Clinical Cases in Paramedicine provides students, educators, and early career paramedics with a diverse range of detailed case studies that realistically represent the conditions, scenarios, and challenges encountered in practice. Integrating evidence-based cases and expert insights from leading academics and practitioners, this engaging resource helps readers develop appropriate decision-making skills and apply theoretical concepts to practical situations. Organised by medical presentations and body systems, the text provides readers with a systematic framework that mirrors how paramedics assess cases in the real world.
Throughout the text, cases of varying levels of complexity are designed to meet the needs of Case-Based Learning (CBL) and Problem-Based Learning (PBL) curricula used in paramedic training programmes worldwide. Each chapter contains six case studies - introductory, intermediate, and advanced - and features interactive learning activities, discussion questions, practical tips, and authoritative guidance aligned to national and international best-practice standards. Case studies illustrate scenarios related to trauma, medical emergencies, obstetrics, respiratory and cardiac events, minor injuries, drug overdoses, and many others. This comprehensive resource:
- Features case studies of varying lengths and degrees of complexity to suit different readers, from student to professional
- Suitable for use in many international programmes
- Offers chapter introductions and summaries, practice questions, and additional online resources
- Contains clinical, legal, ethical, cultural, remote and rural case studies
- Includes a cumulative and comprehensive "Test Your Knowledge" concluding chapter
Those studying or working in paramedicine must keep pace with changes in the field using the latest evidence and expert opinion. Clinical Cases in Paramedicine is an essential volume for paramedic students and early-career professionals, as well as educators, lecturers, and trainers.
Table of Contents
Preface vi
List of Contributors vii
Chapter 1 Respiratory emergencies 1
Jennifer Stirling Clare Sutton and Georgina Pickering
Chapter 2 Cardiac emergencies 25
Michael Porter and Joel Beake
Chapter 3 Neurological emergencies 47
Kristina Maximous
Chapter 4 Abdominal emergencies 74
Tania Johnston and Mark Hobson
Chapter 5 Palliative and end-of-life care 99
Alisha Hensby and Samantha Sheridan
Chapter 6 Medical emergencies 118
Tom E. Mallinson
Chapter 7 Non-technical skills 142
Georgette Eaton
Chapter 8 Trauma cases 161
Tom E. Mallinson and Fenella Corrick
Chapter 9 Paediatric cases 186
Erica Ley
Chapter 10 Patient-centred care in complex cases 203
Yasaru Gunaratne and David Krygger
Chapter 11 Legal and ethical cases 225
Ruth Townsend
Chapter 12 Mental health cases 242
David Davis Tom Hewes Lynne Walsh and Brian Mfula
Chapter 13 Older adults 261
Sam Taylor
Chapter 14 Obstetric cases 280
Aimee Yarrington
Chapter 15 Remote area cases 301
Steve Whitfield and Kerryn Wratt
Chapter 16 Mining emergencies 323
Paul Grant and Curtis Northcott
Index 348
