In the newly revised second edition of ABC of Prehospital Emergency Medicine, a team of experienced prehospital practitioners deliver a comprehensive up-to-date guide to the all of a sudden evolving field of prehospital emergency medicine. The book includes evidence-primarily based practice and expert opinion to fulfill the desires of the PHEM training curriculum covering operational, clinical and system considerations. A world team of expert editors and contributors have also provided readers with:
- A thorough introduction to prehospital emergency medicine, including activation and deployment, personal protective equipment, and scene safety and assessment
- Comprehensive exploration of the principle 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 handle 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 very important reading for paramedics, doctors, nurses and other prehospital practitioners. The text is perfect for the ones undertaking subspecialty PHEM training, the ones studying for postgraduate prehospital degree modules, or practitioners undertaking PHEM exams.
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