A comprehensive guide to the Final FRCEM examination, OSCE Revision for the Final FRCEM covers over 100 topics in emergency medicine. It is mapped to the curriculum for the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, and is structured by the domains in the syllabus. Ideal for helping you practice in pairs or groups, each topic starts with a clinical situation for the candidate, instructions for an actor or revision buddy, and a mark sheet so you can score yourself effectively against the FRCEM criteria. Each question contains a pie chart to demonstrate how the marks will be assigned so you know where to focus your efforts. Topics include learning points so you can learn about the nuances of the stations and improve your answer next time. References to guidelines or evidence-based rules are included to further your study. Written by a team of authors who have successfully passed their FRCEM examination, OSCE Revision for the Final FRCEM will give you all the essential tips, insights, and guidance you need for thorough exam preparation.

Emergency Action for Chemical and Biological Warfare Agents, Second Edition is intended for the first responder to the scene of the release of a chemical or biological warfare agent. Formatted similarly to the Department of Transportation's Emergency Response Guidebook and designed as a companion to the author's Handbook of Chemical and Biological Warfare Agents, this book is divided into concise chapters that focus on the first few hours after the incident. Each chapter, or class index, is designed to give responders vital information on a specific group of agents. This is done rather than focusing on detailed information for individual agents because the specific agent(s) may not be identified until well into the response, long after many critical decisions have been made. Adding more than 100 additional pages of material, the second edition contains a wider library of agent classes that covers more hazardous materials. It also includes updated appendices that cover dissemination, the effects of weather and terrain, isolation, protective shelters, and manual decontamination. The book also provides a chemical/biological terrorism emergency response checklist. Addressing the immediate needs of first responders as they arrive at the scene of a chemical or biological warfare agent release, this book serves as a guide that gives critical information for key initial reactions without having to read through long explanations. It is an essential quick reference for first responders facing the release of chemical or biological warfare agents.

This simple, jargon-free text fits in your pocket, providing an 'on-the-spot' guide to clinician-performed ultrasound in the emergency department, intensive care unit or in the field. Written by an international team of experts and comprehensively updated in its third edition, Emergency Ultrasound Made Easy brings together in one volume the latest indications for focused ultrasound, including those related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The text is highly accessible and easy to use in an emergency. It is aimed at the rapidly expanding cohort of non-radiologist clinical sonographers who use focused ultrasound. However, its broad scope (for example using ultrasound in the rapid diagnosis of DVT) makes it an invaluable addition to the library of any doctor with an interest in the technique, whether in primary care or the hospital setting. Simple to read and follow Free of jargon Fast step-by-step guide to ultrasound procedures Clear diagrams Tips and pitfalls to avoid Multiple accompanying videos featuring examples of ultrasound in clinical practice New chapter on the use of ultrasound in small anatomical structures such as the eyes and testes New chapter on paediatric ultrasound Respiratory chapter updated to include COVID-19 Multiple accompanying videos featuring examples of ultrasound in clinical practice New chapter on the use of ultrasound in small anatomical structures such as the eyes and testes New chapter on paediatric ultrasound Respiratory chapter updated to include COVID-19

Disaster medicine has occupied an increasingly important niche within the specialty of emergency medicine over the latter half of the 20th century. Regardless of whether an event was natural, anthropogenic, or a combination of both, emergency medicine was and is the ideal discipline to develop the human resources, the strategies, the tactics, and the evidence- based research to elevate the field of disaster medicine. It began, organizationally speaking, with Hurricane Hugo in 1989 and it is continuing through the 2019 COVID- 19 pandemic and beyond. Now that we are well into the 21st century, we must steady our footing as a specialty on the 20th century's foundation so that we can wrestle with the more intricate challenges of the future. In the past two decades our global populations have experienced sectarian violence, wars, genocide, migration, terrorism, emerging infectious diseases, and pandemics. These natural and anthropogenic events will only worsen exponentially as we become intrinsically trapped by the effects of climate change. The United Nation's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has recently concluded that regardless of how we try to reverse the effects of global warming, what we are experiencing now in terms of hurricanes, floods, and droughts will continue to worsen over the next 30 years. Should we, as a species, continue to equivocate and as global temperatures climb, these events will become more frequent and more catastrophic. "Catastrophic" may even be too mild a term. It is possible that over the next few years, the academic arm of emergency medicine may need to consider developing a curriculum devoted to "Cataclysmic Medicine." To confront these possibilities, there first needs to be a knowledge of disaster medicine and disaster management at its most basic level. It begins with crisis leadership, command and control, communications, and coordination. When all these pieces of the jigsaw puzzle are fitted together properly and enclosed by a proper ethical frame, then the best and most ethical and moral disaster medical can will be provided to the patient and to the community. The intent of this book is to introduce these concepts using diverse viewpoints and scenarios. Readers are challenged to cogitate, create, and layer their own set of building blocks upon the preexisting foundation, thereby reinforcing and sustaining their own capacity to prepare for and respond to any adverse eventuality, mass casualty or otherwise. I hope that the experiential and evidence- based contents of this book will inspire readers to delve deeper into the nuances of disaster medicine and will serve as an impetus for a more profound quest for knowledge and a desire to serve those who will be experiencing the worst moments of their lives. The intent of this book is to introduce these concepts using diverse viewpoints and scenarios. Readers are challenged to cogitate, create, and layer their own set of building blocks upon the preexisting foundation, thereby reinforcing and sustaining their own capacity to prepare for and respond to any adverse eventuality, mass casualty or otherwise. It is hoped that the experiential and evidence- based contents of this book will inspire readers to delve deeper into the nuances of disaster medicine and it will serve as an impetus for a more profound quest for knowledge and a desire to serve those who will be experiencing the worst moments of their lives.

Many hospital emergency departments are overcrowded and short-staffed, with a limited number of available hospital beds. It is increasingly hard for emergency departments and their staff to provide the necessary level of care for medical patients. Caring for people with psychiatric disabilities raises different issues and calls on different skills.
In Emergency Department Treatment of the Psychiatric Patient, Dr. Stefan uses research, surveys, and statutory and litigation materials to examine problems with emergency department care for clients with psychiatric disorders. She relies on interviews with emergency department nurses, doctors and psychiatrists, as well as surveys of people with psychiatric disabilities to present the perspectives of both the individuals seeking treatment, and those providing it.
This eye-opening book explores the structural pressures on emergency departments and identifies the burdens and conflicts that undermine their efforts to provide compassionate care to people in psychiatric crisis. In addition to presenting a new analysis of the source of these problems, Dr. Stefan also suggests an array of alternatives to emergency department treatment for people in psychiatric crisis. Moreover, the author proposes standards for treatment of these individuals when they do inevitably end up in a hospital emergency department.
Emergency Department Treatment of the Psychiatric Patient presents a thoughtful and thorough analysis of the difficulties faced by people with psychiatric disabilities when seeking emergency medical care. It is essential reading for anyone working in a hospital emergency department, as well as health care policy makers, and advocatesand lawyers for people with psychiatric disabilities.

Transmediastinal gunshot injuries present the risk of immediately life threatening injuries. Stable patients have been evaluated by a combination of esophageal swallow and endoscopy, aortography and bronchoscopy. There is an increasing trend favoring CT scan. Unstable patients require immediate exploration, being prepared to enter both hemi-thoraces. Selected References: * Bergsland J, Karamanoukian HL, Soltoski PR, Salerno TA. Single suture forcircumflex exposure in coronary artery bypass grafting. Ann Thorac Surg.1999;68: 1428-1430. * Fedalen PA, Bard MR, Piacentino V, et al. Intraluminal shunt placement and off- pump coronary revascularization for coronary artery stab wound. J Trauma 200 1;50: 133-135 * Hanpeter DE, Demetriades D, Asensio JA, Berne TV, Velmahos G, Murraygunshot wounds. J Trauma 2000;49(4):689-695. * MacPherson D. Bullet Penetration: Modeling the dynamics and the incapacitation resulting from wound trauma. Ballistics Publications, EI Segundo, CA, 1994 * Wall MJ, Soltero E. Damage control for thoracic injuries, Surg Clin North AmI997;77(4):863-878. * Rozycki GS, Feliciano DV, Oschner MG, Knudson MM, Hoyt DB, Davis F, Hammerman D, Figueredo V, Harviel JD, Han DC, Schmidt JA. The role ofUltrasound in patients with possible penetrating cardiac wounds: aProspective multicenter study. J Trauma 1999; 46(4):543-552. * Roussseau H, Soula P, Bui B, D'Othee BJ, Massabuau P, Meites G, Concina P,Mazzerolles M, Joffre F, Otal P. Delayed treatment of traumatic ruptureof the thoracic aorta with endoluminal covered stent. Circulation 1999 Feb2; 99(4): 498-504.

This text uses cases to illustrate differential diagnoses of various infectious diseases. Unlike any other book on the market, this book is specifically designed for ease of use and can cater to a variety of medical professionals and their needs. The text features brief cases that allow for quick readability, an appendix particularly designed for cross-referencing cases with common symptoms, exposures, and putative diagnoses, bulleted conclusion points, and differential diagnoses tables. Each case is written by an expert in the field and includes a discussion that leads the reader through the logical process of deduction to narrow the diagnosis as well as the laboratory testing, physical examination findings, and elements of the patient's history and exposures utilized to make a diagnosis. Chapters conclude with a focused review on a specific topic related to diagnosis, treatment, or prognosis that the case illustrates, including references for further reading on the topics from the literature. The Infectious Disease Diagnosis is an outstanding resource for infectious disease specialists, internal medicine physicians, emergency room staff, primary care and general practice physicians, family practitioners, consultants in infectious disease, medical students, residents, fellows, and trainees who diagnose patients.

About Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and Injured, Twelfth Edition: Since 1971, Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and Injured has advanced how EMS education is delivered to help train exceptional EMS professionals around the globe. Fifty years later, the Twelfth Edition is now the most advanced EMT teaching and learning system ever developed. Current State-of-the-Art Medical Content Comprehensive coverage of the National EMS Education Standards and the 2020 American Heart Association (AHA) Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC). Evidence-based medical concepts are incorporated to ensure that students and instructors have accurate, insightful interpretation of medical science as it applies to prehospital medicine today. Updated coverage of PPE and CDC guidelines for safe patient care during COVID-19 pandemic. A Focus on Career Readiness and Employability Greater emphasis on soft skill development, including empathy, teamwork, interpersonal skills, and problem solving, and how critical these skills are for better patient outcomes. Enhanced content on provider mental health, wellness, and safety. Evolving patient case studies that deliver clinical education and help prepare students to care for patients in the field. The cases offer increased focus on EMS provider leadership and critical thinking skills throughout the text. A new "Street Smarts" feature that helps bridge the gap between the classroom and field environment by addressing nontechnical skills that improve patient and co-worker interactions. A Foundation for Success The textbook design and layout have been revised to improve visualization of key content and overall readability. Comprehensive anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology, and medical terminology content is delivered in early chapters, and subsequently reinforced in related chapters throughout the textbook. Valuable student resources, including audiobook, interactive lectures, test prep, soft-skill simulations, and videos cater to a variety of learning styles and needs. Educators are supported by a broad range of instructional and assessment resources to fully enable traditional, hybrid, and flipped course delivery.

Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product. The book that belongs in the pocket of every clinician working in an acute care setting A Doody's Core Title for 2019! This portable manual encapsulates the most clinically relevant content of Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine, Eighth Edition - the world's bestselling text on the topic -- and puts it at your fingertips, or in your pocket or backpack. Covering the full spectrum of emergency medicine in all patient populations - adult and pediatric - this full-color guide is composed of concise chapters that focus on clinical features, diagnosis and differential, and emergency management and disposition. Packing a remarkable amount of information in a compact, full-color presentation, Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine Manual, Eighth Edition is enhanced by contributors from across the globe. Numerous tables and full-color photographs and illustrations enrich the text and help you deliver skillful and timely patient care. This new edition includes extensive updates to all sections, incorporating the latest guidelines, evidence-based protocols, and relevant research.

The often complex problems of the trauma patient present many challenges to front line emergency staff. Multiple injuries involving many systems of the body require careful and timely prioritisation and intervention in the emergency department. Trauma Care provides emergency nurses with a practical guide to the systematic assessment and management of trauma patients, equipping them with the clinical knowledge and practical skills necessary to initially assess and care for the trauma patient in the emergency department trauma environment.
Trauma Care explores the concept of trauma assessment, focusing on patient priorities and interprofessional trauma team working. Individual chapters look at the essential assessment and management issues for each system of the body and specific age related complications. Emphasis is placed on key patient priorities, with acknowledgement to the common pitfalls in initial trauma care. This text will be essential for all emergency nurses, and those working in the emergency department.

Working at the crossroads of contemporary geographical and cultural theory, the book explores how social spaces function as sites which foreground D. H. Lawrence and Virginia Woolf's critiques of the social order and longings for change. Looking at various social spaces from homes to nations to utopian space brought into the here and now the book shows the ways in which these writers criticize and deconstruct the contemporary symbolic, physical, and discursive spatial topoi of the dominant socio-spatial order and envision a more liberating and inclusive human geography. In addition, the book calls for the need to redress the tendency of some spatial theories to underestimate the political potential of literary discourse about space, instead of simply and mechanically appropriating some theoretical concepts to literary criticism. One of the central findings in the book, therefore, is that literary texts can perform subversive interventions in the production of social space through their critical interaction with dominant spatial codes.

A new field of medicine has emerged as a result of the global proliferation of terrorism. Terror medicine is related to emergency and disaster medicine but focuses on the constellation of medical issues uniquely related to terrorist attacks. The field encompasses four broad areas: preparedness, incident management, mechanisms of injuries and responses, and psychological consequences. In Essentials of Terror Medicine, these core concerns are addressed by a distinguished international authorship brought together by the three editors of this volume, who themselves are recognized experts in relevant disciplines: Shmuel Shapira, epidemiology and hospital administration; Jeffrey Hammond, trauma surgery and emergency response; Leonard Cole, bioterrorism and public policy. Essentials of Terror Medicine provides insightful and practical information for physicians, nurses, emergency responders, and other health professionals who may be called to service during or after a terror incident. It is indispensable reading for the medical community of the 21st century, in which diligence, continued education, and careful preparation for a variety of possible events are a preeminent responsibility.

Emergency care professionals are increasingly expected to work autonomously when caring for patients with minor musculoskeletal injuries and conditions. They have to be able to competently and safely take a patient s history, examine, diagnose and provide management of these conditions. Managing Minor Musculoskeletal Injuries and Conditions pulls together all these aspects of care into one practical, easy-to-read text. Aimed principally at students undertaking minor injury and emergency care courses, this title is a comprehensive manual of minor musculoskeletal injuries and conditions, highly illustrated throughout and containing a variety of activities and exercises. Key features: * Includes material on study skills, distance and self-directed learning to support both students on formal courses and those working alone * Extensive learning features, including a range of activities, hints and tips and multiple-choice questions * Supported by a companion website with further self-assessment, downloadable X-ray PowerPoint slides, picture tutorials, practice history-taking documentation and legal scenarios * Enables more effective management and care of patients with musculoskeletal injuries

Sur le terrain, les secondes comptent. PHTLS: Soins de reanimation prehospitaliers enseigne et renforce les principes d'evaluation rapide d'un patient en etat de traumatisme en utilisant une approche ordonnee, en traitant immediatement les problemes potentiellement mortels au fur et a mesure qu'ils sont identifies, et en reduisant tout retard de transport vers la destination appropriee. Developpe par la National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT ou Association nationale des techniciens medicaux d'urgence) en cooperation avec le American College of Surgeons Committee (ASC-COT ou College americain du Comite des chirurgiens), PHTLS, Neuvieme edition reprend les connaissances et la pratique actuelles etayees par des donnees, et encourage la pensee critique en tant que fondement de la fourniture de soins de qualite. Evaluer rapidement un patient en etat de traumatisme pour identifier les soins vitaux est au coeur de la neuvieme edition de PHTLS. Il faut 2 minutes ou moins a un patient pour se vider de son sang. Aucune autre intervention des prestataires de soins prehospitaliers n'est plus importante que l'arret de l'hemorragie chez les patients en etat de traumatisme. Pour refleter cela, PHTLS, Neuvieme edition utilise le moyen mnemonique d'evaluation du patient XABCDE pour placer une hemorragie au premier plan de chaque contact avec un patient. L'importance de la methode XABCDE (en francais hemorragie, voies aeriennes, respiration, circulation, handicap et exposition/environnement) est renforcee dans chaque chapitre clinique. PHTLS, Neuvieme edition presente : Les informations actuelles sur la reanimation liquidienne et l'immobilisation de la colonne vertebrale provenant de la recherche factuelle et de prestataires de soins prehospitaliers experimentes qui appliquent les principes et les pratiques de PHTLS sur le terrain Les dernieres techniques de gestion des patients, y compris la mise en place d'un garrot, les sites de decompression par aiguille, l'utilisation de liants pelviens, la reanimation pediatrique liquidienne et la gestion pediatrique des voies respiratoires L'accent est mis sur les blessures evitables, de la distraction au volant aux chutes chez les personnes agees, en passant par la violence conjugale L'accent est egalement mis sur les menaces et les interventions tactiques des civils, des vehicules utilises comme armes de destruction massive a un nouvel organigramme de la methodologie d'evaluation a distance Composants dynamiques du programme Le manuel principal de PHTLS, Neuvieme edition est la ressource definitive en matiere de traumatologie. Il presente en detail les preuves medicales sous-tendant les principes et pratiques recommandes dans le cours PHTLS. La prochaine etape de l'evolution du programme PHTLS sera un nouveau manuel de cours PHTLS qui accompagnera le manuel principal. Il renforce et clarifie les concepts cles du cours, a une presentation agreable et interactive et est redige de facon a ce que vous ayez l'impression de participer a une conversation, plutot qu'a un cours magistral.

Dr. Caroline trained her paramedics to be well-rounded, compassionate, quick-thinking problem solvers. This Student Workbook to accompany Nancy Caroline's Emergency Care in the Streets, Ninth Edition will help students become great paramedics! Critical thinking skills are further developed through: Realistic and engaging scenarios ECG interpretation exercises In-depth questions challenging students to determine treatment plans Practice filling in patient care reports Comprehension of the course material is aided through: Anatomy labeling exercises Medical vocabulary matching exercises Short answer essay questions Table fill-in activities Appendices provide additional learning: Case studies and discussion answers provide detailed context and analysis of how to perform assessment and treatment Skill review gives a handy way to study skill steps, including those tested in state and national registry skills exams

Kundenorientierung ist mehr als nur der diplomatische Umgang mit schwierigen Kunden. Sie ist eine Selbstverständlichkeit. In Krankenhäusern, Pflegeheimen und Praxen wird ein Faktor zur Kundenbindung immer wichtiger: der Umgang mit den Patienten. Wie Kundenorientierung gelebt werden kann, schildert der Autor anhand zahlreicher Beispiele: Wie sollten sich Mitarbeiter verhalten, wenn Patienten unangenehm werden? Und was können sie tun, wenn die Zeit nicht für die Versorgung aller Patienten reicht? Mit vielen Tipps, Checklisten und Trainingsprogrammen.

Updated for the latest knowledge and practice standards, MEDICAL EMERGENCIES: ESSENTIALS FOR THE DENTAL PROFESSIONAL, 2/e thoroughly discusses the essential elements of 30 different medical emergencies dental professionals may encounter, including etiology, signs, symptoms and treatment. It presents case scenarios and resolutions designed to promote critical thinking and problem solving; demonstrates the importance medical histories and vital signs in preventing emergencies; and guides students in developing appropriate medical emergency kits. Case Scenarios and Case Resolutions promote critical thinking skills Critical thinking is in the previous sentence, and easy-to-follow Treatment Flow Charts walk students visually through emergency procedures. Easy-to-use tables present the Signs & Symptoms of each emergency, and an At-A-Glance table summarizes the essentials of all emergencies. Student practice tests are now offered online, and extensive instructor support materials are available, including PowerPoint (R) presentations for each chapter.

Delays in recognising deterioration or inappropriate management of people in acute care settings can result in late treatment, avoidable admissions to intensive care units and in some instances unnecessary deaths. As the role of the nurse in healthcare settings continues to change and evolve, today's student nurses need to be equipped with the fundamental skills to recognise and manage deterioration in the patient in a competent and confident manner, as you learn to become practitioners of the future. Using a body systems approach and emphasising the central role and function of the nurse throughout, this book provides a comprehensive overview of the essential issues in this important subject. Topics covered include: recognition and identification of physiological deterioration in adults; identification of disordered physiology that may lead to a medical emergency linked to deterioration of normal function; relevant anatomy and physiology; pathophysiological changes and actions that need to be taken; immediate recognition and response; investigations, diagnosis and management issues; and teaching and preventative strategies.

""EMPACT "("Emergency Medical Patients: Assessment, Care & Transport") "offers a practical approach to common medical emergencies. Formerly published as "AMLS" ("Advanced Medical Life Support), EMPACT" is updated and revised to conform to the 2010 American Heart Association guidelines. Providing foundational chapters on assessment, critical thinking/decision making, and the difficult airway, the text moves on to cover common medical complaints, such as shock/hypoperfusion, dyspnea, chest discomfort or pain, and more. Presenting a realistic approach to the care of the patient, each chapter moves from assessment- and complaint-based primary assessment (identifying and controlling immediate life threats) to field diagnosis and management of immediately treatable underlying diseases. Intended for students with paramedic or other advanced-level training; a familiarity with anatomy, physiology, and pathophysiology; and an overall understanding of the nature of medical emergencies.

In the past 10 years spirituality and spiritual care have been much debated in professional healthcare literature, highlighting the need for a recognised definition of spiritual care to enable appropriate assessment of, and response to, spiritual issues. This accessible and highly relevant book surveys the numerous statements, guidelines and standards highlighted by these discussions, and equips healthcare professionals with the knowledge, skills and competence to provide the essence of spiritual care within their professional practice. Practical and evidence-based, this manual proves that delivery of good, professional spiritual care can build on intuitive human skills, and can be taught, learned, assessed and quantified. It gives readers the opportunity to move on from uncertainties about their role in the delivery of spiritual care by allowing them to asses and improve their understanding, skills and clinical practice in this area of care. Spiritual Care for Healthcare Professionals clearly grounds spiritual care in clinical practice. It is highly recommended for supporting academic study and encouraging healthcare practitioners to reflect on their practice and develop skills in spiritual assessment and care. Aimed at all healthcare professionals, it can be used by individual practitioners for continuing professional development as well as by academic staff developing educational programmes.

Emergency medicine attendings who wish to hone their teaching skills can find a number of books on educational strategies written by physicians from other disciplines. However, until the publication of the first edition of this book, they did not have access to a text written by emergency medicine physicians on methods of teaching that are directly applicable to teaching EM. This book was compiled to meet that need. Following the introductory section, which provides important background information, the book's contents are organized into 4 sections that correspond to the core needs and interests of EM educators: Section 2 focuses on practical and ethical considerations of teaching in the ED; Section 3 provides strategies for teaching specific groups of learners; Section 4 looks at the skills that are characteristic of the best EM educators; and Section 5 looks indepthly at specific teaching techniques and strategies. Now more than ever this book addresses the needs of physician educators from all over the world. New chapters discuss lecturing to an international audience; using simulation as a teaching tool; how to make journal club work for you, and other topics that are of broad interest to medical educators in this field. In general, each chapter has been updated and reviewed to make sure the content was something that emergency physician educators could use in any country. The chapter contributors are widely regarded as leaders in the field of emergency medicine education and faculty development. Authors were given free rein to develop their chapters and write in their own style. They were asked to present their personal views on how to successfully teach the art of emergency medicine, rather than review evidence-based guidelines regarding medical education. As a result, most of the chapters have few references. This first-person approach to a multi-authored textbook yields a compilation that varies in style from chapter to chapter and exposes the reader to a variety of communication techniques.

Real-life cases for success on the emergency medicine clerkship and shelf-exam Experience with clinical cases is key to mastering the art and science of medicine and ultimately to providing patients with competent medical care. Case Files (R): Emergency Medicine, Fifth Edition delivers 60 true-to-life cases that illustrate essential concepts in emergency medicine. Each case includes a complete discussion, clinical pearls, references, high-yield presentation of key diagnostic and treatment information, USMLE-style review question to enhance your learning. With Case Files (R), you'll learn instead of memorize. This fifth edition includes important new information on COVID-19, opioid overdose, social issues in emergency medicine, medical errors, interprofessional teamwork, endocrine emergencies, viral meningitis, and vertigo. Learn from 60 high-yield cases, each with board-style questions Master key concepts with clinical pearls Solidify your knowledge with 14 new integrated challenge questions Polish your approach to clinical problem solving and patient care Maximize your shelf exam score with this proven learning system NEW! Important information on COVID-19, opioid overdose, social issues in emergency medicine, medical errors, interprofessional teamwork, endocrine emergencies, viral meningitis, and vertigo

Im Feld zahlen Sekunden. PHTLS: Die praklinische Trauma-Lebenshilfe lehrt und bekraftigt die Grundsatze der schnellen Beurteilung eines Trauma-Patienten durch einen ordentlichen Ansatz, die sofort lebensbedrohliche Probleme behandelt, sobald sie identifiziert werden, und eventuelle Verzoegerungen bei der Einleitung des Transports zu einem geeigneten Ziel auf ein Minimum reduziert. Entwickelt von der Nationalen Vereinigung der Rettungssanitater (NAEMT) in Zusammenarbeit mit dem American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma (ASC-COT), PHTLS, neunte Edition reflektiert aktuelles, evidenzbasiertes Wissen und Praxis und foerdert kritisches Denken als Grundlage fur die Bereitstellung hochwertiger Pflege. Die schnelle Beurteilung eines Trauma-Patienten zur Identifizierung einer lebensrettenden Behandlung ist das Herzstuck der neunten Edition von PHTLS. Es dauert 2 Minuten oder weniger, bis ein Patient ausblutet. Keine andere Vorsorgeeinrichtung fur interventionelle praklinische Behandlung ist wichtiger als das Anhalten dieses Blutungsgrads bei Trauma-Patienten. Um dies zu reflektieren, verwendet PHTLS, neunte Edition die XABCDE-Patientenbeurteilungs-Mnemonik, um die Ausblutungs-?amorrhagie bei jedem einzelnen Patienten in den Vordergrund zu stellen. Die Bedeutung von XABCDE (Ausblutungs-?amorrhagie, Atemwege, Atmung, Kreislauf, Behinderung und Exposition/Umgebung) wird in jedem klinischen Kapitel verstarkt. Die PHTLS, neunte Edition hervorhebt: Aktuelle Informationen zur Flussigkeitsreanimation und zur Immobilisierung der Wirbelsaule von evidenzbasierter Forschung her und erfahrenen Anbietern praklinischer Behandlung, die die Prinzipien und Praktiken von PHTLS in diesem Bereich anwenden Aktualisierung von Patientenmanagement-Techniken, einschliesslich Platzierung von Tourniquets, Nadeldekompressionsstellen, die Verwendung von Beckenbindemitteln, padiatrischer Flussigkeitsreanimation und padiatrischen Atemwegsmanagements Hervorhebung der vermeidbaren Verletzungen, des ablenkenden Fahrens bis hin zum Sturz alterer Erwachsener und der Gewalt von intimen Partnern Konzentration auf zivilen taktischen Bedrohungen und Reaktion von Fahrzeugen als Massenvernichtungswaffen auf ein neues Flussdiagramm fur die Fernbewertungsmethodik Dynamische Programmkomponenten Das Haupthandbuch der PHTLS, neunte Edition, ist die definitive Quelle fur die Versorgung von Traumata, die die medizinischen Beweise fur die empfohlenen Prinzipien und Praktiken des PHTLS-Kurses beschreibt. Als nachster Schritt in der Entwicklung des PHTLS -Programms wird das Haupthandbuch durch das neue PHTLS-Kurshandbuch begleitet, das die wichtigsten Konzepte des Kurses verstarkt und klart; ein ansprechendes, interaktives Design bietet; und so verfasst ist, dass Sie das Gefuhl haben, an einem Gesprach teilzunehmen, anstatt einem Vortrag zuzuhoeren.

This clear-sighted reference examines the public health dimensions of labor and sex trafficking in the United States, the scope of the crisis, and possibilities for solutions. Its ecological lifespan approach globally traces risk and protective factors associated with this exploitation, laying a roadmap towards its prevention. Diverse experts, including survivors, describe support and care interventions across domains and disciplines, from the law enforcement and judicial sectors to community health systems and NGOs, with a robust model for collaboration. By focusing on the humanity of trafficked persons, a public health paradigm broadens our understanding of and ability to address trafficking while adding critical direction and resources to the criminal justice and human rights structures currently in place.  Among the topics covered: Children at Risk: Foster Care and Human Trafficking LGBTQ Youth and Vulnerability to Sex Trafficking< Physical Health of Human Trafficking Survivors: Unmet Essentials Research Informing Advocacy: An Anti-Human Trafficking Tool Caring for Survivors Using a Trauma-Informed Care Framework The Media and Human Trafficking: Discussion and Critique of the Dominant Narrative Human Trafficking Is a Public Health Issue is a sobering read; a powerful call to action for public health professionals, including social workers and health care practitioners providing direct services, as well as the larger anti-trafficking community of advocates, prosecutors, taskforce members, law enforcement agents, officers, funders, and administrators.  “An extraordinary collection of knowledge by survivors, academics, clinicians, and advocates who are experts on human trafficking. Human Trafficking is a Public Health Issue is a comprehensive offering in educating readers on human trafficking through a multi-pronged public health lens.� Margeaux Gray: Survivor, Advocate, Artist, Public Speaker

This highly practical aid to management of major incidents is the refined and improved new edition of Prehospital Emergency Management Master.

Concentrating on the essential elements in treatment and transport of the wounded in a major incident this new system provides easily assimilable information on: symbols and terminology; first actions; METHANE report; command; safety; communications; triage; treament; transport the system is produced on waterproof pages, and includes 12 separate action cards for use by auxiliary helpers, and a log for recording the facts. The complete package comes in a handy sized ring binder, allowing users to add their own local notes. The use of colour and easily recognisable icons makes this a valuable aid even in the most difficult conditions.