Pre-hospital Emergency Medicine at a Glance

Preface Contributors Abbreviations Principles of pre-hospital care 1 History of pre-hospital care 2 Pre-hospital care today 3 Major trauma pathways in the UK 4 Emerging pre-hospital medical care pathways 5 Kinematics and mechanism of Injury 6 Hazardous materials 7 Human factors 8 Pre-hospital transport 9 Scene safety Initial assessment and management of immediately life-threatening injuries 10 The primary survey 11 Control of major haemorrhage 12 Cervical spine injuries 13 Basic airway management 14 The difficult airway 15 Life-threatening chest trauma 16 Circulation I: haemodynamic instability 17 Circulation II: medical cardiac arrest 18 Circulation III: traumatic cardiac arrest 19 Pain relief and sedation 20 Head injury 21 Spinal injuries 22 Limb Injuries Special considerations in trauma management 23 Paediatric trauma 24 Trauma in the pregnant woman 25 Trauma in the elderly Practical skills in pre-hospital emergency medicine 26 Anaesthesia in the pre-hospital environment 27 The emergency surgical airway 28 Peripheral vascular access 29 Chest techniques 30 Resuscitative thoracotomy 31 Pre-hospital ultrasound 32 Packaging 33 Handover Management of complex problems 34 Major incidents 35 Expedition medicine 36 Event medicine 37 Military pre-hospital emergency care Careers in pre-hospital emergency medicine 38 Careers in pre-hospital emergency medicine – NHS England References Index