Oxford Handbook of Pre Hospital Care

Author(s): Ian Greaves, Keith Porter
Cover: Flexicover
Pages: 732
Edition: 1st
Published: February 2007 
Publisher: Oxford University Press

The Oxford Handbook of Pre-hospital Care provides the reader with authoritative, evidence-based advice on the assessment and management of pre-hospital care emergencies. It is designed to provide information for all immediate care practitioners including doctors, paramedics, emergency care practitioners, nurses and voluntary aid society members. The Oxford Handbook format and its pocket size make its content readily accessible and it can be carried easily in jackets or other personal protective clothing.

Each section defines the important clinical features of the named condition and includes boxes containing essential advice. The treatment section incorporates national and international guidelines and protocols where available and reflects contemporary best practice. Topics include scene safety, personal protective equipment, basic and advanced life support, head injuries, chest injuries, abdominal and pelvic injuries, spinal injuries, musculoskeletal injuries, medical emergencies, mass gathering incidents, major incidents, burns and related problems.

The authors have broad experience in pre-hospital care including civilian and military practice in various fields including medical emergencies, road traffic collisions, entrapments, ballistic trauma and major incidents. This is the essential quick-reference guide to pre-hospital medicine!

• A comprehensive quick-reference guide to all medical and trauma conditions regularly encountered in the immediate care setting
• Authoritative, evidence-based advice on the assessment and management of pre-hospital care emergencies
• Incorporates national and international guidelines and protocols where available, and reflects contemporary best practice
• Written by authors with broad experience in pre-hospital care Can be carried easily in jackets or other personal protective clothing

Contents:
1. An approach to pre-hospital care
2. Acute medical and surgical problems
3. Trauma
4. Formulary
5. Analgesia and anaesthesia
6. Poisoning and substance abuse
7. Acute psychiatric emergencies
8. Paediatrics
9. The hostile environment
10. Major incident management and triage
11. Chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) incidents
12. Emergency obstetrics and gynaecology
13. Patient rescue and transportation
14. Sporting events and mass gatherings