Emergency Care.: Textbook for Paramedics.

Ian Greaves, T. J. Hodgetts, Keith M. Porter

W.B. Saunders Company, 1997 - Emergency medicine - 538 pages

Introducing the first book to offer comprehensive coverage of UK paramedic practice! From resuscitation to emergency vehicle driving, and from care of the elderly to chemical incidents, each chapter of this unique text is written by an expert practicing in the field. Extensively illustrated and designed for accessibility, the book features highlighted "golden rules," mnemonic devices, and step-by-step procedures. Also contains appendices covering medical and obstetric terminology, radio communications, and trauma scoring.

About the author

Keith Porter is a Consultant Trauma Surgeon and an Immediate Care Practitioner. Qualifying originally in London but doing much of his higher surgical training in the West Midlands, he was originally appointed Consultant Trauma Surgeon at the Birmingham Accident Hospital in 1986. With changes in
hospital practice he is now Senior Trauma Surgeon at University Hospital Birmingham. He is also an active immediate care practitioner working both in urban practice in Birmingham and also in rural practice in Hereford & Worcester. He is the Medical Director of the West Midlands Central Accident
Resuscitation (CARE) team and actively involved in both the delivery of pre-hospital care and education within the region.
Ian Greaves qualified at the University of Birmingham Medical School in 1986. He trained in General Medicine and Emergency Medicine, joined the British Army and was appointed Consultant in 1997. He was appointed to Visiting Professor in Emergency Medicine at the University of Teesside in 2002. He
is author or editor of several books and numerous chapters and papers on Emergency Medicine, Trauma and Pre-hospital Care. He is Chairman of the Research Committee, Member of the Speciality Advisory Board and Member of the Management Board of the Faculty of Pre-hospital Care.

Professor Emergency Medicine, Academic Department of Military Emergency Medicine, Institute of Research and Development, Birmingham, UK

Porter is a freelance trainer, lecturer and consultant. He teaches Human Resources Management and Human Resource Strategies on management programmes at Birkbeck College.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Emergency Care.: Textbook for Paramedics.
• Editors: Ian Greaves, T. J. Hodgetts, Keith M. Porter
• Contributors: Ian Greaves, T. J. Hodgetts, Keith M. Porter
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: W.B. Saunders Company, 1997
• ISBN: 0702019755, 9780702019753
• Length: 538 pages