It is nice to see that technology is seeping ever onward through the business of motor racing. The FIA Institute has just released its Medicine in Motor Sport guide as an ebook, compatible with a variety of mobile devices, making life a little easier for motor racing’s medical staff around the world. The ebook, which is available to purchase from the Kindle section of the Amazon website, is designed to enable doctors and other trackside medical staff to refer to the guide on a smartphone, laptop, ereader or any other device that supports Kindle software. The guide, edited by Formula One Medical Rescue Coordinator Professor Gary Hartstein, brings together medical and motor sport expertise from more than 20 contributors and covers all areas of motor sport medicine.
“In releasing Medicine in Motor Sport, we for the first time documented all the complexities involved with practicing medicine within the context of motor sport,” says Professor Sid Watkins, President of the FIA Institute. “This digital version of the book means that no matter where they are in the world, medical practitioners can have quick, easy and practical access to this important body of work.”
The book is split into two parts. The first part, entitled The Motor Sport Environment, provides an overview of the organisation of motor sport, the role of the FIA, the Medical Commission, circuit procedures, racecar types, driver equipment, and the role of the Chief Medical Officer.
The second part, Motor Sport Medicine, outlines detailed medical guidance for all types of accidents and injuries. This includes extrication and primary survey procedures, as well as guidelines for numerous injuries including thoracic injury, abdominal trauma, head injury and spinal trauma.
“Motor sport medical staff are constantly on the move so ease of access and portability are extremely important for a reference guide of this type,” says Hartstein. “I, for one, feel safer knowing that the motor sport medical community can have access to this information whenever and wherever they might need it.”
Joe
I have assumed you have viewed the guide, if not then I’ll apologise for asking this question.
Is the guide something that would only be of use to medical professionals, or could event organisers with little real medical training utilise the guide to improve theit events?
Many thanks
John
John Palmer,
It is for doctors
How I would love to see a Kindle version of GrandPrix+. I know there would be no pictures, but it would be so easy to read.
Are you considering it?
Acrobat
No
Kindle? Why not PDF??
Is this book?
Might be useful for Paramedics too.
@John Palmer The book can be downloaded from http://medicineinmotersport.fiainstitute.com/files/institute_medical_booklr%20no%20crops.pdf
@joesaward “It is for doctors”. Or anyone who can read English? (And doesn’t rush from the stands to diagnose why Schumi is so slow.)