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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 616.98023 EAN: 9780835953252 Edition: 1 ISBN: 0835953254 Label: Prentice Hall Manufacturer: Prentice Hall Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 400 Publication Date: February 07, 1999 Publisher: Prentice Hall Studio: Prentice Hall Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: This book explores the new and rapidly developing area of tactical EMS, a special blend of prehospital care and military-style tactical operations encompassing field and wilderness medicine under austere and often hostile conditions. This is the first commercial book to focus on military medicine at the EMT/military medic level. Focusing on the unique prehospital problems facing tactical EMT's, the book covers wounds from conventional weapons as well as nuclear biologic, and chemical weapons. Medical evacuation, environmental medicine and triage as well as ambulatory care and topics unique to EMT's providing law enforcement medical support are also addressed. Medical information coders Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Save your money I have prior experience with "Tactical Medicine" through my service within the military, and as a Swat Team medic and I would have to say that there's nothing "Tactical" about this book whatsoever other than the picture on the cover-Save your money! It wasn't worth the hard earned money that I spent on it, Don't make the same mistake that I made and by this "Tactical" book! Rating: - I'd Give It Zero Stars If I CouldAs a operational medical provider and later physician, having served in combat, civilian TEMS, and international disaster and remote medicine for 25 years, I can say without hesitation that this 'text' is a useless rehash of standard CONUS urban EMS and outdated and abandoned military medicine concepts. It reflects none of the critical lessons learned since Gulf 1, nor our changing understanding of how people die, and live, in operational and resource limited settings. Many of the facts ... Read More Rating: - uneven qualitytho re-issued in 1999 (with corrections), this book is not very well edited. For example, the index is often off by a couple of pages, figures are miss-captioned, & I'd love to be there when the unsuspecting reader applies eucalyptus oil instead of eugenol to your toothache. No doubt a fine text in a classroom situation with a good instructor, but on its own merits, leaves much to be desired. A bit out-of-scope for entry-level EMS personnel wishing to 'expand their knowledge', but the chapter on ambulatory ... Read More Rating:  - Tactical Operational MedicineDr. De Lorenzo and Mr. Porter have written a very readable product on operational medicine. This is an area of medical practice that begs for more documentation, and this text is a good start. Although the information contained in the text leans heavily to the military operational side, there is a great deal of information useful to civilian Tactical services. Some of the opinions are a little controversial, but the authors take a stand and attempt to justify their opinions. Topic areas such as laser and ... Read More Rating:  - Tactical EMSThis book is a blend of military medicine, tactical (as in law-enforcement/SWAT) EMS and state-of-the-art prehospital care. It achieves its stated goals of bringing the best of all these worlds to the medics in the trenches. Advanced techniques such as intubation and transport medicine are well-covered, while basic techniques such as manual carries are not overlooked. Particularly helpful are the sections on NBC/WMD, medication use and preparing patients for long transport. Highly recommended ... Read More 
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