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This e-book, EMS: A Practical Global Guidebook, is the first international resource for EMS services edited by an international team of experts.
The World Health Organization recognizes that each year more than 100 million people worldwide sustain injuries, that more than five million people die from violence and injury, and that 90% of the global burden of violence and injury mortality occurs in low- and middle-income countries.

The WHO also recognizes that improved organization and planning for provision of trauma and emergency care is an essential part of integrated health-care delivery that it plays an important role in preparedness for, and response to, mass-casualty incidents. EMS organization and planning lowers mortality, reduces disability, and prevents other adverse health outcomes arising from the burden of everyday injuries.

In response to a growing need for coordination and communication across nations and cultures, this book is designed to help the Global EMS community come together to establish and develop coordinated components of global and national EMS systems.

Key Features

*International editorial and author team
*Highly illustrated with four-color illustrations and photographs
*Extensive, descriptive procedures section
*Website with updated content and links to videos
*First International resource for EMS physicians, paramedics, EMTs, and health policymakers. Comprehensive in theory and in practice.
*Chapters written by world authorities in prehospital care, with narratives describing the challenges to EMS development around the world
*Global focus to EMS organization to match unique needs and environments

CONTENTS
 
PART 1 FOUNDATIONS 1

CHAPTER 1
Standard EMS Terms and Definitions

CHAPTER 2
International EMS Development

CHAPTER 3
Historical Timeline of
International Events

CHAPTER 4
Structures of Different National
EMS Systems

CHAPTER 5
EMS Interactions with
Governments

CHAPTER 6
EMS and Public Services: Lessons
Learned in Lebanon

CHAPTER 7
EMS Role in Public Health and
Public Education

CHAPTER 8
EMS Research

PART 2 BASICS OF
ORGANIZATION 107

CHAPTER 9
First Responders and Bystanders

CHAPTER 10
Staffing of Ambulances

CHAPTER 11
EMS Medical Directors

CHAPTER 12
Training Programs and
Standardized Curricula

APPENDIX 1
An EMS-Specific Syllabus 153
APPENDIX 2
Example of History and Examination
Section Taken from an EMS-Specific
Curriculum 155
APPENDIX 3
Example of Core Module Taken from
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Masters of Science for Prehospital
and Emergency Care 157

CHAPTER 13
EMS Health, Safety, and
Wellness Issues
CHAPTER 14
Dispatch and Communication Systems

CHAPTER 15
Patient Data Records and
Patient Handover

CHAPTER 16
Development of an EMS Quality
Improvement Program

CHAPTER 17
EMS Vehicles

CHAPTER 18
Ambulance Station Design

CHAPTER 19
EMS Equipment

CHAPTER 20
Financing of EMS Systems and
Cost-Effectiveness

PART 3 PROTOCOLS AND
PROCEDURES

CHAPTER 21
EMS Clinical Care Protocols

APPENDIX 1
Example of a Protocol for Body Substance
Isolation Guidelines

CHAPTER 22
Airway Management

CHAPTER 23
Parenteral Access: IV, IO, IM,
Rectal, Nasal

CHAPTER 24
Cardiac Defibrillation and
External Pacing

CHAPTER 25
Therapeutic Hypothermia After Outof-
Hospital Cardiac Arrest

CHAPTER 26
ECG Interpretation

CHAPTER 27
Prehospital Fibrinolysis

CHAPTER 28
Prehospital Stroke Assessment

CHAPTER 29
Helmet Removal

CHAPTER 30
Spinal Immobilization

CHAPTER 31
Stabilization of Pelvic Fractures

CHAPTER 32
Extremity Splinting and Care
of Open Fractures

CHAPTER 33
Pulseless Extremity

CHAPTER 34
Impaled Objects

CHAPTER 35
Hemorrhage Control

CHAPTER 36
Eye Injuries

CHAPTER 37
Burns

CHAPTER 38
Snake Bites

CHAPTER 39
Prehospital Pain Management

CHAPTER 40
Obstetrics and Gynecology

CHAPTER 41
Pediatric Procedures

CHAPTER 42
Trauma Assessment

PART 4 SPECIAL SITUATIONS 545

CHAPTER 43
Pediatric Care in EMS

CHAPTER 44
EMS Violence

CHAPTER 45
EMS in Rural and Wilderness Areas

CHAPTER 46
Military EMS Systems

CHAPTER 47
Disasters and HazMat

CHAPTER 48
Tactical EMS Medicine

CHAPTER 49
Aeromedical Programs

APPENDIX
Web Links and Resources

Index

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