Handbook of Immediate Care
Published on 4. May 1995
Book
Paperback/Softback
384 pages
978-0-7020-1881-7 (ISBN)
Description
A practical guide to the immediate care of medical emergencies in the home, at the roadside or wherever else emergencies may arise. Written by doctors/surgeons who have "been there", including care on admission to hospital.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Health Sciences
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Illustrations
68 illustrations, appendix, index
Dimensions
Height: 20 mm
Width: 13 mm
Weight
495 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7020-1881-7 (9780702018817)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
General Principles. Basic Life Support. Cardiac Arrest. Introduction to ATLS. Introduciton to Trauma Scoring. Triage. Shock. Therapeutics in Immediate Care. Pain Relief in Immediate Care. Monitoring in Immediate Care. Trauma. Road Traffic Accident. Head Injury & Acute Neurological Trauma. Thoracic Trauma. Abdominal & Genitourinary Trauma. Musculoskeletal Trauma. Spinal Injury. Blast & Gun Shot Injury. Medical Emergencies. Cardiovascular Emergencies. Respiratory Emergencies. Non-Traumatic Abdominal Emergencies. Neurological Emergencies. Diabetic Emergences. Obstetrics Emergencies. Gynaecological Emergencies. Paediatric Emergencies & Resuscitation. Non-Traumatic Accident. Drowning & Hypothermia. Poisoning, Overdose & Accidental Injestion. Electrocution. Chemical Incidents. Burns. Non-Medical Aspects. Immediate Care Equipment. Major Disaster Planning. Legal Aspects of Immediate Care. Legal Aspects of Psychiatric Emergencies.