Wilderness EMS Paperback

Wilderness EMS is designed for EMS providers and leaders who deliver medical care in the wilderness, and those practicing wilderness medicine as part of a formal team. The textbook is a comprehensive, expertly-written reference ideal for this fast-changing and multidisciplinary specialty. This first-of-its-kind text provides specialized instruction and best practices for wilderness EMS practitioners and students – crucial information for the success of today’s rescue missions. A strong foundation in evidence-based medicine, clinical experience, and field applicability makes it especially useful for any EMS provider in a wilderness environment. Features: Addresses WEMS system needs: education, incident command, medical oversight, medicolegal considerations, equipment needs, research, and pharmacology, promoting strong skills in multiagency interactions and transitions of care. Extensive discussion of history of wilderness EMS, including first-ever comprehensive timeline. Covers wilderness, austere, and remote management of specific medical and traumatic conditions, including cold injuries and heat illnesses, lightning injuries, animal bites and envenomations, psychiatric emergencies, low-pressure altitude and high-pressure diving physiology and illnesses, drowning, infectious disease, and much more. Offers information on basic rigging and patient packaging; high- and low-angle rescue; swiftwater and open water rescue; use of ground and air-based rescue vehicles; caving rescue; Search and Rescue (SAR); mountaineering rescue; and wilderness management of special events and severe storms. Features a full-color format with abundant photographs, illustrations, tables, boxes, and references for further study. Includes the most comprehensive list available of WEMS abbreviations for clear communication, and extensive discussion of optimizing language use for clarity in wilderness EMS operations and publications. Presents the expert guidance and knowledge of contributing authors from throughout the U.S., including physicians, nurses, paramedics, EMTs, statewide and local EMS medical directors, therapists, rescue team chiefs, pharmacologists, SAR team members, swiftwater rescue technicians, and many more. Your book purchase includes a complimentary download of the enhanced eBook for iOS, Android, PC & Mac. Take advantage of these practical features that will improve your eBook experience: The ability to download the eBook on multiple devices at one time — providing a seamless reading experience online or offline Powerful search tools and smart navigation cross-links that allow you to search within this book, or across your entire library of VitalSource eBooks Multiple viewing options that enable you to scale images and text to any size without losing page clarity as well as responsive design The ability to highlight text and add notes with one click

1496349458

9781496349453

English

Lippincott Williams and Wilkins

December 21, 2017

616

Seth Collings Hawkins is an American writer, poet, anthropologist, and physician, with double board certification in Emergency Medicine and EMS. He is the Chief of the Appalachian Mountain Rescue Team and the medical director of Burke County EMS and the North Carolina State Park EMS system. He is the founding editor of iris: the UNC journal of medicine, literature, & visual arts, the Executive Editor of Wilderness Medicine Magazine, a columnist with Emergency Medicine News, and the founder of numerous award-winning organizations and corporations. He is the first physician ever named a Master Fellow of the Academy of Wilderness Medicine, and is also a Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians and an inaugural Fellow of the Academy of EMS. Currently he is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Wake Forest University and works clinically in the Catawba Valley Medical Center Emergency Department. Hawkins lives on North Carolina's Catawba River, at the base of Linville Gorge, with his wife and three boys.

Seth C. Hawkins