Critical Care Paramedicine: A Case-Based Approach
Published on 18. November 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
428 pages
978-1-80161-037-7 (ISBN)
Description
Critical care paramedics regularly perform advanced life support to patients during the most stressful and time-sensitive situations. Not only do they require specialist medical knowledge in order to care for critically ill patients, but they are also often expected to think quickly and keep calm under pressure.
Putting you in the centre of the action as a critical care paramedic, this book brings together a range of in-depth case studies on critical care. It first presents you with a scenario, and then delves deep into the case details in order to challenge and assess your wider understanding of the situation.
Key features include:
Over 35 in-depth case studies covering Leadership, Airway, Resuscitation, Cardiac Arrest, Medical Emergencies, Trauma, Paediatrics, Obstetrics and Toxicology
Contributions from a range of international, specialist authors.
Question and answer-based format to break down your learning into easily digestable sections with full-colour illustrations.
Self-reflective questions to enable you to think critically about patient care
Fully evidence-based and up-to-date with the latest guidance for international best practice.
The book will allow you to further your understanding and knowledge of critical care, whether studying for exams, working within an aeromedical environment or providing life-saving care on the ground.
Putting you in the centre of the action as a critical care paramedic, this book brings together a range of in-depth case studies on critical care. It first presents you with a scenario, and then delves deep into the case details in order to challenge and assess your wider understanding of the situation.
Key features include:
Over 35 in-depth case studies covering Leadership, Airway, Resuscitation, Cardiac Arrest, Medical Emergencies, Trauma, Paediatrics, Obstetrics and Toxicology
Contributions from a range of international, specialist authors.
Question and answer-based format to break down your learning into easily digestable sections with full-colour illustrations.
Self-reflective questions to enable you to think critically about patient care
Fully evidence-based and up-to-date with the latest guidance for international best practice.
The book will allow you to further your understanding and knowledge of critical care, whether studying for exams, working within an aeromedical environment or providing life-saving care on the ground.
Reviews / Votes
This resource is superbly written and presented, offering contextually relevant, contemporary and highly accessible learning in this rapidly evolving space within paramedicine. It's a must-read for anyone considering a career in critical care, already working in this space, or simply looking to enhance their critical thinking skills more broadly.A/Prof Gayle Christie, Consultant in Prehospital and Emergency Medicine and Medical Director St John Ambulance WA, Australia
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Class Publishing Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 243 mm
Width: 185 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
1158 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-80161-037-7 (9781801610377)
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Persons
David Anderson is the Medical Director of Ambulance Victoria, an Intensive Care Physician at The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne and an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Paramedicine at Monash University. David worked as a paramedic in Auckland, New Zealand before completing medical training at the University of Auckland and then undertaking postgraduate training in intensive care medicine, anaesthesia, palliative medicine and prehospital and retrieval medicine in Auckland, Sydney and Toronto before settling in Melbourne. His clinical interests are prehospital and retrieval medicine, trauma critical care, ECMO, palliative care and bioethics.
Ben Meadley is an Adjunct Associate Professor at Monash University in the Department of Paramedicine. Ben has more than 25 years' experience, gaining expertise in prehospital critical care, paramedic education, paramedic health research, search and rescue, human performance, systems improvement and clinical guideline development. Much of Ben's experience is from working as an Intensive Care Flight Paramedic (MICA) at Ambulance Victoria. He divides his time between clinical, systems improvement and research roles.
Alexander Olaussen is a Paramedic, Doctor and a Senior Lecturer at Monash University in the Department of Paramedicine. Alex has years of clinical and research experience, with expertise in bridging the pre-hospital and in-hospital environments in critical care. The majority of Alex's experience is working as a rural emergency doctor and conducting research related to paramedicine. Alex holds a Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy and divides his time between clinical care, mentoring and fostering novice researchers and optimising educational strategies.
Ben Meadley is an Adjunct Associate Professor at Monash University in the Department of Paramedicine. Ben has more than 25 years' experience, gaining expertise in prehospital critical care, paramedic education, paramedic health research, search and rescue, human performance, systems improvement and clinical guideline development. Much of Ben's experience is from working as an Intensive Care Flight Paramedic (MICA) at Ambulance Victoria. He divides his time between clinical, systems improvement and research roles.
Alexander Olaussen is a Paramedic, Doctor and a Senior Lecturer at Monash University in the Department of Paramedicine. Alex has years of clinical and research experience, with expertise in bridging the pre-hospital and in-hospital environments in critical care. The majority of Alex's experience is working as a rural emergency doctor and conducting research related to paramedicine. Alex holds a Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy and divides his time between clinical care, mentoring and fostering novice researchers and optimising educational strategies.
Content
Part 1 Airway
1 Paramedic-led prehospital rapid sequence intubation (RSI)
David Anderson, Ben Meadley and Alex Olaussen
2 The physiologically difficult airway 00
Jonathan Begley and Ben Meadley
3 The anatomically difficult airway
Jason Bendall and Matt Humar
Part 2 Breathing
4 Mechanical ventilation
Tim Byrne and Nick Roder
5 Respiratory Failure
Daniel Cudini and Segun Olesanya
6 Critical Asthma
David Anderson and Tatsu Kuwasaki
Part 3 Circulation
7 Undifferentiated shock
Andy Celestia and Todd Wollum
8 Myocardial infarction (STEMI)
Luke Dawson, Ross Salathiel and Dion Stub
9 The management of unstable bradycardia
Alan Cowley and Mark Durell
10 Palpitations and chest pain: Paramedic management of narrow complex tachycardias
Andrew Bishop
11 Broad complex tachycardia
Tim Edwards and Kieren Pugh
12 Acute chest pain and shortness of breath: Cardiogenic shock complicating acute myocardial infarction
Jason Bloom and Dave Hawkins
13 Massive upper gastrointestinal bleed (UGIB)
Sarah Yong and Michelle Murphy
14 Acute pulmonary oedema (APO)
Nick Trestrail and Luke Hamilton
Part 4 Disability
15 Approach to an altered level of consciousness
Luke De la Rue and Natalie Lavergne
16 Severe traumatic brain injury
James Manktelow and Virginia Newcombe
17 Assessment and management of acute ischaemic stroke
Skye Coote and Henry Zhao
18 Severe/Uncontrolled Pain
Todd Blackburn
Part 5 Exposure
19 Hypothermia
Eystein Grusd and Justin Hensley
20 Prehospital sepsis management
Dan Cudini and Judit Orosz
Part 6 Cardiac arrest
21 High-performance CPR
Belinda Delardes, Jack Howard and Ziad Nehme
22 Refractory cardiac arrest and salvage extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR)
Matthew Thornton, Julia Coull and Sacha Richardson
23 Traumatic cardiac arrest
Zainab Alqudah and Brian Burns
24 Cardiac arrest in special circumstances
Casey Lewis and Clare Bertenshaw
25 Termination of resuscitation
Natalie Anderson
Part 7 Trauma
26 The trapped patient
Tash Adams
27 Shocked blunt trauma
Michael Noonan, Benjamin Meadley and Alexander Olaussen
28 Penetrating trauma
Kat Baird and Pete Sherren
29 Severe chest injury: Tension pneumothorax
Mark Fitzgerald and Toby St Clair
Part 8 Toxicology
30 Tricyclic antidepressant toxicity
Ben Fitzgerald and Michael Mann
31 Acute behavioural disturbance: Emergency pharmacological sedation
Claire Bertenshaw and Lachlan Parker
32 Severe Metabolic Acidosis
Tash Adams and John Glasheen
Part 9 Paediatrics, obstetrics and gynaecology
33 Croup and Epiglottitis
Brad Gander and Claire Wilkin
34 Care of the newborn: Assisting transition, stabilisation and transport
Rosmarie Boland and James Yates
35 Maternal bleeding: Postpartum haemorrhage and active management of the third stage of labour
Mark Durham and Dawn Kerslake
Part 10: Special circumstances
36 The older patient
David Anderson and Tegwyn McMannamy
37 Providing paramedic care in resource-limited settings 00
Matt Cannon and Felix Ho
1 Paramedic-led prehospital rapid sequence intubation (RSI)
David Anderson, Ben Meadley and Alex Olaussen
2 The physiologically difficult airway 00
Jonathan Begley and Ben Meadley
3 The anatomically difficult airway
Jason Bendall and Matt Humar
Part 2 Breathing
4 Mechanical ventilation
Tim Byrne and Nick Roder
5 Respiratory Failure
Daniel Cudini and Segun Olesanya
6 Critical Asthma
David Anderson and Tatsu Kuwasaki
Part 3 Circulation
7 Undifferentiated shock
Andy Celestia and Todd Wollum
8 Myocardial infarction (STEMI)
Luke Dawson, Ross Salathiel and Dion Stub
9 The management of unstable bradycardia
Alan Cowley and Mark Durell
10 Palpitations and chest pain: Paramedic management of narrow complex tachycardias
Andrew Bishop
11 Broad complex tachycardia
Tim Edwards and Kieren Pugh
12 Acute chest pain and shortness of breath: Cardiogenic shock complicating acute myocardial infarction
Jason Bloom and Dave Hawkins
13 Massive upper gastrointestinal bleed (UGIB)
Sarah Yong and Michelle Murphy
14 Acute pulmonary oedema (APO)
Nick Trestrail and Luke Hamilton
Part 4 Disability
15 Approach to an altered level of consciousness
Luke De la Rue and Natalie Lavergne
16 Severe traumatic brain injury
James Manktelow and Virginia Newcombe
17 Assessment and management of acute ischaemic stroke
Skye Coote and Henry Zhao
18 Severe/Uncontrolled Pain
Todd Blackburn
Part 5 Exposure
19 Hypothermia
Eystein Grusd and Justin Hensley
20 Prehospital sepsis management
Dan Cudini and Judit Orosz
Part 6 Cardiac arrest
21 High-performance CPR
Belinda Delardes, Jack Howard and Ziad Nehme
22 Refractory cardiac arrest and salvage extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR)
Matthew Thornton, Julia Coull and Sacha Richardson
23 Traumatic cardiac arrest
Zainab Alqudah and Brian Burns
24 Cardiac arrest in special circumstances
Casey Lewis and Clare Bertenshaw
25 Termination of resuscitation
Natalie Anderson
Part 7 Trauma
26 The trapped patient
Tash Adams
27 Shocked blunt trauma
Michael Noonan, Benjamin Meadley and Alexander Olaussen
28 Penetrating trauma
Kat Baird and Pete Sherren
29 Severe chest injury: Tension pneumothorax
Mark Fitzgerald and Toby St Clair
Part 8 Toxicology
30 Tricyclic antidepressant toxicity
Ben Fitzgerald and Michael Mann
31 Acute behavioural disturbance: Emergency pharmacological sedation
Claire Bertenshaw and Lachlan Parker
32 Severe Metabolic Acidosis
Tash Adams and John Glasheen
Part 9 Paediatrics, obstetrics and gynaecology
33 Croup and Epiglottitis
Brad Gander and Claire Wilkin
34 Care of the newborn: Assisting transition, stabilisation and transport
Rosmarie Boland and James Yates
35 Maternal bleeding: Postpartum haemorrhage and active management of the third stage of labour
Mark Durham and Dawn Kerslake
Part 10: Special circumstances
36 The older patient
David Anderson and Tegwyn McMannamy
37 Providing paramedic care in resource-limited settings 00
Matt Cannon and Felix Ho