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Prehospital Trauma Care
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Comprehensive in scope and content, Prehospital Trauma Care (PTC) covers all aspects of emergency medicine-triage assessment and treatment, anesthesia, intensive care, psychiatry, health and military disasters, burns, shock, and surgery.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Preface
- Foreword
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Contents
- Contributors
- Prehospital Trauma Care: Scope and Practice
- Prehospital Trauma Care: Demographics
- Mechanisms of Injury in Trauma
- The Role of the Physician in Prehospital Trauma Care
- The Role of the Transport Nurse in Prehospital Trauma Care
- The Role of the Paramedic in Prehospital Trauma Care
- Working in the Prehospital Environment: Safety Aspects and Teamwork
- Disasters and Mass Casualty Situations
- Research and Uniform Reporting
- Trauma Scoring
- Organization, Documentation, and Continuous Quality Improvement
- Initial Assessment, Triage, and Basic and Advanced Life Support
- Advanced Airway Management and Use of Anesthetic Drugs
- Oxygenation, Ventilation, and Monitoring
- Traumatic and Hemorrhagic Shock: Basic Pathophysiology and Treatment
- Prehospital Vascular Access for the Trauma Patient
- Fluid Resuscitation and Circulatory Support: FluidsâWhen, What, and How Much?
- Fluid Resuscitation and Circulatory Support: Use of Pneumatic Antishock Garment
- Surgical Procedures
- Hypothermia: Prevention and Treatment
- Analgesia, Sedation, and Other Pharmacotherapy
- Patients With Multiple Trauma, Including Head Injuries
- The Patient With Penetrating Injuries
- Prehospital Trauma Management of the Pediatric Patient
- Trauma in the Elderly
- The Pregnant Trauma Patient
- The Entrapped Patient
- Patients With Orthopedic Injuries
- Burns
- Emergency Management of Injury from the Release of Toxic Substances: Medical Aspects of the HAZMAT System
- Near-Drowning
- Accidental Hypothermia and Avalanche Injuries
- Diving Injuries and Hyperbaric Medicine
- Snake, Insect, and Marine Bites and Stings
- Helicopter Versus Ground Transport: When Is It Appropriate?
- Trauma in Rural and Remote Areas
- Trauma Care Support for Mass Events, Counterterrorism, and VIP Protection
- Patient Turnover: Arriving and Interacting in the Emergency Department
- Psychological Aspects, Debriefing
- Enhancing Patient Safety and Reducing Medical Error: The Role of Human Factors in Improving Trauma Care
- Back Cover