Cases in Pre-Hospital and Retrieval Medicine

Description

Cases in Pre-hospital and Retrieval Medicine is a supplementary case book with a self directed approach, designed to complement core texts such as Cameron, or Sanders.
The book focuses on the principles of PHC and Retrieval medicine and the continuum of care of the critically injured trauma patient in the field. It is case based and uses real pre-hospital and retrieval situations, presented in question format followed by an extensive discussion highlighting key areas of the specialty. The questions and answers are each 3 – 4 pages in length and most are accompanied by a photo from author archives/real events.
The questions have been divided into those with a predominantly pre-hospital theme and those based around retrieval medicine. A third section covers service development and special situations.

Key Features

• Case based using real pre-hospital and retrieval situations
• Visually assisted format; high level discussion
• Question format followed by extensive discussion
• Designed for members of a multidisciplinary team
• Operationally useful appendices, including recommended equipment lists
• Covers paediatric patients; major incidents such as chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear; polytrauma; flight physiology; advanced multi-organ support; end of life decisions in the field.

Table of contents

Section A - Pre-hospital Medicine

1. Scene safety I
2. Scene safety II
3. Entrapment
4. Pre-hospital anaesthesia I
5. Pre-hospital anaesthesia II
6. Pre-hospital equipment
7. Preparing for transport I
8. Preparing for transport II
9. Polytrauma I
10. Polytrauma II
11. Polytrauma III
12. Polytrauma IV
13. Polytrauma V
14. Penetrating disease I
15. Penetrating disease II
16. Diving (hyperbaric) emergencies
17. Transfer issues
18. Pre-hospital sedation
19. Multiple patients I
20. Multiple patients II
21. Pre-hospital tasking and clinical coordination
22. Major incident I
23. Major incident II

Section B - Retrieval Medicine

1. Inter and intra hospital transfers
2. Flight physiology
3. Retrieval equipment
4. Critical illness and retrieval I
5. Critical illness and retrieval II
6. Critical illness and retrieval III
7. Critical illness and retrieval IV
8. Critical illness and retrieval V
9. Paediatric retrieval I
10. Paediatric retrieval II
11. Paediatric retrieval III
12. Unexpected inflight emergency during retrieval.
13. Diagnostics in retrieval medicine
14. Advanced multi-organ support in transit
15. Mental illness
16. Envenomation
17. End of life decisions in the retrieval environment
18. Retrieval tasking and Clinical Coordination

Section C – Service development and special circumstances

1. Operational safety and Crew Resource Management (CRM) I
2. Operational safety and Crew Resource Management (CRM) II
3. Military medicine I
4. Military medicine II
5. Vertical hoist and physical rescue
6. Commercial in-flight emergency
7. Event medicine
8. Ethics and self management
9. Clinical Governance in pre-hospital and retrieval medicine
10. Commercial repatriation

Appendices

Author Information

By Dan Ellis, Consultant in Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine, University College London Hospita; Honorary Doctor, Helicopter Emergencey Medical Service (HEMS), London, UK; Pre-hospital and Major Incident Doctor, London Ambulance Service, UK and Matt Hooper, Director, Statewide South Australian Retrieval Service, Consultant in Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine