Aeromedical Evacuation Management of Acute and Stabilized Patients

Aeromedical Evacuation Management of Acute and Stabilized Patients / edited by William W. Hurd, John G. Jernigan.

AEROMEDICAL EVACUATION: MANAGEMENT OF THE ACUTE AND STABILIZIED PATIENT is the definitive treatment on the medical evacuation and management of injured patients in both peacetime and wartime. Edited by eminent experts in the field, this text brings together medical specialists from across all four b...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Hurd, William W. (Editor), Jernigan, John G. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2003.
Edition:1st ed. 2003.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Traumatology.
Internal medicine.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:Click to view e-book
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Table of Contents:
  • The Need
  • Aeromedical Evacuation: A Historical Perspective
  • Indications and Considerations for Emergent Evacuation of the Peacetime Casualty
  • Combat and Operational Casualties
  • The Means
  • Military Casualty Evacuation: MEDEVAC
  • Aeromedical Triage Support to Mass-Casualty Events
  • Patient Staging for Aeromedical Evacuation
  • Aircraft Considerations for Aeromedical Evacuation
  • Critical-Care Air Transport: Patient Flight Physiology and Organizational Considerations
  • Nursing Care in Flight
  • Aeromedical Evacuation of Patients with Contagious Infections
  • In-Flight Emergencies: Capabilities and Limitations
  • The Patients
  • General Surgical Casualties: Abdominal Wounds, Urogenital Trauma, and Soft-Tissue Injuries
  • Air Evacuation of the Neurosurgical Patient
  • Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Patients
  • Ophthalmic Patients
  • Peripheral Vascular Casualties
  • Aeromedical Evacuation of Cardiothoracic Casualties
  • Patients Requiring Mechanical Ventilation
  • Orthopedic Patients
  • Burn Patients
  • Aeromedical Evacuation of Obstetric and Gynecological Patients
  • Medical Casualties
  • Pediatric Casualties
  • Aeromedical Evacuation of Psychiatric Casualties.

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