Critical care transport
By: American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, American College of Emergency Physicians.
Contributors: American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.; American College of Emergency Physicians.
Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers; Jones & Bartlett Publishers
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Sudbury, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1034
ISBN-13: 9780763712235
Subjects: Airplane ambulances; Critical care medicine; Ambulance service; Transportation of Patients; Critical Care; Emergency Medical Services; Patient Transfer
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to critical care transport; title: Medical-legal issues; title: Aircraft fundamentals; title: Flight physiology; title: Patient assessment; title: Respiratory emergencies and airway management; title: Pharmacology; title: Laboratory analysis; title: Shock, sepsis, and multiple organ dysfunction syndrome; title: Trauma; title: Neurologic emergencies; title: Burns; title: Electrophysiology, cardiac devices, and transport management; title: Hemodynamic monitoring; title: Intra-aortic balloon pump therapy; title: Gastrointestinal and genitourinary emergencies; title: Endocrine emergencies; title: Environmental emergencies; title: Infectious and communicable diseases; title: Toxicologic emergencies; title: Obstetric and gynecologic emergencies; title: Neonatal emergencies; title: Pediatric emergencies.