Pre-hospital Medicine The Principles and Practice of Immediate Care

by Greaves, Ian; Porter, Keith M.

• ISBN13: 9780340676561
• ISBN10: 0340676566
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-04-29
• Publisher: Hodder Education Publishers

Summary

Pre-hospital medicine practitioners deal with the interval between the 'medical incident' and the arrival of the patient in hospital. This is the comprehensive text that will define the specialty, with contributions from all the leading authorities in the field throughout the UK.

Table of Contents

Contributors	xi
Foreword	xv
Preface	xvii
Acknowledgements	xix
PART I	1	(14)
Immediate care in the United Kingdom	3	(6)
R. Fairhurst
Immediate care world-wide	9	(6)
B. Robertson
PART II	15	(74)
Basic life support	17	(10)
A.H. Swain
Airway management	27	(22)
J.M. Elliot
Advanced life support	49	(12)
C.L. Gwinnutt
Vascular access	61	(18)
C.L. Gwinnutt
K. Heat
Shock	79	(10)
H.M. Sherrif
D. Walter
PART III	89	(76)
Understanding the electrocardiogram	91	(24)
C.F.M. Weston
Cardiac Emergencies	115	(16)
C.F.M. Weston
Respiratory emergencies	131	(14)
T. Wardle
The unconscious patient	145	(10)
K. Mackway-Jones
S. Maurice
Acute abdomen	155	(10)
S. Metcalf
M. Gavalas
PART IV	165	(58)
Therapeutics	167	(12)
P. Mahoney
P.J. Haji-Michael
Analgesia and pain relief	179	(16)
N. Sherwood
Substance abuse	195	(14)
J. Briscoe
A. Doyle
Poisoning	209	(14)
P.A. Younge
PART V	223	(48)
Paediatric history and examination	225	(12)
T. Beattie
Paediatric emergencies	237	(12)
T. Beattie
Paediatric life support	249	(10)
D. Zideman
The injured child	259	(12)
M. Cooke
PART VI	271	(118)
Scene approach, assessment and safety	273	(8)
R. Weekes
Assessment and management of the trauma patient - the primary and secondary survey	281	(10)
H.M. Sherriff
Head and neck injuries	291	(14)
D. Gentleman
Maxillofacial injuries	305	(6)
P. Dyer
Chest injuries	311	(14)
P. Driscoll
J. Nancarrow
Spinal injuries	325	(10)
A.K. Marsden
Abdominal and genitourinary trauma	335	(8)
P. Driscoll
J. Nancarrow
The pre-hospital care of bone and joint injuries	343	(12)
M.A. Green
Pre-hospital care of soft tissue injuries	355	(8)
M.A. Green
K. Allison
Gunshot wounds and blast injury	363	(12)
J.M. Ryan
L. Biant
Thermal injury	375	(14)
K.C. Judkins
PART VII	389	(26)
The elderly patient	391	(24)
A. Main
PART VIII	415	(66)
Hypothermia	417	(16)
E. Lloyd
Rescue from remote places	433	(8)
J. Colville Laird
Near drowning	441	(6)
A. Simcock
Heat illness	447	(12)
N. Gillespie
Acute diving emergencies	459	(8)
P. Grout
G. Laden
Electrocution injury	467	(6)
J. Kendall
Risk of infection in pre-hospital care	473	(8)
A.K. Marsden
PART IX	481	(44)
Emergencies in pregnancy	483	(14)
P.J.P. Holden
Trauma in pregnancy	497	(8)
V. Argent
Childbirth	505	(14)
V. Argent
Neonatal resuscitation and transport	519	(6)
S. Walsh
PART X	525	(30)
Psychiatric emergencies	527	(10)
J. Briscoe
Human reactions to trauma: their features and management	537	(12)
D. Alexander
Dealing with the violent or unco-operative patient	549	(6)
B. Armstrong
PART XI	555	(76)
Major incidents	557	(12)
T.J. Hodgetts
A. Brett
Triage	569	(10)
A. Brett
T.J. Hodgetts
Chemical incidents	579	(12)
S. Ward
V. Murray
Radiation incidents	591	(16)
C. Kalman
Mass gathering medicine	607	(6)
J.M. Fisher
Medicine at sporting events	613	(6)
I.D. McNeil
Disaster medicine	619	(12)
A.D. Redmond
PART XII	631	(44)
Immobilization and extrication	633	(14)
J. Scott
Transport in pre-hospital care	647	(4)
R. Fairhurst
Aeromedical evacuation	651	(10)
G. Davies
Aviation medicine	661	(14)
T. Martin
PART XIII	675	(48)
Medicine in remote places	677	(8)
R.C. Mark
M. Tomlins
The structure and function of the ambulance service	685	(8)
C. Carney
The fire service: structure and roles	693	(12)
S. Martin
Police force: Structure and role	705	(12)
R.F. Evans
R. Michael
The role of other agencies at a major incident	717	(6)
K.C. Hines
PART XIV	723	(48)
Legal aspects of immediate care	725	(20)
C. Constant
Record keeping in pre-hospital care	745	(12)
R. Fairhurst
Communications and despatch	757	(6)
C. Carney
Trauma scoring	763	(8)
A. Brett
T.J. Hodgetts
PART XV	771	(18)
Training and education	773	(8)
J. Scott
Immediate care equipment	781	(8)
I.D. McNeil
Index	789