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
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 7 2 2 6 7 - 4
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… Read more
Purchase options
Institutional subscription on ScienceDirect
Request a sales quoteFor 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
- No. of pages: 352
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: October 1, 2021
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323722667
- eBook ISBN: 9780323722674
RO
Robert P. Olympia
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Departments of Emergency Medicine & Pediatrics, Penn State College of Medicine, Assistant Director of Research, Department of Emergency Medicine, Attending Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center/ Penn State Children's Hospital Department of Emergency Medicine, Hershey, PennsylvaniaJL
Jeffrey S. Lubin
Affiliations and expertise
Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences, Department of Emergency Medicine, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania