Avoiding Common Prehospital Errors (Paperback)

Benjamin J. Lawner

ISBN 10: 1451131593 / ISBN 13: 9781451131598

Published by Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia, 2012

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Paperback. Avoiding Common Prehospital Errors , will help you develop the deep understanding of common patient presentations necessary to prevent diagnostic and treatment errors and to improve outcomes. Providing effective emergency care in the field is among the most challenging tasks in medicine. You must be able to make clinically vital decisions quickly, and perform a wide range of procedures, often under volatile conditions. Written specifically for the prehospital emergency team, this essential volume in the Avoiding Common Errors Series combines evidence-based practice with well-earned experience and best practices opinion to help you avoid common errors of prehospital care. -Concise descriptions of each error are followed by insightful analysis of the hows and whys underlying the mistake, and clear descriptions of ways to avoid such errors in the future. -Pearls highlighted in the text offer quick vital tips on error avoidance based on years of clinical and field experience. - Focused content emphasizes high impact areas of prehospital medicine, including airway management, cardiac arrest, and respiratory and traumatic emergencies. Helps you develop the deep understanding of common patient presentations necessary to prevent diagnostic and treatment errors and to improve outcomes. This book combines evidence-based practice with well-earned experience and best practices opinion to help you avoid common errors of prehospital care. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Avoiding Common Prehospital Errors (Paperback)
• Publisher: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1451131593
• ISBN 13: 9781451131598
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: new

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Avoiding Common Prehospital Errors , will help you develop the deep understanding of common patient presentations necessary to prevent diagnostic and treatment errors and to improve outcomes. Providing effective emergency care in the field is among the most challenging tasks in medicine. You must be able to make clinically vital decisions quickly, and perform a wide range of procedures, often under volatile conditions.
Written specifically for the prehospital emergency team, this essential volume in the Avoiding Common Errors Series combines evidence-based practice with well-earned experience and best practices opinion to help you avoid common errors of prehospital care.Look inside and discover…
• Concise descriptions of each error are followed by insightful analysis of the “hows” and “whys” underlying the mistake, and clear descriptions of ways to avoid such errors in the future.
• “Pearls” highlighted in the text offer quick vital tips on error avoidance based on years of clinical and field experience.
• Focused content emphasizes "high impact" areas of prehospital medicine, including airway management, cardiac arrest, and respiratory and traumatic emergencies.