cover image - Combat Casualty Care Secrets - Elsevier E-Book on VitalSource, 1st Edition
ISBN: 9780443287497
Copyright: 2028
Page Count: 448
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $51.99

Combat Casualty Care Secrets - Elsevier E-Book on VitalSource, 1st Edition

by Robert L. Mabry, MD, MBA, Frank Butler, MD and Sean Keenan, MD

Elsevier eBook on VitalSource

cover image - Combat Casualty Care Secrets - Elsevier E-Book on VitalSource, 1st Edition
ISBN: 9780443287497
Copyright: 2028
Page Count: 448
Imprint: Elsevier
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For more than 30 years, the highly regarded Secrets Series® has provided students and practitioners in all areas of health care with concise, focused, and engaging resources for quick reference and exam review. Combat Casualty Care Secrets offers practical, up-to-date coverage of the full range of essential topics in this dynamic and challenging field. This first-of-its-kind resource features the Secrets’ popular question-and-answer format that also includes lists, tables, pearls, memory aids, and an easy-to-read style—making inquiry, reference, and review quick, easy, and enjoyable.
    • Brings together the full scope of key combat casualty care concepts in one book—from the point of injury to prolonged field care to critical care evacuation
    • The proven Secrets Series® format gives you the most return for your time—succinct, easy to read, engaging, and highly effective
    • Offers practical coverage of the latest advances in combat casualty care from editors and contributors with extensive military experience, making this an essential resource for military medics, nurses, EMS fellows and medical directors, paramedics, and physicians
    • Contains sections on tactical combat casualty care; extraction and evacuation; prolonged field care principles and capabilities; advanced trauma care; disease and non-battle injury; chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear agents; and more
    • Includes an entire section devoted to canine Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC), as well as chapters on special considerations such as mass casualty management, shipboard and maritime care, and environments such as urban, desert, and jungle
    • Top 100 Secrets and Key Points boxes provide a fast overview of the secrets you must know for success in the field and on exams
    • Serves as a test preparation reference during initial and recertification for military health care providers, as well as a handy resource during military deployment
    • Portable size makes it easy to carry with you for quick reference or review anywhere, anytime
  • Top 100 Secrets
    1. Medical Planning and Triage
    2. Tactical Combat Casualty Care
    3. MARCH PAWS
    4. Specific Traumatic Conditions
    5. Prolonged Casualty Care/ Prolonged Field Care
    6. Sedation/Pain Control
    7. Physical Examination & Diagnostic Measures
    8. Nursing, Hygiene, and Comfort Measures
    9. Advanced Surgical Interventions
    10. Perform Telemedicine Consult
    11. Preparing Patient for Flight
    12. Critical Care Transport
    13. Communication and Documentation
    14. Medical Direction in CCC
    15. CBRNE 16. Canine TCCC
    17. Procedures
    18. Common Deployed Medical Conditions
    19. Medications and Pharmacology
  • Robert L. Mabry, MD, MBA, Adjunct Clinical Professor of Military Medicine, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA, Frank Butler, MD, Adjunct Professor of Military and Emergency Medicine, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD, USA and Sean Keenan, MD, Associate Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine, CU Anschutz, Aurora, CO; Adjunct Associate Professor of Military and Emergency Medicine, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD, USA
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