ABC of Prehospital Emergency Medicine, 2nd Edition (EPUB)

• A thorough introduction to prehospital emergency medicine, including activation and deployment, personal protective equipment, and scene safety and assessment
• Comprehensive exploration of the primary survey, airway, breathing, and circulation assessments
• Practical discussions of prehospital anesthesia, analgesia, sedation, monitoring and ultrasound
• The prehospital management of medical, trauma and psychiatric emergencies
• How to care for special groups, including the elderly, obstetric, pediatric, and bariatric patients
• Considerations in mass casualty and chemical, biological, radiation, and nuclear incidents.

ABC of Prehospital Emergency Medicine is essential reading for paramedics, doctors, nurses and other prehospital practitioners. The text is ideal for those undertaking subspecialty PHEM training, those studying for postgraduate prehospital degree modules, or practitioners undertaking PHEM exams.