The Advanced Practitioner in Pre-hospital Critical Care

Structured clinical guidance for advanced pre-hospital critical care practitioners

The Advanced Practitioner in Pre-Hospital Critical Care offers structured, evidence-based coverage of disease and injury processes, diagnostics, and advanced medical, invasive, and surgical interventions. To ensure real-world relevance, an international team of consultant paramedics and advanced critical care practitioners from the UK, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, the US and Canada contributed to this definitive guide.

Chapters follow the chronological workflow of a critical care incident, from patient selection and deployment through scene arrival, communication, human factors, systematic patient management, logistical decisions, hospital handover, and debriefing.

Readers will also find:

• Structured coverage of operational, clinical, and system considerations specific to the advanced practitioner role in pre-hospital environments
• International perspectives from leading critical care teams across six countries reflecting contemporary emergency medical systems worldwide
• Patient-focused frameworks guiding practitioners through common and specialised interventions applicable to advanced pre-hospital practice
• Content aligned with examinations administered by the Faculty of Pre-hospital Care, Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine, and Royal College of Emergency Medicine

Written for pre-hospital practitioners developing into or established in advanced practice roles, this book also serves doctors, senior nursing staff transitioning to pre-hospital care, and is applicable internationally. It supports postgraduate courses in pre-hospital critical care and specialty examinations, providing a structured, pragmatic resource for evaluating and advancing clinical practice.