Acute Injury Management
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Acute management of injuries in the field is one of the key components of routine emergency medical response. Although many controversies exist and will continue to…
Resuscitation Procedures
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Emergency medical services primarily came into formal existence in the United States to serve one very important need: to provide field resuscitation to patients with severe…
Hazardous Materials Response
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen A hazardous material is defined as “a substance (either matter – solid, liquid, gas – or energy) that when released is capable of creating harm to…
Field Diagnostics
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Diagnostic evaluation of patients in the field continues to see new advancements. In addition to performance of a high-quality history and examination, EMS physicians should be…
Technical Rescue Operations
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Rescue of patients from environments and circumstances that pose uniquely high levels of risk or that require the use of specialized techniques and equipment fall into…
Army Emergency Medical Response
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen The first formally trained ambulance service owes its existence to military operations. The first formal emergency medical service is traced back to the middle ages during…
Terrorism, Weapons of Mass Destruction, and Explosives
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen In the decade following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, Americans have become more accustomed to the threat of terrorist attacks by weapons of mass destruction…
Federal Response and Interoperability
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen This chapter will discuss the issue of disaster response by local, state, regional, municipal, and tribal authorities. Additionally, the issue of federal participation and the factors…
ICS and NIMS
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen The current Incident Command System developed out of difficulties faced by firefighters four decades ago. During the 1970s, a series of forest fires ravaged southern California…
Wilderness Medicine
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Although many definitions of wilderness medicine have been suggested, one of the most used definitions derives from transport time, and is usually described as longer than…
