Clinical Cases in Paramedicine (eBook)

SAM WILLIS is a Lecturer in Paramedicine at Curtin University and makes contributions to the profession through his innovative teaching practices and publications. He holds a number of professional registrations including as a paramedic and a Teaching Fellow with the UK Higher Education Academy. He is currently undertaking a PhD in the field of Paramedic Education. IAN PEATE, OBE FRCN, is Head of School, School of Health Studies, Gibraltar, Visiting Professor of Nursing, Northumbria University and St George's University of London, Visiting Senior Clinical Fellow, University of Hertfordshire, Editor-in-Chief of the British Journal of Nursing and Consultant Editor of the Journal of Paramedic Practice. ROD HILL is Professor of Physiology and Head of the School of Biomedical Sciences at Charles Sturt University. Rod has brought broad impact as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Rod leads the Charles Sturt paramedicine team which offered the first university programme for paramedicine in Australia in 1995, and is the leading Australian programme in both graduate and undergraduate level paramedicine.

Preface vi

List of Contributors vii

Chapter 1 Respiratory emergencies 1
Jennifer Stirling Clare Sutton and Georgina Pickering

Chapter 2 Cardiac emergencies 25
Michael Porter and Joel Beake

Chapter 3 Neurological emergencies 47
Kristina Maximous

Chapter 4 Abdominal emergencies 74
Tania Johnston and Mark Hobson

Chapter 5 Palliative and end-of-life care 99
Alisha Hensby and Samantha Sheridan

Chapter 6 Medical emergencies 118
Tom E. Mallinson

Chapter 7 Non-technical skills 142
Georgette Eaton

Chapter 8 Trauma cases 161
Tom E. Mallinson and Fenella Corrick

Chapter 9 Paediatric cases 186
Erica Ley

Chapter 10 Patient-centred care in complex cases 203
Yasaru Gunaratne and David Krygger

Chapter 11 Legal and ethical cases 225
Ruth Townsend

Chapter 12 Mental health cases 242
David Davis Tom Hewes Lynne Walsh and Brian Mfula

Chapter 13 Older adults 261
Sam Taylor

Chapter 14 Obstetric cases 280
Aimee Yarrington

Chapter 15 Remote area cases 301
Steve Whitfield and Kerryn Wratt

Chapter 16 Mining emergencies 323
Paul Grant and Curtis Northcott

Index 348