Pre-hospital care plays an increasingly important part in contemporary healthcare delivery and the skills of paramedics, emergency medical technicians and emergency care assistants are a vital part of this. This casebook supports readers to develop the necessary assessment and decision-making skills they need in order to effectively manage a variety of cases typically seen in UK paramedic practice.
100 Cases in UK Paramedic Practice allows for learning and revision through 100 scenarios which aim to encompass cases that may be seen in daily practice. The book covers scenarios that can occur at any moment of the day, from an ambulance shift to primary care settings to event standby duties. The bite-size structure of this book allows the reader to focus on body systems or random case scenarios, depending on their preference.
This is an essential, evidence-based guide for students of pre-hospital care and a useful reference for qualified staff as a source of continued professional development or as a revision tool.
Author(s): Christoph Schroth, Peter Phillips
Series: 100 Cases in Healthcare
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: Routledge / Taylor & Francis Group
Year: 2018
Language: English
Pages: 245
Tags: Paramedic; Allied Health; Emergency Medicine
100 cases in UK paramedic science- Front Cover......Page 1
Half Title......Page 2
100 cases in healthcare......Page 3
Title Page......Page 4
Copyright Page......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Acknowledgements......Page 8
Preface......Page 10
History-taking structures and models......Page 12
DHx—drug history......Page 13
ROS—review of systems......Page 14
List of abbreviations......Page 16
Part I: System-specific cases......Page 18
CASE 1: AN ELDERLY FEMALE FEELING UNWELL......Page 20
CASE 2: PALPITATIONS......Page 24
CASE 3: SHORTNESS OF BREATH......Page 26
CASE 4: SHORTNESS OF BREATH......Page 28
CASE 5: SHORTNESS OF BREATH......Page 30
CASE 6: DECREASED LEVEL OF CONSCIOUSNESS......Page 32
CASE 7: DIARRHOEA AND VOMITING......Page 34
CASE 8: FLANK PAIN......Page 36
CASE 9: ‘WORST HEADACHE OF MY LIFE’......Page 38
CASE 10: ‘IS THERE A MEDICAL DOCTOR, PARAMEDIC OR NURSE ON BOARD?’......Page 40
CASE 11: PV BLEEDING......Page 42
CASE 12: WOMAN IN LABOUR......Page 44
CASE 13: STUDENT WITH AN OPIOID OVERDOSE......Page 46
CASE 14: SUSPECTED OVERDOSE......Page 48
CASE 15: COLLAPSE AT THE BUS STOP......Page 50
CASE 16: CPR AT THE WATERPARK......Page 52
CASE 17: SELF-HARM......Page 54
CASE 18: CHILD WITH A RASH......Page 56
CASE 19: STABBED ABDOMEN......Page 60
CASE 20: ADULT WITH BURNS......Page 62
Part II: Mixed cases for self-assessment......Page 64
CASE 21: AN ADULT MALE WITH CHEST PAIN......Page 66
CASE 22: PAINFUL URINATION......Page 70
CASE 23: SHORTNESS OF BREATH AT A LOCAL SCHOOL......Page 74
CASE 24: SEIZURES IN HOME CARE......Page 76
CASE 25: ACUTE COUGH......Page 78
CASE 26: SINGLE VEHICLE ROLLOVER INCIDENT WITH MULTIPLE PATIENTS......Page 82
CASE 27: MANAGING ASTHMA IN A 21-YEAR-OLD FEMALE......Page 86
CASE 28: FEBRILE KID WITH A COUGH......Page 88
CASE 29: STABBED CHEST......Page 90
CASE 30: FEVER IN THE RETURNING TRAVELLER......Page 92
CASE 31: CHILD WITH SEIZURES......Page 94
CASE 32: COLLAPSED MAN IN THE PARK......Page 96
CASE 33: PATIENT WITH CLOTTING PROBLEMS......Page 98
CASE 34: SHORTNESS OF BREATH......Page 100
CASE 35: END-OF-LIFE CANCER CARE......Page 102
CASE 36: PATIENT ON A VENTILATOR......Page 104
CASE 37: ANKLE INJURY......Page 106
CASE 38: INJURY FROM AN AXE......Page 108
CASE 39: REFUSAL OF CARE......Page 110
CASE 40: EPISTAXIS......Page 112
CASE 41: ‘DO I START RESUSCITATION?’......Page 114
CASE 42: CHEST PAIN AND HYPOTENSION......Page 116
CASE 43: INGESTION OF LAUNDRY DETERGENT......Page 118
CASE 44: PALPITATIONS......Page 120
CASE 45: SMOKE INHALATION......Page 122
CASE 46: ASSESSMENT OF CAPACITY......Page 124
CASE 47: ‘NINJAS ON THE LAWN!’......Page 126
CASE 48: ELDERLY FALLER......Page 128
CASE 49: PAEDIATRIC CARDIAC ARREST CALCULATIONS......Page 130
CASE 50: FACIAL WEAKNESS......Page 132
CASE 51: COLLAPSE AT THE HARBOUR......Page 134
CASE 52: A CHILD WHO FELL......Page 136
CASE 53: A MAN WITH A SWOLLEN FACE......Page 138
CASE 54: SEVERE BACK PAIN......Page 140
CASE 55: FEVER......Page 142
CASE 56: HANGING......Page 146
CASE 57: KNEE PAIN......Page 148
CASE 58: CONSENT IN MINORS......Page 150
CASE 59: DIVER DOWN......Page 152
CASE 60: ABDOMINAL PAIN......Page 154
CASE 61: SEPSIS......Page 156
CASE 62: MOUNTAIN MEDICINE......Page 158
CASE 63: I’M WORRIED ABOUT MY CREWMATE......Page 162
CASE 64: PURPLE URINE......Page 164
CASE 65: EXACERBATION OF COPD......Page 166
CASE 66: EPIGASTRIC PAIN......Page 168
CASE 67: DISPLACED PATELLA......Page 170
CASE 68: ‘THERE IS BLOOD EVERYWHERE!’......Page 172
CASE 69: ‘DID I MAKE A MISTAKE?’......Page 174
CASE 70: COLLAPSE......Page 176
CASE 71: VOMITING AND LETHARGY......Page 178
CASE 72: DIARRHOEA......Page 180
CASE 73: FEMALE UNRESPONSIVE......Page 182
CASE 74: PATIENT FEELING UNWELL......Page 184
CASE 75: ‘MY MOTHER SUFFERS FROM DEPRESSION’......Page 186
CASE 76: VOMITING BLOOD......Page 188
CASE 77: ABDOMINAL PAIN......Page 190
CASE 78: HYPERPIGMENTATION......Page 192
CASE 79: ASSESSING A PATIENT’S GLASGOW COMA SCALE SCORE......Page 194
CASE 80: BLOOD SUGAR DERAILMENT......Page 196
CASE 81: PAINFUL ARMS AND LEGS......Page 198
CASE 82: BACK AND ABDOMINAL PAIN......Page 200
CASE 83: HEADACHE......Page 202
CASE 84: CONFUSION ON A CONSTRUCTION SITE......Page 204
CASE 85: MOTORBIKE COLLISION......Page 206
CASE 86: DISCOLOURED STOOLS......Page 208
CASE 87: WALKING DOWN THE STREET IN HER PYJAMAS......Page 210
CASE 88: MUSCULAR PAIN......Page 212
CASE 89: ANIMAL BITE......Page 214
CASE 90: INTRAOSSEOUS ACCESS......Page 216
CASE 91: WHITE MAGIC......Page 218
CASE 92: ‘THE BABY IS COMING’......Page 220
CASE 93: DIFFICULTY BREATHING......Page 222
CASE 94: CRICKET PLAYER WITH A HEAD INJURY......Page 226
CASE 95: DOG BITE......Page 228
CASE 96: BACK PAIN......Page 230
CASE 97: POSSIBLE STROKE......Page 232
CASE 98: DOCTOR’S NOTES......Page 234
CASE 99: ‘HE IS NOT MOVING HIS ARM’......Page 236
CASE 100: LOSS OF VISION......Page 238
Index......Page 240
