Role of Emergency Medicine in Disaster Management
Emergency medicine (EM) is optimally suited to lead the health care response in the hours following a disaster. By routinely providing the front line of hospital care for acutely ill…
Role of Emergency Medical Services in Disaster Management and Preparedness
Disaster response comes in many forms. It occurs in stages and involves many different agencies over an extended period. With current technology, meteorologists track the weather patterns leading to tornados…
Introduction to Disaster Medicine
What exactly is disaster medicine? If you have decided to purchase and read this book, it is likely a question you have wrestled with. Disaster itself is not an easily…
Electrical and Fire Safety
Chapter Outline PRINCIPLES OF ELECTRICITY Direct and Alternating Currents Impedance Capacitance Inductance ELECTRICAL SHOCK HAZARDS Alternating and Direct Currents Source of Shocks Grounding ELECTRICAL POWER: GROUNDED ELECTRICAL POWER: UNGROUNDED LINE…
Machine Checkout and Quality Assurance
Chapter Outline OVERVIEW BACKGROUND PREANESTHESIA CHECKOUT Historical Perspective 2008 Recommendations for Preanesthesia Checkout Procedures Minimum PAC Checklist Automated Anesthesia Machine Checkout Procedures Machine-Embedded Preanesthesia Checklists Using Technicians to Perform Aspects…
Hazards of the Anesthesia Delivery System
Chapter Outline PERSPECTIVE Critical Incidents Adverse Outcomes COMPLICATIONS Hypoxemia Hyperoxia Hypercarbia Hypocarbia CIRCUIT PRESSURE AND VOLUME PROBLEMS Occlusions Insufficient Gas in the Breathing System Failure to Initiate Artificial Ventilation Leaks…
Airway Equipment
Chapter Outline OVERVIEW ANESTHESIA FACE MASK ORAL AND NASOPHARYNGEAL AIRWAYS Supraglottic Airways Laryngeal Mask Airway ProSeal LMA LMA Supreme Fastrach LMA Paraesophageal Devices King Laryngeal Tracheal Tube I-Gel SLIPA Pharyngeal…
Closed-Circuit Anesthesia
Chapter Outline PRINCIPLES Introduction Closed-Circuit Anesthesia Partial Pressure, Tension, and Concentration Lowe Technique ANESTHESIA ADMINISTRATION AND MONITORING Limitations and Solutions Anesthesia Assessment and Adjustment High and Low Flows Semiclosed Circuit…
Vigilance, Alarms, and Integrated Monitoring Systems
Chapter Outline OVERVIEW ANESTHESIA MISHAPS Human Error VIGILANCE AND MONITORING PERFORMANCE Research on Vigilance in Anesthesia Factors that Affect Vigilance Environmental Factors Individual Factors Interpersonal and Team Factors Workload and…
Perioperative Informatics
Chapter Outline OVERVIEW DATA Data Gathering Data Sources Monitor Interfaces NETWORKING CONCEPTS AND OPEN SYSTEM INTERCONNECTION Interface Languages Central Storage and Servers Local Versus Central Processing Presentation Decision Support Moving…
