Part 1 Airway 1 Paramedic-led prehospital rapid sequence intubation (RSI) David Anderson, Ben Meadley and Alex Olaussen 2 The physiologically difficult airway 00 Jonathan Begley and Ben Meadley 3 The anatomically difficult airway Jason Bendall and Matt Humar Part 2 Breathing 4 Mechanical ventilation Tim Byrne and Nick Roder 5 Respiratory Failure Daniel Cudini and Segun Olesanya 6 Critical Asthma David Anderson and Tatsu Kuwasaki Part 3 Circulation 7 Undifferentiated shock Andy Celestia and Todd Wollum 8 Myocardial infarction (STEMI) Luke Dawson, Ross Salathiel and Dion Stub 9 The management of unstable bradycardia Alan Cowley and Mark Durell 10 Palpitations and chest pain: Paramedic management of narrow complex tachycardias Andrew Bishop 11 Broad complex tachycardia Tim Edwards and Kieren Pugh 12 Acute chest pain and shortness of breath: Cardiogenic shock complicating acute myocardial infarction Jason Bloom and Dave Hawkins 13 Massive upper gastrointestinal bleed (UGIB) Sarah Yong and Michelle Murphy 14 Acute pulmonary oedema (APO) Nick Trestrail and Luke Hamilton Part 4 Disability 15 Approach to an altered level of consciousness Luke De la Rue and Natalie Lavergne 16 Severe traumatic brain injury James Manktelow and Virginia Newcombe 17 Assessment and management of acute ischaemic stroke Skye Coote and Henry Zhao 18 Severe/Uncontrolled Pain Todd Blackburn Part 5 Exposure 19 Hypothermia Eystein Grusd and Justin Hensley 20 Prehospital sepsis management Dan Cudini and Judit Orosz Part 6 Cardiac arrest 21 High-performance CPR Belinda Delardes, Jack Howard and Ziad Nehme 22 Refractory cardiac arrest and salvage extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) Matthew Thornton, Julia Coull and Sacha Richardson 23 Traumatic cardiac arrest Zainab Alqudah and Brian Burns 24 Cardiac arrest in special circumstances Casey Lewis and Clare Bertenshaw 25 Termination of resuscitation Natalie Anderson Part 7 Trauma 26 The trapped patient Tash Adams 27 Shocked blunt trauma Michael Noonan, Benjamin Meadley and Alexander Olaussen 28 Penetrating trauma Kat Baird and Pete Sherren 29 Severe chest injury: Tension pneumothorax Mark Fitzgerald and Toby St Clair Part 8 Toxicology 30 Tricyclic antidepressant toxicity Ben Fitzgerald and Michael Mann 31 Acute behavioural disturbance: Emergency pharmacological sedation Claire Bertenshaw and Lachlan Parker 32 Severe Metabolic Acidosis Tash Adams and John Glasheen Part 9 Paediatrics, obstetrics and gynaecology 33 Croup and Epiglottitis Brad Gander and Claire Wilkin 34 Care of the newborn: Assisting transition, stabilisation and transport Rosmarie Boland and James Yates 35 Maternal bleeding: Postpartum haemorrhage and active management of the third stage of labour Mark Durham and Dawn Kerslake Part 10: Special circumstances 36 The older patient David Anderson and Tegwyn McMannamy 37 Providing paramedic care in resource-limited settings 00 Matt Cannon and Felix Ho.
Critical Care Paramedicine : A Case-Based Approach