Overview
Each chapter includes a checklist and detailed summary of how to respond to specific medical conditions in aeromedical evacuations
Algorithms outline patient triage and management from the field or site to the medical facility
Presents black-and-white illustrations and color clinical photos of transport equipment and treatment
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Table of contents (23 chapters)
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Front Matter
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The Patients
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Front Matter
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Keywords
About this book
Now in its fully revised and expanded second edition, this volume is the definitive resource on long-distance air transport of injured patients in both peacetime and wartime. It discusses the history of aeromedical evacuation, triage and staging of the injured patient, evacuation from site of injury to medical facility, air-frame capabilities, medical capabilities in- flight, response to in-flight emergencies, and mass emergency evacuation. Specific medical conditions are addressed in detail in the second half of the book, including general surgical casualties such as abdominal wounds and soft tissue injuries, vascular injuries, maxillofacial injuries, head and spinal cord injuries, ophthalmologic casualties, orthopedic casualties, burns, pediatric casualties, obstetric-gynecologic casualties, and more. For each medical condition, important topics are addressed such as conditions needed to be met before transportation, special concerns, supplies and needs of the specific patients and possible in-flight emergencies and their appropriated treatment.
Containing several new chapters and featuring extensively updated contributions from experts in the field, Aeromedical Evacuation: Management of the Acute and Stabilized Patient, Second Edition is a must-have reference for a whole new generation of military flight surgeons and flight nurses responsible for aeromedical evacuation of casualties as well as civilian physicians and nurses involved in air transport of ill and post-operative patients.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
William W. Hurd, MD, MPH, FACOG, FACS
Col, USAF, MC, SFS (ret.)
Chief Medical Officer
American Society for Reproductive Medicine
Professor Emeritus
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina, USA
William Beninati, MD, FCCM
Col, USAF, MC, FS (ret.)Senior Medical Director, Intermountain Life Flight and Virtual Hospital
University of Utah School of Medicine
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Aeromedical Evacuation
Book Subtitle: Management of Acute and Stabilized Patients
Editors: William W. Hurd, William Beninati
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15903-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-15902-3Published: 18 July 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-15905-4Published: 15 August 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-15903-0Published: 04 July 2019
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XX, 418
Number of Illustrations: 44 b/w illustrations, 81 illustrations in colour
Topics: Traumatic Surgery, Intensive / Critical Care Medicine
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