Critical Care Transport

by American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS); UMBC; American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP)

• ISBN13: 9781449642587
• ISBN10: 1449642586
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-08-22
• Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning

Summary

Welcome To The new gold standard in critical care transport training. Published in conjunction with the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) And The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP), Critical Care Transport offers cutting edge content relevant to any healthcare provider training in critical care transport. Like no other textbook in this market, Critical Care Transport thoroughly prepares medical professionals to function as competent members of a critical care team by covering the material that everyone-paramedics, nurses, physicians, and specialty crew-needs to know to operate effectively in the prehospital critical care environment. This book meets the curricula of major critical care training programs, including University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). it covers both ground and flight transport, and meets the objectives of critical care transport certification exams such as the Certified Flight Paramedic (FP-C) exam administered by the Board for Critical Care Transport Paramedic Certification. Content includes information specific to prehospital critical care transport, such as flight physiology, lab analysis, hemodynamic monitoring, and specialized devices such as the intra-aortic balloon pump. Standard topics such as airway management, trauma, and pharmacology are covered in the context of critical care. Chapters have been authored by leading critical care professionals across the country and represent the most current, state-of-the-art information on management of critical care patients. This dynamic textbook includes the following features to enhance learning: Skills, covering equipment, indications, contraindications, steps, and complications A synopsis of signs and symptoms, differential diagnosis, and management points for each condition discussed Tips on caring for special populations Explanations of controversies Management algorithms an in-depth case study in each chapter

Table of Contents

Chapter1 Introduction to Critical Care Transport
Chapter2 Medical-Legal Issues
Chapter3 Aircraft Fundamentals
Chapter4 Flight Physiology
Chapter5 Patient Assessment
Chapter6 Respiratory Emergencies and Airway Management
Chapter7 Pharmacology
Chapter8 Laboratory Analysis and Diagnostic Studies
Chapter9 Shock, Sepsis, and Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome
Chapter10 Trauma
Chapter11 Neurologic Emergencies
Chapter12 Burns
Chapter13 Electrophysiology, Cardiac Devices, and Transport Management
Chapter14 Hemodynamic Monitoring
Chapter15 Intra-aortic Balloon Pump Therapy
Chapter16 Gastrointestinal and Genitourinary Emergencies
Chapter17 Endocrine Emergencies
Chapter18 Environmental Emergencies
Chapter19 Infectious and Communicable Diseases
Chapter20 Toxicologic Emergencies
Chapter21 Obstetric and Gynecologic Emergencies
Chapter22 Neonatal Emergencies
Chapter23 Pediatric Emergencies