Oxford Handbook of Pre-hospital Care by Ian Greaves (English) Paperback Book

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Fully updated to incorporate current best practice and guidelines, the Oxford Handbook of Pre-hospital Care is the comprehensive quick-reference guide to all medical and trauma conditions regularly encountered in the immediate care setting

FORMATPaperback LANGUAGEEnglish CONDITIONBrand New Publisher Description

Fully updated for a second edition, the Oxford Handbook of Pre-hospital Care is the invaluable guide to providing high-quality care in a pre-hospital environment. Evidence-based and reflecting new developments in regulation and practice, this second edition is designed to provide key information for all immediate care practitioners, including doctors, paramedics, emergency medical technicians, and community responders. The text has been cross-referencedwith the Joint Royal Colleges Ambulance Liaison Committee (JRCALC) handbook to ensure full clinical relevance. Reflecting the major advances in delivery of pre-hospital care, including thegreater survival benefits for heart attacks and major trauma when delivering patients directly to higher levels of care, the evolution of the paramedic role into critical care paramedics, roadside rapid sequence induction of anaesthesia, and the introduction of mechanical chest compression devices, this new edition is the ideal companion for those involved in delivering pre-hospital care. It also links to relevant online databases and mobile apps that can assist with calculations, and containskey algorithms and formulae to ensure good care. The Oxford Handbook of Pre-hospital Care is the comprehensive quick-reference guide to all medical and trauma conditions regularlyencountered in the immediate care setting.

Author Biography

Ian Greaves qualified at the University of Birmingham Medical School in 1986. He trained in General Medicine and Emergency Medicine, joined the British Army and was appointed Consultant in 1997. He was appointed to Visiting Professor in Emergency Medicine at the University of Teesside in 2002. He is author or editor of several books and numerous chapters and papers on Emergency Medicine, Trauma and Pre-hospital Care. He is Chairman of the Research Committee, Memberof the Speciality Advisory Board and Member of the Management Board of the Faculty of Pre-hospital Care. Professor Sir Keith Porter is a Consultant Trauma Surgeon and the Clinical Director for Traumaat University Hospital Birmingham. He is Professor of Clinical Traumatology at the University of Birmingham. Since 2000 he has been the civilian clinical lead for the care of injured soldiers returning to the UK from both Iraq and Afghanistan and has been a member of the Defence Scientific Advisory Committee and the Surgeon General Research Strategy Group.Keith has played an integral part of the development of Pre Hospital Emergency Medicine in the UK in his roles as the past Chairman of Faculty of Pre-hospital Care; past Chairman of the Intercollegiate Board for training in Pre-hospital Emergency Medicine; past President of BASICS and the founder of the West Midlands CARE team.

Table of Contents

1: An approach to pre-hospital care2: Acute medical and surgical problems3: Trauma4: Formulary5: Management of the air-way, analgesia, and anaesthesia6: Poisoning and substance abuse7: Acute psychiatric emergencies8: Child health9: The hostile environment10: Major incident management and triage11: Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) incidents12: Emergency in obstetrics and gynaecology13: Patient rescue and transportation

Review

Review from previous edition ...a concise book which is targeted directly to our profession...this one book is directly focused on the workings of the medic outside of a hospital environment. Just what you need out on the road, when you never know what the next emergency will be. * Jeff Pittman, Paramedic *This handy and superbly presented pocket sized book is ideal for quick reference providing essential information on the immediate care setting. The authors are of unquestionable experience in the field of emergency medicine and...the book is both comprehensive and concise...[it] must surely become an essential piece of kit for all pre-hospital care practitioners, replacing the bulky American books which have dominated the market. * Accident and Emergency Nursing *A useful reference for those involved in prehospital care of patients...this book addresses many areas of prehospital care and is thorough in what it covers. * Krista G. Handyside, MD, University of Texas Medical School at Houston *

Long Description

Fully updated for a second edition, the Oxford Handbook of Pre-hospital Care is the invaluable guide to providing high-quality care in a pre-hospital environment. Evidence-based and reflecting new developments in regulation and practice, this second edition is designed to provide key information for all immediate care practitioners, including doctors, paramedics, emergency medical technicians, and community responders. The text has been cross-referenced withthe Joint Royal Colleges Ambulance Liaison Committee (JRCALC) handbook to ensure full clinical relevance. Reflecting the major advances in delivery of pre-hospital care, including the greater survival benefits for heart attacks and major trauma when delivering patients directly to higher levels of care, the evolution of the paramedic role into critical care paramedics, roadside rapid sequence induction of anaesthesia, and the introduction of mechanical chest compression devices, this new edition is the ideal companion for those involved in delivering pre-hospital care. It also links to relevantonline databases and mobile apps that can assist with calculations, and contains key algorithms and formulae to ensure good care. The Oxford Handbook of Pre-hospital Care is the comprehensive quick-reference guide to all medical and trauma conditions regularly encountered in the immediate care setting.

Review Quote

This handy and superbly presented pocket sized book is ideal for quick reference providing essential information on the immediate care setting. The authors are of unquestionable experience in the field of emergency medicine and...the book is both comprehensive and concise...[it] must surely become an essential piece of kit for all pre-hospital care practitioners, replacing the bulky American books which have dominated the market.

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The comprehensive quick-reference guide to all medical and trauma conditions regularly encountered in the immediate care settingDesigned to provide key information for all immediate care practitioners, including doctors, paramedics, emergency medical technicians, and community respondersFully cross-referenced with Joint Royal Colleges Ambulance Liaison Committee (JRCALC) guidanceProvides all the essential knowledge for the DipIMC

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1. An approach to pre-hospital care 2. Acute medical and surgical problems 3. Trauma 4. Formulary 5. Management of the air-way, analgesia, and anaesthesia 6. Poisoning and substance abuse 7. Acute psychiatric emergencies 8. Child health 9. The hostile environment 10. Major incident management and triage 11. Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) incidents 12. Emergency in obstetrics and gynaecology 13. Patient rescue and transportation

Details ISBN0198734948 ISBN-10 0198734948 ISBN-13 9780198734949 Year 2021 Series Oxford Medical Handbooks Language English Author Sir Keith Porter Pages 752 Publisher Oxford University Press Publication Date 2021-02-03 Format Paperback Edition 2nd UK Release Date 2021-02-03 Imprint Oxford University Press Place of Publication Oxford Country of Publication United Kingdom NZ Release Date 2021-02-03 Edition Description 2nd Revised edition DEWEY 616.025 Audience Professional & Vocational AU Release Date 2021-02-01 We've got this

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