Trauma Case Studies for the Paramedic

Patient assessment and management combine to create an interwoven sequence of events that requires paramedics to perform a systematic assessment of the patient and determine what treatment is most appropriate and when it needs to be given. Trauma Case Studies for the Paramedic contains 20 case studies representing a variety of trauma emergencies that paramedics may encounter in the field.

Trauma Case Studies for the Paramedic is intended to reinforce the importance of a systematic patient assessment and management approach to paramedic students by presenting them with trauma emergencies that they are likely to encounter. A superb supplement to classroom and textbook learning, this book allows the reader to practice applying knowledge to cases before actually going on an emergency call.

Case Study 1: 47-Year-Old Male Struck with a Steel Pipe
Case Study 2: 30-Year-Old Male with Severe Head Trauma
Case Study 3: 22-Year-Old Male with a Gunshot Wound to the Chest
Case Study 4: 40-Year-Old Male who was Assaulted
Case Study 5: 39-Year-Old Male Trapped in a House Fire
Case Study 6: 50-Year-Old Male with Multiple Injuries
Case Study 7: 30-Year-Old Female with Spinal Trauma
Case Study 8: 41-Year-Old Male with Traumatic Cardiac Arrest
Case Study 9: 19-Year-Old Female with a Fractured Wrist
Case Study 10: 37-Year-Old Male Who Was Stabbed
Case Study 11: 31-Year-Old Female’s Passenger is Killed in a Car Crash
Case Study 12: 70-Year-Old Female with a Hip Fracture
Case Study 13: 32-Year-Old Pregnant Female Involved in a Car Crash
Case Study 14: 18-Year-Old Male Near-Drowning Victim
Case Study 15: 25-Year-Old Male with Severe Maxillofacial Trauma
Case Study 16: 20-Year-Old Male Who Fell from a Cliff
Case Study 17: 44-Year-Old Male with an Open Abdominal Wound
Case Study 18: 20-Year-Old Male with a Shoulder Injury
Case Study 19: 50-Year-Old Male with Severe External Bleeding
Case Study 20: A Mass Casualty Incident