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Preface
Paramedicine is a fast‐paced, ever‐changing profession and those who practise as paramedics must be able to keep up to date with changes using the latest evidence and expert opinion where evidence does not exist. Paramedic education precedes clinical practice and therefore high‐quality learning materials are essential to prepare student paramedics for employment.
The case studies in this book bring together a diverse range of examples that accurately represent the caseload experienced by contemporary paramedics all in one place. They use a mix of evidence‐based cases and expert opinion supplied by leaders in the industry.
Case‐based learning (CBL) and problem‐based learning (PBL) rely on high‐quality, well‐written case studies that paramedic educators, students and clinicians can use to aid their understanding of out‐of‐hospital care. Not only is the content contemporary, but the cases are structured in a manner that reflects a systematic approach to each scene, allowing students to develop a sense of structure to the way they proceed in each case. Each chapter has a range of interactive learning activities that allow students to stop and think about what is going on, and the questions throughout the cases provide students with additional learning opportunities.
List of contributors
Joel Beake Registered Advanced Care Paramedic Queensland Ambulance Service Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Curtis Northcott Registered Advanced Care Paramedic RMA Medical Rescue and Registered Paramedic Mount Isa, QLD, Australia
Fenella Corrick GP Registrar Western Isles, Scotland, UK
David Davis College of Paramedics, Bridgewater, UK
Georgette Eaton Clinical Practice Development Manager Advanced Paramedic Practitioner (Urgent Care) London Ambulance Service, NHS Trust, London, UK
Paul Grant Registered Paramedic Mines Emergency Rescue and Response (MERR) QLD, Australia
Yasaru Gunaratne Advanced Care Paramedic Queensland Ambulance Service, Gold Coast, QLD Australia
Alisha Hensby Lecturer in Paramedicine Charles Sturt University, Bathurst, NSW, Australia
Tom Hewes Senior Lecturer and Programme Director of Paramedic Sciences, Swansea University, Wales, UK
Mark Hobson Clinical Practice Educator for Specialist Practice, Paramedic South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust, Bicester, UK
Tania Johnston Lecturer in Paramedicine Charles Sturt University, Bathurst, NSW, Australia
David Krygger Advanced Care Paramedic with Specialist Training in Low Acuity Referral Services Queensland Ambulance Service Gold Coast, QLD, Australia
Erica Ley Senior HEMS Paramedic Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance Lincoln, UK Associate Lecturer in Paramedic Science University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
Tom E. Mallinson Rural GP & Paramedic BASICS Scotland, Auchterarder, UK
Kristina Maximous Lecturer in Paramedicine Charles Sturt University, Bathurst, NSW, Australia
Brian Mfula Lecturer in Mental Health Nursing Swansea University, Wales, UK
Georgina Pickering Lecturer in Paramedicine Charles Sturt University, Bathurst, NSW, Australia
Michael Porter Paramedic Queensland Ambulance Service Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Samantha Sheridan Lecturer in Paramedicine Charles Sturt University, Bathurst NSW, Australia
Jennifer Stirling Lecturer in Paramedicine Charles Sturt University, Bathurst, NSW, Australia
Clare Sutton Lecturer in Paramedicine, Discipline Group Leader Charles Sturt University, Bathurst, NSW, Australia
Sam Taylor HEMS Paramedic Air Ambulance Kent Surrey Sussex, Chatham, UK
Ruth Townsend Senior Lecturer in Paramedicine Charles Sturt University, Bathurst, NSW, Australia
Lynne Walsh Senior Lecturer in Mental Health/Public Health Swansea University, Wales, UK
Steve Whitfield Lecturer/Course Convenor Griffith University, School of Medicine (Paramedicine), Gold Coast, QLD, Australia Registered Paramedic Queensland Ambulance Service Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Kerryn Wratt Registered Paramedic President, Australasian Wilderness and Expedition Medicine Society (AWEMS), Omeo, VIC, Australia CEO, Rescue MED, Omeo, VIC, Australia
Aimee Yarrington Registered Paramedic and Registered Midwife Shropshire, UK
Chapter 1 Respiratory emergencies
Jennifer Stirling, Clare Sutton and Georgina Pickering
Charles Sturt University, Bathurst, NSW, Australia
CHAPTER CONTENTS
Level 1: Asthma
Level 1: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
Level 2: Pulmonary embolism (PE)
Level 2: Life‐threatening asthma
Level 3: Respiratory sepsis
Level 3: Smoke inhalation
LEVEL 1 CASE STUDY
Asthma
| Information type | Data |
| Time of origin | 17:08 |
| Time of dispatch | 17:10 |
| On‐scene time | 17:20 |
| Day of the week | Friday |
| Nearest hospital | 30 minutes |
| Nearest backup |
15 minutes
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