Comprehensive Guide to Prehospital Emergency Medicine

By Tim Nutbeam, Matthew Boylan, Caroline Leech, Clare Bosanko

The field of prehospital emergency medicine is evolving at a rapid pace. In the newly revised second edition of ABC of Prehospital Emergency Medicine, a team of experienced prehospital practitioners provides a comprehensive and up-to-date guide to this essential discipline. The book is intended to meet the needs of the PHEM training curriculum, covering operational, clinical, and system considerations, by offering evidence-based practice and expert opinion.

The book has been edited by an international team of experts, who have also contributed to the text. Readers will find:

• 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.

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

Product Details

• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Wiley-Blackwell; 2nd edition (August 14, 2023)
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• eBook Digital ‏ : ‎ 288 pages
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1119698324
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1119698326