| Edition |
Second edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 672 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Section I: The Situation -- Section II: Basic Needs -- Section III: Patient Assessment/Stabilization -- Section IV: Surgical Interventions -- Section V: Nonsurgical Interventions -- Section VI: Appendices. |
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Section I: The Situation -- Chapter 1: What Is Improvised Medicine? -- Chapter 2: What Are Resource-Poor Situations? -- Section II: Basic Needs -- Chapter 3: Communications -- Chapter 4: Preventive Medicine/Public Health -- Chapter 5: Basic Equipment -- Chapter 6: Cleaning and Reusing Equipment -- Section III: Patient Assessment/Stabilization -- Chapter 7: Vital Signs, Measurements, and Triage -- Chapter 8: Airway -- Chapter 9: Breathing/Pulmonary -- Chapter 10: Circulation/Cardiovascular -- Chapter 11: Dehydration/Rehydration -- Chapter 12: Vascular AccessIntravenous, Intraosseous, Clysis, and Peritoneal -- Chapter 13: Medications/Pharmacy/Envenomations -- Chapter 14: Analgesics -- Chapter 15: AnesthesiaLocal and Regional -- Chapter 16: Sedation and General Anesthesia -- Chapter 17: Anesthesia: Ketamine, Ether, and Halothane -- Chapter 18: Transfusion -- Chapter 19: Radiology/Imaging -- Chapter 20: Laboratory -- Chapter 21: Patient Transport/Evacuations -- Section IV: Surgical Interventions -- Chapter 22: Surgical Equipment -- Chapter 23: Surgery: Non-Trauma and Environmental Injuries -- Chapter 24: Surgery: Trauma -- Chapter 25: Wounds and Burns -- Chapter 26: Dental: Diagnosis, Equipment, Blocks, and Treatment -- Chapter 27: Dental: Fillings, Extractions, and Trauma -- Chapter 28: Otolaryngology (Ear, Nose, and Throat) -- Chapter 29: Neurology/Neurosurgery -- Chapter 30: Ophthalmology -- Chapter 31: Obstetrics/Gynecology -- Chapter 32: Orthopedics -- Chapter 33: Urology -- Section V: Nonsurgical Interventions -- Chapter 34: Gastroenterology -- Chapter 35: Infectious Diseases -- Chapter 36: Malnutrition -- Chapter 37: Pediatrics and Neonatal -- Chapter 38: Psychiatry -- Chapter 39: Rehabilitation -- Chapter 40: Death and Survivors -- Section VI: Appendices -- Appendix 1: Hospital Disaster Plan: Generic All-Hazard Hospital Disaster Resource-Allocation Plan -- Appendix 2: Medical Kits. |
| Summary |
"This second edition developed from the marked increase in published innovations applicable to medical improvisation. Clinicians throughout the world who dared to stretch their imaginations beyond the tight confines of medical conformity have produced marvelous innovations, generally stemming from the necessity to provide treatment in situations of acute or chronic shortages. Increasingly, clinicians have also recognized that the use of improvised techniques, equipment, and knowledge may be necessary not only in remote settings and in the developing world, but also in large medical centers and sophisticated emergency medical service (EMS) systems when confronted by medication and equipment shortages, localized crises, and major disasters. I am grateful for these clinicians' experiences and their support for Improvised Medicine, clearly an outlier from the staid teachings and guidelines of traditional practice."--Preface to the Second Edition. |
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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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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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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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| Other Form: |
Print version: Iserson, Kenneth V. Improvised medicine. Second edition. New York : McGraw Hill Education Medical, [2016] 9780071847629 (DLC) 2015026227 (OCoLC)913470127 |
| ISBN |
9780071847629 |
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0071847626 |
| Music No. |
0071847626 MHID |
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