Anesthesia Key

INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Babies have been born for millions of years without EMS intervention. This is one “emergency” that almost always turns out well. The CDC reported that, in…

Print Section Listen Pain is the most common emergency complaint. The World Health Organization supports optimal pain treatment as a fundamental human right (http://who.int.easyaccess2.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/mediacetre/news/notes/2007/np31/en/). Several prehospital studies have shown inadequate…

INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Musculoskeletal trauma is frequently encountered in the prehospital setting. In 2007, extremity injuries accounted for over 14 million emergency department visits within the United States.1 Injuries…

INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen There are an estimated 1.2 million burn injuries per year in the United States. Of these, 50,000 patients are hospitalized and 4500 fire-related deaths occur. According…

INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen This chapter will discuss the role of the EMS physician in the treatment of acute wounds and hemorrhage. As a first responder, a physician should be…

INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen The daily operations of EMS systems focus on providing care and transport to individual patients with (usually) unlimited resources. This approach allows prehospital providers to attempt…

INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Trauma and injury account for 182, 479 deaths in 2007, with approximately 31,224 due to penetrating injuries, that is, firearms, and 65,474 secondary to blunt mechanisms,…

INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen The most common source of entrapment and entanglement in most locales is the motor vehicle collision. Other potential sources include industrial accidents and agricultural incidents. It…

INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Obstetric and gynecological issues are a common reason for patients to seek urgent and emergent care. The most significant of these for the prehospital provider involve…