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The Trauma section is laid out in a similar structure to the Medical Emergencies section. The initial two chapters give an overview of trauma emergencies in adults and children and the subsequent chapters each contain information about a specific trauma emergency and its paramedic management (see Table 2.2).

All the individual chapters follow a similar format, offering information about the incidence, severity and outcome, pathophysiology and assessment and management of each trauma emergency. In relation to drugs and their use in emergency situations, the Trauma chapter should be used similarly to the Medical Emergencies chapters. Each chapter can be used to find more information about drugs used in the treatment of a given emergency and, more specifically, exactly where a particular drug fits into the treatment and management plan for patients in practice. Paramedics should use this information in conjunction with the Medicines section (section 7) and specific drugs within it, in order to find not only information about when a drug should be used and how it fits into a particular management plan, but also information to ensure the drug is administered correctly, thus reducing the possibility of drug errors.