Practical Tips in Pre-Hospital Trauma Care

Editor: Ismail Mohd Saiboon

Publisher: UKM Press

ISBN: 9789674124915

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Year: 2017

Page: 244pp

Price : RM60

Practical Tips in Pre-Hospital Trauma Care is specially written for practicing pre-hospital care providers and those who are interested in this challenging field of pre-hospital emergency care especially the student of the Emergency Medicine program-booth undergraduate and postgraduate. This book discuss pre-hospital care based on Malaysian local scenario. All authors are practicing Emergency Physicians, dealing directly with the development and delivery of pre-hospital care training in Malaysia. This book is divide into three section. Section A discusses about some basic principles and concepts in injury and trauma care. Section B deals specifically on patients or victims care at the pre-hospital level covering topics like shock, resuscitation principles, head-to-toe approach of each anatomical system, the common injuries, what to look for and how to manage each condition at the pre-hospital. Section C focuses on supportive topics in pre-hospital care such as equipment and common emergency pre-hospital procedures, transportation and medavac. Additional supportive topics include disaster management and medicolegal aspect of pre-hospital care. One of the important features in this book is its highlight on the practical tips that can be used by pre-hospital care providers.