Table of Contents

Chapter 1: The Ambulance Service

Chapter 2: Communication

Chapter 3: Legal, Ethical and Professional issues

Chapter 4: Safeguarding

Chapter 5: Health and Safety

Chapter 6: Manual Handling

Chapter 7: Scene Assessment

Chapter 8: Patient Assessment

Chapter 9: Airway

Chapter 10: Breathing

Chapter 11: Circulation

Chapter 12: Disability

Chapter 13: Exposure

Chapter 14: Medical Emergencies

Chapter 15: Trauma

Chapter 16: Assisting the Paramedic

Chapter 17: Obstetrics

Chapter 18: Children and Infants

Chapter 19: Learning Disabilities

Chapter 20: Older People

Chapter 21: Cardiac Arrest

Glossary
References
Index

About the Author

Kris Lethbridge MCPara lives in the west country and works for the South West Ambulance Service Trust (SWAST) He is a paramedic and clinical educator with a passion for all aspects of prehospital care and is currently a council member of the College of Paramedics.