Essentials Of Disaster Anesthesia

A practical review of the essentials of anesthesia for physicians in austere environments and providing healthcare to disaster survivors.

This issue of Anesthesiology Clinics, guest edited by Drs. Lee Fleisher and Jesse Raiten, focuses on This issue of Anesthesiology Clinics, guest edited by Drs. Alison Perate and Vanessa Olbrecht, focuses on Anesthesiologists in time of disaster. This is one of four issues each year selected by the series consulting editor, Dr. Lee Fleisher. Articles in this issue include, but are not limited to: Development of an Anesthesiology Disaster Response Plan; The Initial Response to a Pandemic- Anesthesiology Experiences from China at the Onset of Covid19; Development of a Critical Care Response- Experiences from Italy during the Covid19 Pandemic; Anesthesiology and Critical Care Response to Covid19 in resource limited settings: Experiences from Nepal; Anesthesiology in Times of Physical Disasters- Earthquakes, Typhoons, Tsunamis; Mass Casualty and the Role of the Anesthesiologist; Anesthesiology in the Active War Zone/ Special Operations; Regional Anesthesia in the Field for Trauma Victims; Clinical Research Redirection and Optimization during a Pandemic.

Procedural sedation is commonly used in the emergency department for patients undergoing painful procedures such as fracture reduction or electrical cardioversion. The fourth volume in the Essential Emergency Medicine series, Essential Emergency Procedural Sedation and Pain Management provides a unique interprofessional perspective on delivering procedural sedation and analgesia. The book is designed for staff physicians, residents, nurses, professionals, and allied health care workers. Although procedural sedation is commonly employed and recognized as a required skill set for emergency physicians, there is a lack of appropriate education in the area, and this book bridges gaps in training, especially in the interprofessional team setting.

Anesthesia Emergencies contains relevant step-by-step information on how to detect, manage, and treat complications and emergencies during the perioperative period. Concisely written, highlighted sections on immediate management and risk factors reinforce essential points for easy memorization, while consistent organization and checklists provide ease of learning and clarity. Anesthesia providers will find this book an indispensable resource, describing assessment and treatment of life-threatening situations, including airway, thoracic, surgical, pediatric, and cardiovascular emergencies. The second edition contains a revised table of contents which presents topics in order of their priority during emergencies, as well as two new chapters on crisis resource management and disaster medicine.

I felt highly honoured when I was asked to write about the achievements of my late brother, Dr Frank Wilson, MB, BS(Lond.), FF ARCS, DA, DCH, who was the editor of and a contributor to this book. Frank graduated in Medicine at St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College in 1949 at the early age of 22. Born in Lancaster, his one wish was to return to the North. He held house appointments at Preston, spent his two years of National Service in the Royal Air Force and attained the rank of Squadron Leader. While on National Service, his interests turned to anesthetics, and as Senior Medical Officer on H.M. Troopship 'Devonshire', he developed a love for the sea. Convinced that anesthesia was his career, Frank came to Liverpool and attended the University course in this speciality. The vast experi ence he gained in anesthesia in the Liverpool Hospitals and on the Thoracic, Cardiac, Neurosurgical and Paediatric units, ensured his continued interest in resuscitation and neonatal anesthesia, which led him to design a new tracheostomy tube when he was at Alder Hey Children's Hospital. He became Lecturer in Anesthesia at the University of Liverpool and later Consultant Anesthetist to Southmead Hospital, Bristol, and then to the Burnley group of hospitals and to Lancaster in 1966.

When seconds count, turn to the resource that provides easy-to-find, easy-to-follow guidelines for the essential procedures you’re likely to use in today’s Emergency Department. Essential Emergency Procedures, 2nd Edition delivers the information you need using a consistent, bulleted, outline format, so you can find what you’re looking for quickly and easily. Abundantly illustrated in full color, it guides you step by step through nearly 100 adult and pediatric procedures. Consult seven all-new chapters for current information on procedures used in today’s ED: video laryngoscopy, delayed sequence intubation, NO DESAT, meconium aspirator for airway suctioning, E-FAST, retrograde urethrogram/cystogram, and soft tissue ultrasound. Quickly locate foreign body removal and trauma procedures in new, separate sections devoted to these key areas. Find ultrasound procedures now conveniently located with their respective body system chapters. Locate safety and quality guidelines easily within each chapter: an all-new feature edited by Dr. Reuben Strayer that reviews common procedural and cognitive errors to avoid for each procedure.

This updated book offers a concise review of the essential elements in the care of the severely injured trauma patient.

This is an essential handbook that deals with most of the emergency situations which may occur during anaesthesia practice. It describes the presentation, differential diagnosis, investigations and immediate actions for a range of problems. Advice is practical and didactic, and many algorithms are included for ease-of-reference.