| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 215 pages) : color illustrations, photographs |
| Series |
ABC Series |
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ABC series (Malden, Mass.)
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| Contents |
Prehospital emergency medicine / Matthew Boylan and Tim Nutbeam -- Activation and deployment / Andrew Thurgood and Matthew Boylan -- Personal protective equipment / Clare Bosanko and Matthew Boylan -- Scene safety and assessment / Vic Calland and Pete Williams -- The primary survey / Tim Nutbeam and Matthew Boylan -- Airway assessment and management / Mårten Sandberg, Anders Rostrup Nakstad, Peter Anthony Berlac, Per Kristian Hyldmo, and Matthew Boylan -- Breathing assessment and management / Per Kristian Hyldmo, Peter Anthony Berlac, Anders Rostrup Nakstad, Mårten Sandberg, and Matthew Boylan -- Circulation assessment and management / R.J. Dawes and Matthew Boylan -- Prehospital anaesthesia / Tim Hooper and David Lockey -- Prehospital analgesia and sedation / Jonathan Hulme -- Prehospital monitoring / Tim Harris and Peter Shirley -- Prehospital ultrasound / Tim Harris, Adam Bystrzycki, and Stefan Mazur -- Trauma : head injury / Jeremy Henning and Clare Hammell -- Trauma : spinal injuries / Lucas A. Myers, Christopher S. Russi, Matthew Boylan, and Tim Nutbeam -- Trauma : abdominal injury / Keith Roberts -- Trauma : pelvic injury / Matt O'Meara, Keith Porter, and Tim Nutbeam -- Trauma : extremity injury / Matt O'Meara, Keith Porter, and Tim Nutbeam -- Trauma : burns / Alex Jones, Anna Barnard, and Keith Allison -- Trauma : suspension and crush / Jason van der Velde -- Trauma : ballistic and blast / Matthew Boylan -- Trauma : extrication of the trapped patient / Malcolm Q. Russell -- Cardiac arrest / Walter Kloeck, Efraim Kramer, Martin Botha, and David Kloeck -- Acute medical injuries / Adam Low and Tim Nutbeam -- Environmental injuries / Peter Aitken, Mark Little, Ian Norton, and Andrew Pearce -- Environmental : altitude injury / Harvey Pynn -- Environmental : drowning and near drowning / Tim Nutbeam -- Environmental : diving emergencies / Tudor A. Codreanu -- Care of special groups : the obstetric patient / Kristyn Manley, Tracy-Louise Appleyard, Tim Draycott, and Matthew Boylan -- Care of special groups : the paediatric patient / Fiona Jewkes and Julian Sandell -- Care of special groups : the elderly patient / Tim Nutbeam -- Care of special groups : the bariatric patient / Lynn Gerber Smith, Suzanne Sherwood, Anna Fergusson, and Dennis Jones -- Retrieval and transport / Peter Aitken, Mark Elcock, Neil Ballard, and Matt Hooper -- Emergency preparedness : major incident management / Damian Keene, Tim Nutbeam, and Claire Scanlon -- Emergency preparedness : chemical, biological, radiation and nuclear incidents / Christopher A. Kahn, Kristi L. Koenig, and Matthew Boylan -- Emergency preparedness : mass gatherings / Lee Wallis and Wayne Smith -- Clinical governance / Assiah Mahmood and Rod Mackenzie -- Medicolegal and ethical aspects of prehospital emergency medicine / Craig M. Klugman and Jennifer Bard -- Research and development in prehospital emergency medicine / Suzanne Mason and A. Niroshan Siriwardena |
| Summary |
"This brand new title in the ABC series provides a comprehensive overview of pre-hospital medicine, including transport, patient assessment, emergency care systems, and pre-hospital interventions. With pre-hospital care being the start of the 'trauma chain', the treatment patients receive on-scene as well as en-route can be life-saving, and this new title is invaluabe for all staff involved in emergency and pre-hospital medicine"--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed August 2, 2013) |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Emergency medicine.
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Medical emergencies.
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Emergency Medicine -- methods
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Emergency Medical Services -- methods
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Emergency Medicine
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Emergencies
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
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MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Diseases.
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MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine.
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Emergency medicine
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Medical emergencies
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Clinical & internal medicine.
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Accident & emergency medicine.
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First aid & paramedical services.
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Health and Wellbeing.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Nutbeam, Tim.
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Boylan, Matthew.
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| LC no. |
2013017945 |
| ISBN |
9781118592281 |
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111859228X |
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9781299738607 |
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1299738605 |
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9781118592304 |
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1118592301 |
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9781118592298 |
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1118592298 |
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