Streetmedic's Handbook

PART 1: COMMONLY ENCOUNTERED PROBLEMS: Abdominal Pain. Altered Mental State. Anaphylaxis. Bites and Envenomation. Bradycardia. Burns. Cardiac Arrest. Central Nervous System Injury: Traumatic. Cerebrovascular Accidents and Transient Ischemic Attacks. Chest Pain. Child Abuse. Cough. Croup and Epiglottitis Pediatric Laryngeal Edema. Diabetic Ketoacidosis and Hyperglycemia. Domestic Violence. Drug Withdrawals Syndrome. Dyspnea. Fever. Gastrointestinal Bleeding. Headache. Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infections. Hypertensive Emergencies. Hyperthermia. Hypoglycemia. Irregular Heart Beat. Multitrauma. Musculoskeletal Trauma. Nausea and Vomiting. Near Drowning. Obstetric Emergencies. Obstructed Airway. Overdose and Poisoning. Pelvic Pain. Rape and Sexual Abuse. Seizure. Shock. Sickle Cell Crisis. Smoke inhalation. Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. Syncope. Tachycardia. Vaginal Bleeding. Wheezing. PART 2: SPECIAL SITUATIONS: Advanced Directives for Health Care. Critical Incident Stress. Exposure to Infectious Diseases. The Fire Scene. The Hazardous Materials Incident. Interpreting the 12-Lead EKG. Multiple Casualty Incidents. Psychiatric Emergencies. The Pediatric Approach. Pediatric Resuscitation. Pulse Oximetry. PART 3: PROCEDURES: Basic Life Support Summary. Cardioversion and Defivrillation. Central Venous Catheterization via the Subclavian Vein. Cricothyrotomy: Needle and Surgical. Endotracheal Intubation and Extubation. Esophageal Obturator and Esophageal Gastric Tube Airways. External Cardiac Pacing. Intraosseous Infusion. Medication Administration. Needle Chest Decompression. Peripheral Intravenous Insertion.Traynor, Owen T. is the author of 'Streetmedic's Handbook', published 1995 under ISBN 9780803600126 and ISBN 0803600127.