Improvised medicine: providing care in extreme environments

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"Improvised Medicine is written for healthcare providers treating patients during a crisis situation or in a primitive environment, for diseases and disorders they have little or no hands-on experience with. The book begins with situational analysis and basic needs in a crisis, then moves on to cover specific triage, diagnosis, and stabilization efforts. It then provides medical interventions for surgical and non-surgical problems"--Provided by publisher.;The situation -- What is improvised medicine? -- What are resource-poor situations? -- Basic needs -- Communications -- Preventive medicine/public health -- Basic equipment -- Cleaning and reusing equipment -- Patient assessment/stabilization -- Vital signs, measurements, and triage -- Airway -- Breathing/pulmonary -- Circulation/cardiovascular -- Dehydration/rehydration -- Medications/pharmacy/envenomations -- Analgesics -- Anesthesia: local and regional -- Sedation and general anesthesia -- Anesthesia: ketamine, ether, and halothane -- Transfusion -- Radiology/imaging -- Laboratory -- Patient transport/evacuations -- Surgical interventions -- Surgery/trauma -- Wounds and burns -- Dental: diagnosis, equipment, blocks, and treatment -- Dental: fillings, extractions, and trauma -- Otolaryngology (ENT) -- Neurology/neurosurgery -- Ophthalmology -- Obstetrics/gynecology -- Orthopedics -- Urology -- Non-surgical interventions -- Gastroenterology -- Infectious diseases -- Malnutrition -- Pediatrics and neonatal -- Psychiatry -- Rehabilitation -- Death and survivors -- Hospital disaster plan: generic all-hazard hospital disaster resource-allocation plan -- Medical kits. The situation -- What is improvised medicine? -- What are resource-poor situations? -- Basic needs -- Communications -- Preventive medicine/public health -- Basic equipment -- Cleaning and reusing equipment -- Patient assessment/stabilization -- Vital signs, measurements, and triage -- Airway -- Breathing/pulmonary -- Circulation/cardiovascular -- Dehydration/rehydration -- Medications/pharmacy/envenomations -- Analgesics -- Anesthesia: local and regional -- Sedation and general anesthesia -- Anesthesia: ketamine, ether, and halothane -- Transfusion -- Radiology/imaging -- Laboratory -- Patient transport/evacuations -- Surgical interventions -- Surgery/trauma -- Wounds and burns -- Dental: diagnosis, equipment, blocks, and treatment -- Dental: fillings, extractions, and trauma -- Otolaryngology (ENT) -- Neurology/neurosurgery -- Ophthalmology -- Obstetrics/gynecology -- Orthopedics -- Urology -- Non-surgical interventions -- Gastroenterology -- Infectious diseases -- Malnutrition -- Pediatrics and neonatal -- Psychiatry -- Rehabilitation -- Death and survivors -- Hospital disaster plan: generic all-hazard hospital disaster resource-allocation plan -- Medical kits.