Pre-hospital Obstetric Emergency Training (eBook)

The Practical Approach

Malcolm Wollard, Kim Hinshaw, Helen Simpson, Sue Wieteska (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: PDF

2009 | 1. Auflage
224 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-4443-0981-2 (ISBN)

Infos

The Pre-hospital Obstetric Emergency Training (POET)
programme provides an introduction to the obstetric patient and the
anatomical and physiological changes that occur during pregnancy
(including interpretation of patient-held records and rapid
assessment of the obstetric patient). It includes clear definitions
and describes risk factors, diagnosis and pre-hospital management
of significant problems that occur in both early and late pregnancy
and the immediate postnatal period. These are all situations that
the pre-hospital practitioner may attend.

This text and the accompanying integrated on-line and
'hands on' course will help practitioners identify and
manage a range of time-critical obstetric emergencies specifically
in the pre-hospital setting, and provides a structured examination
and assessment technique as an aid to determining what treatment
should be provided before transport, as well as when and how
urgently transport should be initiated.

POET is of relevance to paramedics, ambulance staff, doctors,
and nurses working in the emergency pre-hospital setting and to
midwives facilitating home births. It will also be of considerable
value to medical and nursing practitioners working in Emergency
Departments and unscheduled care settings where immediate access to
skilled obstetric assistance is not available.

Autor

The Advanced Life Support Group (ALSG), Manchester UK, began life in 1990 and became a registered medical education charity in 1993. The organisation exists to "preserve life by providing training and education to the general public and in particular but not exclusively to doctors, nurses and other members of the medical profession, in life saving techniques". The book is written and edited by Emergency Medicine specialists who are Advanced Life Support Group (ALSG) trainers.

Inhalt

Working Group.

Contributors.

Foreword.

Preface.

Acknowledgements.

Contact details and website information.

Chapter 1 Obstetric services.

Chapter 2 Law, ethics and governance related to pregnancy.

Chapter 3 Anatomical and physiological changes in pregnancy.

Chapter 4 Normal delivery.

Chapter 5 Structured approach to the obstetric patient.

Chapter 6 Emergencies in early pregnancy and complications
following gynaecological surgery.

Chapter 7 Emergencies in late pregnancy

Chapter 8 Emergencies after delivery.

Chapter 9 Care of the baby at birth.

Chapter 10 Management of non-obstetric emergencies.

Chapter 11 Cardiac arrest and shock in pregnancy.

Abbreviations.

Glossary.

References.

Index.

Rezensionen

"That being said, paramedics would benefit from reading this book.
Written in an easy-to understand style, this is a very
user-friendly and informative text on what can be a problematic and
complex area of paramedic practice." (Journal of Paramedic
Practice, June 2010)

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 30.10.2009
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Gynäkologie / Geburtshilfe
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Notfallmedizin
• Schlagworte: Emergency Medicine & Trauma • Medical Science • Medizin • Notfallmedizin u. Traumatologie
• ISBN-10: 1-4443-0981-1 / 1444309811
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4443-0981-2 / 9781444309812