Fully updated to incorporate current best practice and guidelines, the Oxford Handbook of Pre-hospital Care is the comprehensive quick-reference guide to all medical and trauma conditions regularly encountered in the immediate care setting.

Cover -- Half-Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Foreword -- Foreword -- Preface to the second edition -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- 1 An approach to pre-​hospital care -- 2 Acute medical and surgical problems -- 3 Trauma -- 4 Formulary -- 5 Management of the airway, analgesia, and anaesthesia -- 6 Poisoning -- 7 Acute psychiatric emergencies -- 8 Child health -- 9 The hostile environment -- 10 Major incident management and triage -- 11 Chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear incidents -- 12 Emergency obstetrics, gynaecology, and care of the newborn 13 Patient rescue and transportation -- Index