cover image - Evolve Resources for Clinical Skills for Paramedic Practice ANZ 1e, 1st Edition
ISBN: 9780729597005
Copyright: 2021
Publication Date: 10-27-2020
Page Count: 788
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $0.00

Evolve Resources for Clinical Skills for Paramedic Practice ANZ 1e, 1st Edition

by Dianne Inglis, BN, AdvDip MICA, AssDip HlthSci (Paramedic), CertIV TAE and Jeff Kenneally, ASM, BBus, GradCert MICA, AssDip HlthSci (Paramedic), CertIV TAE

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cover image - Evolve Resources for Clinical Skills for Paramedic Practice ANZ 1e, 1st Edition
ISBN: 9780729597005
Copyright: 2021
Publication Date: 10-27-2020
Page Count: 788
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $0.00
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  • Additional resources on Evolve:

    • An eBook on VitalSource

    Student and Instructor Resources on Evolve:

    • Clinical skill work instructions
    • Formative Clinical Skill Assessment (F-CSAT)
    • Summative Clinical Skill Assessment (S-CSAT)
    • Performance Improvement Plan (PIP)
    • Formative Clinical Skill Assessment (F-CSAT) key
    • Direct Observation of Procedural Skills (DOPS)
  • CHAPTER 1: The paramedic environment

    1.1 Clinical skills assessment for paramedics
    1.2 The paramedic patient
    1.3 Infection control
    1.4 Situational awareness
    1.5 Communication
    1.6 Consent

    CHAPTER 2: Patient assessment

    2.1 Assessing the modified Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS)
    2.2 Assessing the Alert, Voice, Pain, Unresponsiveness (AVPU) score
    2.3 Assessing the radial and brachial pulse
    2.4 Assessing manual blood pressure
    2.5 Recording the 12-lead electrocardiograph (ECG)
    2.6 Assessment of respiratory rate and rhythm
    2.7 Assessment of work of breathing
    2.8 Chest auscultation
    2.9 Assessment of speech
    2.10 Pulse oximetry
    2.11 Spirometry
    2.12 Assessment of cranial nerve function
    2.13 Assessment of motor and sensory nerve function
    2.14 Mental status assessment
    2.15 Functional capacity assessment (FCA)
    2.16 Pain assessment
    2.17 Abdominal assessment
    2.18 Tympanic temperature recording
    2.19 Blood glucose recording
    2.20 Aseptic Non-Touch Technique (ANTT®)

    CHAPTER 3: Airway and ventilation

    3.1 Choking
    3.2 Head positioning
    3.3 Jaw thrust
    3.4 Oropharyngeal airway
    3.5 Nasopharyngeal airway
    3.6 Laryngoscopy
    3.7 Foreign body removal/suctioning
    3.8 Laryngeal mask airway
    3.9 Endotracheal intubation
    3.10 Surgical airway
    3.11 Intermittent positive pressure ventilation (IPPV)

    CHAPTER 4: Medication administration

    4.1 Administering oral medications
    4.2 Administering intranasal (IN) medications
    4.3 Using metered dose inhalers
    4.4 Preparing injections
    4.5 Subcutaneous injection
    4.6 Intramuscular injection
    4.7 Intravenous access
    4.8 Intraosseous access
    4.9 Oxygen therapy (mask and nasal cannula)
    4.10 Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP)

    CHAPTER 5: Trauma

    5.1 Trauma assessment
    5.2 Control of severe haemorrhage
    5.3 Chest decompression
    5.4 Management of impaled objects
    5.5 Crash helmet removal
    5.6 Cervical collar application
    5.7 Pelvic splint application
    5.8 Anterior shoulder dislocation reduction
    5.9 Dislocated patella relocation

    CHAPTER 6: Cardiac arrest

    6.1 Chest compressions
    6.2 Safe defibrillation

    CHAPTER 7: Manual handling

    7.1 Log roll
    7.2 Transfer: supine to sitting position
    7.3 Transfer: sitting to standing position
    7.4 Transfer: supine bed to bed

    CHAPTER 8: Childbirth

    8.1 Normal birth
    8.2 Managing third stage
    8.3 Premature birth
    8.4 Vaginal breech birth
    8.5 Shoulder dystocia

    CHAPTER 9: Other skills

    9.1 Urinary catheter management
    9.2 Pressure bandaging and immobilisation

  • Dianne Inglis, BN, AdvDip MICA, AssDip HlthSci (Paramedic), CertIV TAE, Intensive Care Paramedic,
    Clinical Education Manager (ret.), Victoria and Jeff Kenneally, ASM, BBus, GradCert MICA, AssDip HlthSci (Paramedic), CertIV TAE, Intensive Care Paramedic, MICA team manager (ret.), Lecturer, College of Health and Biomedicine, Victoria University, Victoria
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