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Ambulance Care Practice by Richard Pilbery & Kris Lethbridge, published in England
Publication Date: 2019
Key features include: Clearly illustrated, step-by-step instructions for range of essential clinical skills and procedures including how to handle different types of trauma and cardiac arrest; Detailed anatomical diagrams to provide context to carry out the practical elements; Evidence-based with the latest guidance, policy, and research; Specific chapters on each area of patient assessment and specific patient populations and how to manage these effectively; Chapters relevant to associate practitioner level including drug administration, mental health and end of life care as well as an in-depth chapter on assisting the paramedic.
Ambulance Care Essentials by Richard Pilbery & Kris Lethbridge, published in England
Publication Date: 2019
Key features include: Clearly illustrated, step-by-step instructions for range of practical skills and procedures including how to handle different types of trauma and cardiac arrest; Detailed anatomical diagrams to provide context to carry out the practical elements; Evidence-based with the latest guidance, policy, and research; Specific chapters on each area of patient assessment and how to manage this effectively; Chapters dedicated to various patient populations such as obstetrics, paediatrics and older people; In-depth chapter on supporting senior clinicians and how best to assist the paramedic as a support worker.
Human Factors in Paramedic Practice by Gary Rutherford
Publication Date: 2020
This book brings together a range of specialist authors to explore some of the key concepts of human factors related to the field of paramedic practice. The system elements of paramedic practice can include the patient, the paramedic and their colleagues, the environment, the equipment, the tasks, and the processes and procedures of the organisation. The relationships between these components are explored in detail through chapters which cover `human error', systems thinking, human-centred design, interaction with the patient, non-technical skills of individuals and teams, well-being of the paramedic, safety culture and learning from events.
Prehospital Care: Pearls & Pitfalls by Peter T. Pons, Vincent J. Markovchick (Editors)
Publication Date: 2012
An easy-to-read reference, providing practical information applicable to the prehospital setting in a question and answer format.
Wilderness EMS by Seth C. Hawkins (Editor)
Publication Date: 2017
Designed for EMS providers and leaders who deliver medical care in the wilderness, and those practicing wilderness medicine as part of a formal team. Covers wilderness, austere, and remote management of specific medical and traumatic conditions, including cold injuries and heat illnesses, lightning injuries, animal bites and envenomations, psychiatric emergencies, low-pressure altitude and high-pressure diving physiology and illnesses, drowning, infectious disease, and much more. Offers information on basic rigging and patient packaging; high- and low-angle rescue; swiftwater and open water rescue; use of ground and air-based rescue vehicles; caving rescue; Search and Rescue (SAR); mountaineering rescue; and wilderness management of special events and severe storms. Features a full-color format with abundant photographs, illustrations, tables, boxes, and references for further study. Includes the most comprehensive list available of WEMS Abbreviations for clear communication, and extensive discussion of optimizing language use for clarity in wilderness EMS operations and publications.
Paramedics! by Stuart Warner; Katherine M. A. Rogers; William N. Scott; Bob Willis
Publication Date: 2011
Includes self-assessment questions and quizzes. Designed to test paramedic students learning and help them understand their knowledge gaps by explaining the answers to the questions included.
Threshold by Ieva Jusionyte
Publication Date: 2018
Emergency responders on the US-Mexico border operate at the edges of two states. They rush patients to hospitals across country lines, tend to the broken bones of migrants who jump over the wall, and put out fires that know no national boundaries. Paramedics and firefighters on both sides of the border are tasked with saving lives and preventing disasters in the harsh terrain at the center of divisive national debates. Examines the politics of injury and rescue in the militarized region surrounding the US-Mexico border. Operating in this area, firefighters and paramedics are torn between their mandate as frontline state actors and their responsibility as professional rescuers, between the limits of law and pull of ethics. From this vantage they witness what unfolds when territorial sovereignty, tactical infrastructure, and the natural environment collide. Jusionyte reveals the binational brotherhood that forms in this crucible to stand in the way of catastrophe.

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