Immediate care or pre-hospital medicine has become a specialty in its own right as the Faculty of Pre-Hospital Medicine within the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, and is rapidly gaining much wider acceptance. A substantial literature has built up in this area over the past few years, especially around the fundamental topics of triage and resuscitation. This comprehensive text defines the specialty, with contributions from all the leading authorities in the field throughout the UK.
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978-0-340-67656-1 (9780340676561)
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Immediate care in the UK
Immediate care worldwide
Basic Life Support
Airway management
Advanced life support
Vascular access
Shock
Understanding the Electrocardiogram
Cardiac emergencies
Respiratory emergencies
The unconscious patient
Acute abdomen
Therapeutics
Analgesia and pain relief
Substance abuse
Poisoning
Paediatric history and examination
Paediatric emergencies
Advanced paediatric life support
The injured child
Scene approach, assessment and safety
Assessment and management of the trauma patient (the primary and secondary survey)
Head and neck injuries
Maxillofacial injuries
Chest injuries
Spinal injuries
Abdominal injuries and genito-urinary trauma
The pre-hospital care of bone and joint injuries
Pre-hospital care of soft tissue injuries
Gunshot wounds and blast injury
Thermal injury
The elderly patient
Hypothermia
Rescue from remote places
Near drowning
Heat illness
Acute diving emergencies
Electrocution injury
Risk of infection in prehospital care
Emergencies in pregnancy
Trauma in pregnancy
Childbirth
Neonatal resuscitation and transport
Psychiatric emergencies
Coping with stress and bereavement
Dealing with the violent or uncooperative patient
Major incidents
Triage
Chemical incidents
Radiation incidents
Mass gathering medicine
Medicine at sporting events
Disaster medicine
Immobilisation and extrication
Transport in prehospital care
Aeromedical evacuation
Aviation medicine
Medicine in remote places
The structure and function of the ambulance service
The fire service: structure and role
The police force: structure and role
The role of other agencies at a major incident
Legal aspects of immediate care
Record keeping in prehospital care
Communications and despatch
Trauma scoring
Training and education
Immediate care equipment.
