Clinical Cases in Paramedicine

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Clinical Cases in Paramedicine delivers a comprehensive collection of detailed case studies reflecting real-world conditions and challenges faced by paramedics. Organised by medical presentations and body systems, it provides a systematic framework that mirrors actual paramedic assessments. Featuring cases with varied complexity, the book supports Case-Based and Problem-Based Learning curricula globally, covering trauma, obstetrics, cardiac events, drug overdoses, and more. Each chapter offers interactive activities, discussion questions, practical tips, and guidance aligned with best-practice standards, making it an invaluable resource for developing decision-making skills and applying theory to practice.
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This essential resource is aimed at paramedic students, early-career professionals, educators, lecturers, and trainers seeking to enhance clinical and decision-making skills through evidence-based, practical cases. It is suitable for use in international paramedic training programmes and valuable to those working in diverse settings, including remote and rural environments.

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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.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781119619253

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 18 March 2021

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell

Contributors:

Edited by Ian Peate
Edited by Sam Willis
Edited by Rod Hill
Edited by Ian Peate

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 10.0mm

Width: 180.0mm

Height: 254.0mm

Weight: 794g

Pages: 368

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Education & Reference Health & Wellness Non-Fiction

About the Author

SAM WILLIS is a Lecturer in Paramedicine at Curtin University and makes contributions to the profession through his innovative teaching practices and publications. He holds a number of professional registrations including as a paramedic and a Teaching Fellow with the UK Higher Education Academy. He is currently undertaking a PhD in the field of Paramedic Education.

IAN PEATE, OBE FRCN, is Head of School, School of Health Studies, Gibraltar, Visiting Professor of Nursing, Northumbria University and St George’s University of London, Visiting Senior Clinical Fellow, University of Hertfordshire, Editor-in-Chief of the British Journal of Nursing and Consultant Editor of the Journal of Paramedic Practice.

ROD HILL is Professor of Physiology and Head of the School of Biomedical Sciences at Charles Sturt University. Rod has brought broad impact as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Rod leads the Charles Sturt paramedicine team which offered the first university programme for paramedicine in Australia in 1995, and is the leading Australian programme in both graduate and undergraduate level paramedicine.