This work is intended for all those practising pre-hospital care. The first aider, ambulance technician, paramedic and doctor will find the information applicable to them. It balances the urgency of treatment with the limitations of the pre-hospital environment.

This work is intended for all those practising pre-hospital care. The first aider, ambulance technician, paramedic and doctor will find the information applicable to them. It balances the urgency of treatment with the limitations of the pre-hospital environment and is also designed to be used as revision notes for those undertaking examinations in pre-hospital care.

• Introduction PRINCIPLES of PRE
• HOSPITAL CARE
• How Much at the Scene
• Pre
• Call Checklist
• Safety
• Yourself, The Scene, The Casualties
• Dress for the Job
• Vechicle & Medical Equipment
• Hazards
• Chemical, Radiation, Bomb, Railways, Power Cables
• Radio Procedure
• Informing the Hospital
• Driving and Attending the Scene
• Motorway Incidents
• Aero
• Medical Evacuation Fire Service
• Role, Identification
• Police Force
• Role, Identification
• Fatalities, MEDICAL
• Anaphylaxis
• Asthma
• Basic Life Support
• Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
• Cardiac Protocols
• ALS and Arrhythmia (Adult and Child)
• Chest Pain Incl MI
• Choking
• Collapse/Unconscious Patient
• Decompression Disorders
• Diabetic Hypoglycaemia
• Drowning
• ECG Recording and Interpretation
• Epiglottis & Croup
• Fits
• Heat Exhaustion
• Hyperventilation
• Meningitis
• Neonatal Emergencies
• Paediatric Resuscitation Chart (?IBC)
• Poisoning
• Pregnancy
• Psychiatric Emergencies and the Mental Health Act/ Pulmonary Oedema TRAUMA
• ABC Principle
• Mechanism of Injury, Typical Injury Patterns
• (A) Airway Control
• Spinal Injuries, Facial Injuries
• (B) Assessment and Treatment of Ventilatory Problems & Chest Injuries
• (C) Circulatory Control
• Pelvic Injuries, Abdominal Injuries and Trauma in Pregnancy (D) Head Injury (E) Environmental Control
• Limb Injuries
• Paediatric Trauma
• Burns
• Entrapment
• Amputation
• Penetrating Trauma
• Anaesthesia Andanalgiesia in Trauma
• Trauma Scoring
• When to Move MULTIPLE CASUALTY SITUATIONS
• Assessment
• ETHANE
• Priorities at Scene
• Principles of Triage
• Ambulance Incident Officer
• Medical Incident Officer Role
• Triage Officer
• Casualty Clearing Station
• Choice of Hospital
• Major Event/Mass Gathering Checklist PROCEDURES
• Airway Devices
• Needle Cricothyrotomy
• Surgical Airway
• Log Roll
• Insertion of Spinal Board
• Sideways, Rear
• Rapid Extrication Technique
• Needle Thoracocentesis
• Tube Thoracococentesis
• Needle Pericardiocentesis
• Defibrillati On
• Central Venous Cannulation
• Venous Cutdown
• Pneumatic Anti
• Shock Garment
• Intraosseous Needle
• Splint Application
• Femoral Nerve Block MONITORING
• ECG & NIBP
• Pulse Oximetry
• End Tidal CO DRUGS
• Suggested Stock
• Storage of Drugs
• Controlled Drugs
• Pain Relief
• By Individual Drug
• Indication/Dose/Contra
• Indication/Storage Useful Telephone Numbers/Radio Callsigns