First Responder’s Manual of Prehospital Trauma Care

First Responder’s Manual of Prehospital Trauma Care will be an easy to use education tool for all the conscientious citizens willing to serve fellow citizens, in an adverse scenario, of trauma and emergency. Its target audience is firemen, safety officers, policemen, teachers, nurses, drivers, emergency room staffs, medical students, nursing students, surgery residents and surgeons. This manual contributors have stressed the issues related to trauma are describe in a simple, easy to understand language. It is an simple but descriptive resource for layperson first responders describing practical advice on the best care.

The focus of the manual is to educate the best standard of care in the prehospital setting in addition learn methods of improvisation. We have stressed on common trauma related issues in critical care through chapters on shock, airway and circulation.

Contents: Introduction/Dinesh Vyas. 1. Mechanism of Injury/Anjali Garg and Dinesh Vyas. 2. IV Placement/Michael Hollis, Apoorva Aekka and Dinesh Vyas. 3. Scene Management and Triage/Michael Hollis and Dinesh Vyas. 4. Vital Signs and Shock/Michael Hollis, Elizabeth Boudiab and Dinesh Vyas. 5. Airway/Michael Hollis, Elizabeth Boudiab and Dinesh Vyas.6. Immobilization of Trauma Patient/Michael Hollis and Dinesh Vyas.7. Fractures/Michael Hollis, Apoorva Aekka and Dinesh Vyas.8. Hemorrhage/Michael Hollis, Apoorva Aekka and Dinesh Vyas. 9. Industrial and Environmental Trauma.10. Geriatric Trauma/Manisha Bhatia and Dinesh Vyas. 11. Chest Injury/Michael Hollis and Dinesh Vyas. 12. Pregnancy/Michael Hollis and Dinesh Vyas. 13. Treatment of Heat Related Injuries/Anjali Garg and Dinesh Vyas.14. Snake Bites/Manisha Bhatia and Dinesh Vyas. 15. Definitions/Anjali Garg, Chiraag Alur and Dinesh Vyas. 16. Pediatric Trauma. Appendices.