Pre-Hospital Anesthesia Handbook

• Main Authors: Lowes, Tim (Author), Gospel, Amy (Author), Griffiths, Andrew (Author), Henning, Jeremy (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2016.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Anesthesiology.; Emergency medicine.; Critical care medicine.; Medicine & Public Health.; Emergency Medicine.; Intensive / Critical Care Medicine.

This second edition handbook details new and improved procedures, current drugs and updated algorithms used by the crews of the Great North Air Ambulance who have been providing this life saving intervention since 2004. It will be of interest to pre-hospital care doctors and trainees, especially tho...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Indications and Decision Making
• 3. Pre-Hospital Rapid Sequence Intubation (PRSI)
• 4. Crew Resource Management (CRM)
• 5. Post-Intubation Management
• 6. Equipment and Minimum Monitoring Standards
• 7. Drugs and Sedation
• 8. Special Circumstances
• 9. Complications, Adverse Events and Clinical Governance.