CoROM FIELD GUIDES
CoROM FIELD GUIDES FOR PRACTITIONERS
CoROM's Field Guide focuses on the healthcare practitioner working in remote, austere and resource-limited environments. It is designed to help the remote medics, military medics, doctors, nurses and other allied health practitioners who are working in less than ideal environments. This field guide is recommended by the International Board for Specialty Certifications for the Tactical Paramedic, Critical Care Paramedic, Flight Paramedic and Community Paramedic exams.
Remote & Austere Medicine – Field Guide for Practitioners
A practical, fast-access reference designed for clinicians working in remote, austere, expeditionary, offshore, military, and resource-limited environments. This comprehensive field guide focuses on pragmatic bedside and field management, covering trauma, prolonged field care, tropical medicine, austere critical care, ECG interpretation, environmental emergencies, pharmacology, and evacuation medicine. Written by experienced frontline practitioners, it delivers concise, clinically relevant guidance when rapid decision-making matters most.
Austere & Prehospital Ultrasound – Field Guide for Practitioners
A highly practical point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) handbook tailored for remote, prehospital, tactical, expedition, and resource-limited settings. The guide covers essential ultrasound applications including eFAST, cardiac and lung ultrasound, shock assessment, vascular access, fracture assessment, ocular ultrasound, and more. With clear scanning techniques, probe positioning guidance, pathology examples, and troubleshooting tips, this field guide helps clinicians bring ultrasound directly to the patient — wherever they may be.
Critical Care Transport – Field Guide for Practitioners
Designed for clinicians involved in aeromedical, retrieval, and critical care transport medicine, this field guide delivers concise operational and clinical guidance for transporting critically ill patients safely in demanding environments. Covering ventilation, haemodynamic management, transport physiology, crew resource management, sedation, monitoring, trauma transport, and in-transit emergencies, it bridges the gap between intensive care and operational medicine. A valuable companion for flight paramedics, retrieval physicians, transport nurses, and critical care teams worldwide.
Improvised Medicine – Field Guide to Evidence-Based Skills
Innovation saves lives when resources are limited. This unique field guide explores safe, evidence-based improvisation techniques for clinicians operating in austere and challenging environments. From improvised airway and monitoring solutions to practical equipment adaptations and low-resource clinical problem-solving, the guide combines creativity with sound medical principles. Ideal for remote practitioners, expedition medics, humanitarian teams, military providers, and emergency clinicians seeking practical solutions beyond the conventional hospital setting.
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