| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 578 pages) : illustrations |
| Summary |
"Improvised Medicine is written for healthcare providers treating patients during a crisis situation or in a primitive environment, for diseases and disorders they have little or no hands-on experience with. The book begins with situational analysis and basic needs in a crisis, then moves on to cover specific triage, diagnosis, and stabilization efforts. It then provides medical interventions for surgical and non-surgical problems"--Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
The situation -- What is improvised medicine? -- What are resource-poor situations? -- Basic needs -- Communications -- Preventive medicine/public health -- Basic equipment -- Cleaning and reusing equipment -- Patient assessment/stabilization -- Vital signs, measurements, and triage -- Airway -- Breathing/pulmonary -- Circulation/cardiovascular -- Dehydration/rehydration -- Medications/pharmacy/envenomations -- Analgesics -- Anesthesia: local and regional -- Sedation and general anesthesia -- Anesthesia: ketamine, ether, and halothane -- Transfusion -- Radiology/imaging -- Laboratory -- Patient transport/evacuations -- Surgical interventions -- Surgery/trauma -- Wounds and burns -- Dental: diagnosis, equipment, blocks, and treatment -- Dental: fillings, extractions, and trauma -- Otolaryngology (ENT) -- Neurology/neurosurgery -- Ophthalmology -- Obstetrics/gynecology -- Orthopedics -- Urology -- Non-surgical interventions -- Gastroenterology -- Infectious diseases -- Malnutrition -- Pediatrics and neonatal -- Psychiatry -- Rehabilitation -- Death and survivors -- Hospital disaster plan: generic all-hazard hospital disaster resource-allocation plan -- Medical kits. |
| Note |
Description based on online resource; title from resource home page (AccessMedicine, viewed on May 30, 2014). |
| Subject |
Emergency medicine.
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Emergency medical services.
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Disaster medicine.
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First aid in illness and injury.
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Disaster medicine. (OCoLC)fst00894725
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Emergency medical services. (OCoLC)fst00908554
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Emergency medicine. (OCoLC)fst00908615
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First aid in illness and injury. (OCoLC)fst00925747
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Wilderness Medicine.
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Emergencies.
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Emergency Medical Services.
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Emergency Treatment.
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Wilderness.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Iserson, Kenneth V. Improvised medicine. New York : McGraw-Hill Medical, c2012 9780071754972 (DLC) 2011040080 (OCoLC)755056525 |
| ISBN |
9780071770019 electronic bk. |
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0071770011 electronic bk. |
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9781280117572 |
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1280117575 |
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9780071754972 (softcover : alk. paper) |
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0071754970 (softcover : alk. paper) |
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