Clinical Cases in Paramedicine

ISBN-13: 9781119619253 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 368 str.

Sam Willis; Ian Peate; Rod Hill

Spis treści

Preface viList of contributors viiChapter 1 Respiratory emergencies 1Jennifer Stirling, Clare Sutton and Georgina PickeringChapter 2 Cardiac emergencies 25Michael Porter and Joel BeakeChapter 3 Neurological emergencies 47Kristina MaximousChapter 4 Abdominal emergencies 74Tania Johnston and Mark HobsonChapter 5 Palliative and end-of-life care 99Alisha Hensby and Samantha SheridanChapter 6 Medical emergencies 118Tom E. MallinsonChapter 7 Non-technical skills 142Georgette EatonChapter 8 Trauma cases 161Tom E. Mallinson and Fenella CorrickChapter 9 Paediatric cases 186Erica LeyChapter 10 Patient-centred care in complex cases 203Yasaru Gunaratne and David KryggerChapter 11 Legal and ethical cases 225Ruth TownsendChapter 12 Mental health cases 242David Davis, Tom Hewes, Lynne Walsh and Brian MfulaChapter 13 Older adults 261Sam TaylorChapter 14 Obstetric cases 280Aimee YarringtonChapter 15 Remote area cases 301Steve Whitfield and Kerryn WrattChapter 16 Mining emergencies 323Paul Grant and Curtis NorthcottIndex 348

O autorze

SAM WILLIS is a Lecturer in Paramedicine at Curtin University and makes contributions to the profession through his innovative teaching practices and publications. He holds a number of professional registrations including as a paramedic and a Teaching Fellow with the UK Higher Education Academy. He is currently undertaking a PhD in the field of Paramedic Education.IAN PEATE, OBE FRCN, is Head of School, School of Health Studies, Gibraltar, Visiting Professor of Nursing, Northumbria University and St George's University of London, Visiting Senior Clinical Fellow, University of Hertfordshire, Editor-in-Chief of the British Journal of Nursing and Consultant Editor of the Journal of Paramedic Practice.ROD HILL is Professor of Physiology and Head of the School of Biomedical Sciences at Charles Sturt University. Rod has brought broad impact as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Rod leads the Charles Sturt paramedicine team which offered the first university programme for paramedicine in Australia in 1995, and is the leading Australian programme in both graduate and undergraduate level paramedicine.