TY - BOOK AU - Greaves, Ian AU - Porter, Keith M. TI - Oxford handbook of pre-hospital care SN - 9780191799501 PY - 2021/// CY - Oxford PB - Oxford University Press KW - EMERGENCIES KW - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES KW - EMERGENCY MEDICINE, methods N2 - This handbook is the invaluable guide to providing high-quality care in a pre-hospital environment. Evidence-based and reflecting new developments in regulation and practice, this second edition is designed to provide key information for all immediate care practitioners, including doctors, paramedics, emergency medical technicians, and community responders. The text has been cross-referenced with the Joint Royal Colleges Ambulance Liaison Committee (JRCALC) handbook and appropriate national clinical guidelines to ensure full clinical relevance. Reflecting the major advances in delivery of pre-hospital care, including the greater survival benefits for heart attacks and major trauma when delivering patients directly to higher levels of care, the evolution of the paramedic role into critical care paramedics, roadside rapid sequence induction of anaesthesia, and the introduction of mechanical chest compression devices, this new edition is the ideal companion for those involved in delivering pre-hospital care. It also links to relevant online databases and mobile apps that can assist with calculations, and contains key algorithms and formulae to ensure good care UR - https://go.openathens.net/redirector/nhs?url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780198734949.001.0001 ER -