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Visual Diagnosis in Emergency and Critical Care Medicine
Wiley 2011; US$ 88.95Improve your skills in visual diagnosis Speed and accuracy of diagnosis is the key to saving lives in emergency and critical care medicine. Careful visual inspection of the patient, the data (radiography, electrocardiogram), and related clues can often help providers choose the right diagnosis and ultimately the best treatment – but this knowledge... more...
Major Incident Medical Management and Support
Wiley 2011; US$ 87.95Major Incident Medical Management and Support (MIMMS) is the coursebook for the Advanced Life Support Group’s internationally taught training for health care professionals responding to major incidents. The practical approach employed in MIMMS has proved an invaluable aid to both civilian and military doctors, nurses and paramedics working... more...
Major Incident Management System (MIMS)
Wiley 2013; US$ 89.95This highly practical aid to management of major incidents is the refined and improved new edition of Prehospital Emergency Management Master. Concentrating on the essential elements in treatment and transport of the wounded in a major incident this new system provides easily assimilable information on: symbols and terminology; first actions; METHANE... more...
The Public Health Consequences of Disasters
Oxford University Press 1997; US$ 79.99This book summarizes the most recent and useful information about the public health impact of natural and man-made disasters. It emphasizes the uses of epidemiologic knowledge about different types of disasters. Each chapter is based on a variety of experiences and literature drawn from both developing and industrialized countries. more...
Guia para la reduccion de vulnerabilidad en el diseno de nuevos establecimientos de salud
Pan American Health Organization 2004; US$ 25.00Esta publicación, realizada con el concurso del Centro Colaborador de la OPS/OMS en Mitigación de Desastres en Establecimientos de Salud de la Universidad de Chile, propone tres niveles de protección frente a eventos adversos: protección de la vida, protección de la infraestructura y protección de la operación. more...
Crisis Management in Acute Care Settings
Springer 2007; US$ 54.99Addresses various issues relevant to error prevention and safe practice in the acute and emergency health-care setting. This book begins with the basic principles of human behavior and decision making and then details the influences of the individual, the team, and the organization within the health-care system. more...
Major Incident Medical Management and Support
Wiley 2008; US$ 97.95This is the course book for a new ALSG course on preparation for and medical management of major incidents within the hospital. It will be a companion volume to MIMMS, which deals with the prehospital situation, and will meet an ever increasing need as natural and other disasters affect hospital staff and administrators. The course aims to provide... more...
Visual Diagnosis in Emergency and Critical Care Medicine
Wiley 2008; US$ 89.95Containing high quality images, this book presents the common visual diagnoses that are either pathognomonic or suggestive of specific illnesses. Organized randomly as a patient would present their 'chief complaint' rather than neatly into topics, this book is an invaluable aid for all health care personnel who manage patients in acute care settings.... more...
Heat-Health Action Plans
World Health Organization 2008; US$ 15.00Climate change is leading to variations in weather patterns and an apparent increase in extreme weather events, including heat-waves. Recent heat-waves in the WHO European Region have led to a rise in related mortality but the adverse health effects of hot weather and heat-waves are largely preventable. This guidance results from the EuroHEAT project... more...
Foundations for Paramedic Practice
McGraw-Hill Education 2008; US$ 172.00Introduces the theoretical subjects studied on the higher education paramedic science programmes. This title underpins practice and links ways of working to the theory base. It features examples and case studies that focus on pre-hospital and emergency care. It is intended for students of paramedic science and allied health professions. more...









