Today’s prehospital care provider will be confronted with a wide variety of medical and traumatic emergencies, will need to possess a strong foundation of medical knowledge, and will be using a large armamentarium of interventions and treatments. It is with this in mind that we have prepared this app.

Prehospital Care—Pearls and Pitfalls, is a unique, stimulating, and easy-to-read way, provide practical information applicable to the prehospital setting and help the prehospital emergency care provider be prepared to manage the myriad of emergency and non-emergency situations that he or she will be called upon to assist.

KEY FEATURES

Ability to take written notes
Ability to take voice notes
Complete text search to quickly find what you are looking for.

ABOUT THE AUTHORs

Peter T. Pons, MD, FACEP

Professor Emeritus Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine
Associate Medical Director Prehospital Trauma Life Support
National Association of EMTs

Vincent J. Markovchick, MD, FAAEM, FACEP

Professor Emeritus Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine
Attending Staff Physician Department of Emergency Medicine
Denver Health Medical Center Denver, Colorado

The app contains content in 87 chapters covering

* EMS – OVERVIEW, DESIGN, AND OPERATIONS             
* MEDICAL DIRECTION              
* PERSONAL SAFETY AND WELLNESS
* DISASTERS, MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS, AND MASS GATHERINGS
* CLINICAL CARE
* PEDIATRICS 
* SPECIAL SITUATIONS             
* AEROMEDICAL TRANSPORT
* PREHOSPITAL SKILLS AND INTERVENTIONS