Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Expect the unexpected

2. Working in a resource limited environment

3. Cultural awareness and sensitivities Sue Viveash

4. International agendas

5. Access and provision of healthcare services

6. Providing critical care in resource limited environments

7. Critical care equipment

8. Environmental and infection prevention control considerations

9. Managing a major incident in critical care

10. Ethical considerations and mission creep

11. Recognition of the acutely ill patient

12. Oxygen therapy and monitoring

13. Mechanical ventilation

14. Sepsis and septic shock

15. HIV

16. Tuberculosis

17. Tropical medicine

18. Malaria

19. Tetanus

20. Cholera

21. Sickle cell anaemia

22. Principles of trauma care

23. Principles of burns care

24. Surgical care

25. Principles of wound care

26. Surgical site infection

27. Pain management

28. Women’s health

29. Paediatrics

30. Organophosphate poisoning

31. Snake and scorpion bites

32. Hypertension

33. Diabetic keto-acidosis

34. Resuscitation

35. Useful calculations

36. Rehabilitation and physiotherapy

37. Nutrition

38. Sharing best practice and knowledge

39. Conducting audit and research in resource limited environments

About the Author

Chris Carter is a Major in Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps, where he has had roles as a practitioner and as an educator. He is currently a nurse lecturer at the Defence School of Healthcare Education, Department of Healthcare Education, Birmingham City University, UK. Major Carter chairs the Royal College of Nursing Defence Nursing Forum.

Reviews

"The book is purposeful, practical and a model of professionalism. The author never resorts to the sensationalism or sentimentalism that pervades the literature from the global north about nursing in low-income countries. The author has a dispassionate style that is rational and mindful of the need to provide unequivocal information. The single-author approach has given the book a consistent style of writing that avoids overlap and repetition. The clinical content is as detailed as possible and contains many guidelines, and black and white pictures and photographs. The references are superb and contain a considerable amount of evidence and information about a fledgling topic. The book describes the phenomenon of global health and provides some justification for the growing number of critical care units in low-income countries. Another worthy feature of the book is the information about defence nursing and the type of resource-limited environments that confront the military."David Muir. PhD Candidate, University of Hull