Pre-Hospital Emergency Medicine: Prepare for the FRCA

Section 1: Basic Principles
Management of major trauma
The metabolic and endocrine response to trauma
Clinical aspects of coagulation & haemorrhage
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation and post resuscitation care
Section 2: Brain and Spinal Injuries
Spinal cord injury
Traumatic brain injury: initial resuscitation and transfer
Section 3: Burns
Critical care management of inhalational injury and severe burns
Trauma and burns in children
Section 4: Chest Trauma
Chest trauma
Insertion of a chest drain for pneumothorax
Section 5: Drowning
Drowning and immersion injury
Section 6: Management of the Compromised Airway
Percutaneous tracheostomy and cricothyrotomy techniques
Airway trauma
Section 7: Pre-Hospital Anaesthesia and Analgesia
Pain priorities in prehospital care
Anaesthesia outside the theatre environment
Anaesthetic priorities in pre-hospital trauma care
Section 8: Shock
Shock: causes, assessment & investigation
Hypovolaemia
Management of shock in trauma
Intraosseous cannulation in children
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