Prehospital Care of Neurologic Emergencies

This concise practical book is a reliable and definitive resource for emergency medical services personnel at multiple levels.

List of contents

Preface; 1. Lightheadedness and dizziness Richard B. Utarnachitt; 2. Headache Michael G. Millin and Jeffrey Kell; 3. Seizures and epilepsy Robert Silbergleit and M. Kay Vonderschmidt; 4. Stroke and transient ischemic attack Stephanie A. Crapo, John M. Wooten and Jane H. Brice; 5. Spinal cord injury J. Stephen Huff and Eric Jaeger; 6. Traumatic brain injury Gregory P. Schaefer and Terry A. Taylor; 7. Altered mental status Hollynn Larrabee and Leslie Willard; Index.

About the author

Summary

This book serves as a definitive resource for a host of emergency medical services personnel, concisely addressing the topic of neurologic emergencies. Using a straightforward approach, this text provides focused answers and treatment recommendations in difficult and time pressured circumstances.

Product details

• Authors: Todd Crocco, Todd (West Virginia University) Sayre Crocco, Todd Sayre Crocco
• Assisted by: Todd Crocco (Editor), Todd (West Virginia University) Crocco (Editor), Todd J Crocco (Editor), Todd J. Crocco (Editor), Michael Sayre (Editor), Michael (University of Washington) Sayre (Editor), Michael R Sayre (Editor), Michael R. Sayre (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.07.2014
• EAN: 9781107678323
• ISBN: 978-1-107-67832-3
• No. of pages: 200
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine