How to Survive a Stay in the Hospital Without Getting Killed is an easy-to-understand hospital-survival guide. This handbook explains what kinds of mistakes can and do happen in the hospital and how to prevent them from happening to you. It contains inside information and secrets as told by a nurse who has worked in various hospitals and healthcare facilities in different nursing departments, in two different states, and has "been there and done that." This book will teach you how to protect yourself, from the time you arrive at the Hospital Admissions Office to the time you leave the hospital. The subjects covered include what personal information you'll be asked to provide the hospital, what a routine day in the hospital is like, the importance of not assuming anything, how to prevent being mistaken for another patient, how to talk to the doctor(s) and other healthcare workers, how to prevent medication errors, how to protect yourself from surgical mistakes, and much more. The book also contains an Index, a Glossary of Medical Terms, a Bibliography, and a list of Useful Organizations that can help you with specific problems. This street-smart guide will be useful to patients, would-be patients, and anyone with family, friends or acquaintances they want to protect from medical mistakes or errors.

This book was originally designed largely for those who work in remote places associated with an environmental hazard such as heat or cold. Since it has been used for the families left at home it also has general appeal. Basically it is a first-aid book but it is presented so that it provides an understanding of the basic nature of the various emergency situations not only to allow appropriate first-aid to be administered but also to care for the casualty for a time if evacuation from the remote place is delayed or even absent. It also trains the casualty handler to communicate an appreciation of the problem to a remote doctor so that he will be in a position to provide quality advice. The book avoids technical terms and is presented in the simple and yet detailed terms of a series of lectures. Certain important areas are thus repeated for emphasis so that a full understanding of the subject can rapidly and painlessly be acquired. It is based on the lecture material for the course which was originally part of the system for remote personnel operating in the offshore oil and gas industry in the North Sea and which was subsequently found to be equally useful for the personnel of the British Antarctic Survey operating in small parties far from base. The lecture course has also been extensively used by oil company personnel in the Middle East, particularly those who operate in lonely desert areas or offshore. The book is illustrated by clinical pictures and diagrams to show the nature of the injuries and conditions described such as burns, fractures, wounds, bleeding, eye injuries, heat illness, etc. This introduces the trainee to the types of emergency which he may be called upon to manage and helps to determine how best they should be treated in both urban and remote situations. The descriptions of such fundamental areas as the management of unconsciousness, the nature of respiratory and circulatory failure and resuscitation are also fully complimented by diagrams and photographs.

The author held a unique position in the history of UK ambulance service development, commencing his career as an ambulance in 1962, rising to the top position of Chief Officer in eight years, becoming a central figure in the significant professional development of the service for another twenty-nine years, making him the UKÕs longest serving Chief Officer of any of the main emergency services. He has a very personal insight into all the policy decisions affecting the service over that period and of the many trials and tribulations behind many of the decisions leading to the modern paramedical ambulance service reflected in today's modern ambulance service.

A people person, the author shares his experiences right from early childhood, which he believes influenced his management style and subsequent successes in introducing new and often radical change, whilst taking his workforce with him, often against strong national and local political opposition.

The book clearly defines the progress of ambulance services since the inception of the National Health Service in 1948 up until his retirement in1999. It illustrates both the technical and procedural techniques used to modernise what is and always will be a publicly sensitive and essential emergency service. As such, it provides a much needed professional historical record of the ambulance service in the last half of the twentieth century, from someone who lived the experience first hand.

The author draws on his particular management style and experiences, relating them back to his formative childhood years and shares some hitherto unknown behind the scenes facts with the reader. The book succeeds in informing the health care professional about the ambulance service and its modern day role in the community and yet also provides a valuable insight for students studying for a University Management Degree, whether in Health Service management or general management. It is fascinating reading, not least because the ambulance service touches all our lives at some time or other, but also because the authors natural writing style is obviously borne out of having lived all the experiences, first hand and at a very senior level.

A unique opportunity to learn about an essential life saving service and the management techniques involved in operating at CEO level in a politically charged and often controversial public environment.

Trauma Classifications at Hand, by J. Antonio Alonso, is a concise hand-book with the classifications for fractures, soft tissue injuries and trauma scores most commonly used in clinical practice. It was writen by the author when preparing for his FRCS (T&O) examination, and it was designed as a quick reference and review manual. This book is conveniently divided in upper limb, lower limb, spine, soft tissues, paediatrics and trauma scores classifications. It can be a very useful tool both in clinical practice and during preparation for postgraduate examinations. This book can be of benefit for medical students, orthopaedic surgical trainees, emergency medical personnel, physiotherapists and general practitioners