Paramedic Principles and Practice in the UK

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Acknowledgements
1 Introduction
Part 1 PARAMEDIC PRINCIPLES
Section 1: Principles of Paramedic Practice
2 The paramedic role in healthcare
3 Characteristics of ambulance patients
Section 2 The Paramedics Clinical Approach
4 The structured clinical approach
5 The clinical reasoning process
6 The patient interview
Section 3 Patient and Paramedic Safety
7 Patient safety and paramedicine
8 Paramedic health and wellbeing
Section 4: Paramedic Education
9 Paramedic education
Section 5: Legal and Ethical Considerations
10 Legal and ethical considerations in clinical decision making
Section 6: Clinical Reasoning and the Paramedic Model of Practice
11 Developing a philosophy of practice
PART 2 ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE
Section 18:  Essential Concepts of Paramedic Practice
55 Perfusion
56 The autonomic response
57 The inflammatory response

PART 3 PARAMEDIC PRACTICE
Section 7: The Paramedic Approach to the Patient in an Altered Conscious State
12 Hypoglycaemia
13 Cerebrovascular accidents
14 Overdose
15 Seizures
Section 8: The Paramedic Approach to the Patient in Respiratory Distress
16 Airway Obstruction
17 Asthma
18 Acute pulmonary oedema
19 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
20 Pneumothorax
21 Pulmonary embolism
22  Pleural effusion
23 The paediatric patient with a noisy airway
Section 9: The Paramedic Approach to the Patient Suffering a Cardia Emergency
24 Chest pain
25 Arrhythmias
26 Cardia arrest
Section 10: The Paramedic Approach to the Patient with a Severe Allergic Reaction
27 Anaphylaxis
Section 11: The paramedic Approach to the Patient Presenting with Pain
28  Pain
29 Lower back pain
30 Renal colic
Section 12: The Paramedic Approach to the Trauma Patient
31 The structured clinical approach to trauma patients
32 Head injuries
33 Chest injuries
34 Musculoskeletal injuries
35 Traumatic spinal injuries
36 Burns
Section 13: The Paramedic Approach to the Patient Presenting with Environmental Injury
37 Hypothermia
38 Hyperthermia
39 Decompression injuries
40 Snake bites
41 Spider bites
42 Marine envenomation
Section 14: The Paramedic Approach to the Unwell Patient: Specific Challenges to Paramedic Reasoning
43 Acute abdominal pain
44 Sepsis
45 Bleeding from the gastrointestinal and urinary tract
Section 15: The Paramedic Approach to Complex Cases: Specific Challenges to Paramedic Reasoning and Management
46 The social isolated patient
47 The dying patient
48 The patient on out-of-hospital dialysis
49 Indigenous Australian patients
50  Maori patients
Section 16: The paramedic Approach to the Patient Displaying Abnormal Behaviour
51 The patient displaying abnormal behaviour
52 De-escalation in the pre-hospital environment
Section 17:  The Paramedic Approach to Obstetric and Neonatal Emergencies
53 Imminent birth
54 Neonatal resuscitation
Appendix 1:  Professional roel guide
Appendix 2: Medications commonly encountered in community emergency health
Glossary
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