100 Cases in UK Paramedic Practice (100 Cases in Healthcare)

Pre-hospital care plays an increasingly important part in contemporary healthcare delivery and the skills of paramedics, emergency medical technicians and emergency care assistants are a vital part of this. This casebook supports readers to develop the necessary assessment and decision-making skills they need in order to effectively manage a variety of cases typically seen in UK paramedic practice. 100 Cases in UK Paramedic Practice allows for learning and revision through 100 scenarios which aim to encompass cases that may be seen in daily practice. The book covers scenarios that can occur at any moment of the day, from an ambulance shift to primary care settings to event standby duties. The bite-size structure of this book allows the reader to focus on body systems or random case scenarios, depending on their preference. This is an essential, evidence-based guide for students of pre-hospital care and a useful reference for qualified staff as a source of continued professional development or as a revision tool. 100 cases in UK paramedic science- Front Cover......Page 1 Half Title......Page 2 100 cases in healthcare......Page 3 Title Page......Page 4 Copyright Page......Page 5 Contents......Page 6 Acknowledgements......Page 8 Preface......Page 10 History-taking structures and models......Page 12 DHx—drug history......Page 13 ROS—review of systems......Page 14 List of abbreviations......Page 16 Part I: System-specific cases......Page 18 CASE 1: AN ELDERLY FEMALE FEELING UNWELL......Page 20 CASE 2: PALPITATIONS......Page 24 CASE 3: SHORTNESS OF BREATH......Page 26 CASE 4: SHORTNESS OF BREATH......Page 28 CASE 5: SHORTNESS OF BREATH......Page 30 CASE 6: DECREASED LEVEL OF CONSCIOUSNESS......Page 32 CASE 7: DIARRHOEA AND VOMITING......Page 34 CASE 8: FLANK PAIN......Page 36 CASE 9: ‘WORST HEADACHE OF MY LIFE’......Page 38 CASE 10: ‘IS THERE A MEDICAL DOCTOR, PARAMEDIC OR NURSE ON BOARD?’......Page 40 CASE 11: PV BLEEDING......Page 42 CASE 12: WOMAN IN LABOUR......Page 44 CASE 13: STUDENT WITH AN OPIOID OVERDOSE......Page 46 CASE 14: SUSPECTED OVERDOSE......Page 48 CASE 15: COLLAPSE AT THE BUS STOP......Page 50 CASE 16: CPR AT THE WATERPARK......Page 52 CASE 17: SELF-HARM......Page 54 CASE 18: CHILD WITH A RASH......Page 56 CASE 19: STABBED ABDOMEN......Page 60 CASE 20: ADULT WITH BURNS......Page 62 Part II: Mixed cases for self-assessment......Page 64 CASE 21: AN ADULT MALE WITH CHEST PAIN......Page 66 CASE 22: PAINFUL URINATION......Page 70 CASE 23: SHORTNESS OF BREATH AT A LOCAL SCHOOL......Page 74 CASE 24: SEIZURES IN HOME CARE......Page 76 CASE 25: ACUTE COUGH......Page 78 CASE 26: SINGLE VEHICLE ROLLOVER INCIDENT WITH MULTIPLE PATIENTS......Page 82 CASE 27: MANAGING ASTHMA IN A 21-YEAR-OLD FEMALE......Page 86 CASE 28: FEBRILE KID WITH A COUGH......Page 88 CASE 29: STABBED CHEST......Page 90 CASE 30: FEVER IN THE RETURNING TRAVELLER......Page 92 CASE 31: CHILD WITH SEIZURES......Page 94 CASE 32: COLLAPSED MAN IN THE PARK......Page 96 CASE 33: PATIENT WITH CLOTTING PROBLEMS......Page 98 CASE 34: SHORTNESS OF BREATH......Page 100 CASE 35: END-OF-LIFE CANCER CARE......Page 102 CASE 36: PATIENT ON A VENTILATOR......Page 104 CASE 37: ANKLE INJURY......Page 106 CASE 38: INJURY FROM AN AXE......Page 108 CASE 39: REFUSAL OF CARE......Page 110 CASE 40: EPISTAXIS......Page 112 CASE 41: ‘DO I START RESUSCITATION?’......Page 114 CASE 42: CHEST PAIN AND HYPOTENSION......Page 116 CASE 43: INGESTION OF LAUNDRY DETERGENT......Page 118 CASE 44: PALPITATIONS......Page 120 CASE 45: SMOKE INHALATION......Page 122 CASE 46: ASSESSMENT OF CAPACITY......Page 124 CASE 47: ‘NINJAS ON THE LAWN!’......Page 126 CASE 48: ELDERLY FALLER......Page 128 CASE 49: PAEDIATRIC CARDIAC ARREST CALCULATIONS......Page 130 CASE 50: FACIAL WEAKNESS......Page 132 CASE 51: COLLAPSE AT THE HARBOUR......Page 134 CASE 52: A CHILD WHO FELL......Page 136 CASE 53: A MAN WITH A SWOLLEN FACE......Page 138 CASE 54: SEVERE BACK PAIN......Page 140 CASE 55: FEVER......Page 142 CASE 56: HANGING......Page 146 CASE 57: KNEE PAIN......Page 148 CASE 58: CONSENT IN MINORS......Page 150 CASE 59: DIVER DOWN......Page 152 CASE 60: ABDOMINAL PAIN......Page 154 CASE 61: SEPSIS......Page 156 CASE 62: MOUNTAIN MEDICINE......Page 158 CASE 63: I’M WORRIED ABOUT MY CREWMATE......Page 162 CASE 64: PURPLE URINE......Page 164 CASE 65: EXACERBATION OF COPD......Page 166 CASE 66: EPIGASTRIC PAIN......Page 168 CASE 67: DISPLACED PATELLA......Page 170 CASE 68: ‘THERE IS BLOOD EVERYWHERE!’......Page 172 CASE 69: ‘DID I MAKE A MISTAKE?’......Page 174 CASE 70: COLLAPSE......Page 176 CASE 71: VOMITING AND LETHARGY......Page 178 CASE 72: DIARRHOEA......Page 180 CASE 73: FEMALE UNRESPONSIVE......Page 182 CASE 74: PATIENT FEELING UNWELL......Page 184 CASE 75: ‘MY MOTHER SUFFERS FROM DEPRESSION’......Page 186 CASE 76: VOMITING BLOOD......Page 188 CASE 77: ABDOMINAL PAIN......Page 190 CASE 78: HYPERPIGMENTATION......Page 192 CASE 79: ASSESSING A PATIENT’S GLASGOW COMA SCALE SCORE......Page 194 CASE 80: BLOOD SUGAR DERAILMENT......Page 196 CASE 81: PAINFUL ARMS AND LEGS......Page 198 CASE 82: BACK AND ABDOMINAL PAIN......Page 200 CASE 83: HEADACHE......Page 202 CASE 84: CONFUSION ON A CONSTRUCTION SITE......Page 204 CASE 85: MOTORBIKE COLLISION......Page 206 CASE 86: DISCOLOURED STOOLS......Page 208 CASE 87: WALKING DOWN THE STREET IN HER PYJAMAS......Page 210 CASE 88: MUSCULAR PAIN......Page 212 CASE 89: ANIMAL BITE......Page 214 CASE 90: INTRAOSSEOUS ACCESS......Page 216 CASE 91: WHITE MAGIC......Page 218 CASE 92: ‘THE BABY IS COMING’......Page 220 CASE 93: DIFFICULTY BREATHING......Page 222 CASE 94: CRICKET PLAYER WITH A HEAD INJURY......Page 226 CASE 95: DOG BITE......Page 228 CASE 96: BACK PAIN......Page 230 CASE 97: POSSIBLE STROKE......Page 232 CASE 98: DOCTOR’S NOTES......Page 234 CASE 99: ‘HE IS NOT MOVING HIS ARM’......Page 236 CASE 100: LOSS OF VISION......Page 238 Index......Page 240 Presenting and discussing 100 scenarios, this text supports readers to develop the necessary assessment and decision-making skills that paramedics, and other emergency medical staff need in order to act swiftly and competently in crisis situations.