Aeromedical Evacuation Management of Acute and Stabilized Patients /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Hurd, William W. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Beninati, William (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Traumatology.; Critical care medicine.; Traumatic Surgery.; Intensive / Critical Care Medicine.

Now in its fully revised and expanded second edition, this volume is the definitive resource on long-distance air transport of injured patients in both peacetime and wartime. It discusses the history of aeromedical evacuation, triage and staging of the injured patient, evacuation from site of injury...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Aeromedical Evacuation: A Historical Perspective
• Military Casualty Evacuation: MEDEVAC
• Civilian Air Medical Transport
• Aircraft Considerations for Aeromedical Evacuation
• Preparation for Long-Distance Aeromedical Evacuation
• Aeromedical Patient Staging
• Military Aeromedical Evacuation Nursing
• Critical-Care Air Transport: Patient Flight Physiology and Organizational Considerations
• Aeromedical Evacuation of Patients with Abdominal, Genitourinary, and Soft Tissue Injuries
• Orthopedic Patients
• Aeromedical Evacuation of the Neurosurgical Patient
• Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Patients
• Care of Ophthalmic Casualties
• Peripheral Vascular Casualties
• Aeromedical Evacuation of Cardiothoracic Casualties
• Burn Casualties
• Patients Requiring Mechanical Ventilation
• Medical Casualties
• Aeromedical Evacuation of Patients with Contagious Infections
• Aeromedical Evacuation of Obstetric and Gynecological Patients
• Overview of Pediatric and Neonatal Transport
• Aeromedical Evacuation of Psychiatric Casualties.