chapter 65: Aeromedical Transport
Abstract
Questions and Answers
Chapter 66: Community Paramedicine
Abstract
Questions and Answers
Chapter 67: Intimate Partner Violence, Sexual Assault, and Child Maltreatment
Abstract
Questions and Answers
Chapter 68: End-of-Life Issues
Abstract
Questions and Answers
Chapter 69: Poisonings and Toxic Exposures
Abstract
Questions and Answers
9: Prehospital Skills and Procedures
Chapter 70: Airway Management, Oxygenation, and Ventilation
Abstract
Questions and Answers
Chapter 71: Analgesia
Abstract
Questions and Answers
Chapter 72: Care of the Agitated/Suicidal Patient
Abstract
Questions and Answers
Chapter 73: CPR, AED, and Mechanical Compression
Abstract
Questions and Answers
Chapter 74: Field Amputation
Abstract
Questions and Answers
Chapter 75: Hemorrhage Control
Abstract
Questions and Answers
Chapter 76: Intravascular/Interosseous Access and Fluid Resuscitation
Abstract
Questions and Answers
Chapter 77: Perimortem Caesarian Section
Abstract
Questions and Answers
Chapter 78: EMS Point-of-Care Testing
Abstract
Questions and Answers
Chapter 79: Procedures in the Trauma Patient
Abstract
Questions and Answers
Chapter 80: Telemedicine and Emerging Telecommunications
Abstract
Questions and Answers
Chapter 81: Transport of Patients with Highly Hazardous Communicable Diseases
Abstract
Questions and Answers
Index

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Robert P. Olympia

Jeffrey S. Lubin