International Trauma Life Support for Emergency Care Providers, Global Edition, 9th edition

Published by Pearson (23 September 2020) © 2021

  • Ann Navarro
  • James Atkinson
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For courses in basic and advanced trauma life support. 

A decades-long leader in trauma education 

For over 30 years, International Trauma Life Support for Emergency Care Providers has been at the forefront of trauma education for all levels of prehospital emergency care worldwide. This complete resource is filled with practical, hands-on training that guides readers through the how's and the why's of all the skills needed for rapid assessment, resuscitation, stabilisation, and transportation of the trauma patient. The 9th edition reflects the latest and most effective approaches to prehospital trauma care, including a more functional approach to assessment and management.

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Table of contents

  • SECTION 1: ESSENTIAL INFORMATION 
  • 1. Introduction to Traumatic Disease 
  • 2. Trauma Assessment and Management 
  • 3. Assessment Skills 
  • 4. Hemorrhage Control and Shock 
  • 5. Shock and Hemorrhage Control Skills 
  • 6. Airway Management 
  • 7. Airway Skills  
  • SECTION 2: FOUNDATIONAL KNOWLEDGE 
  • 8. Thoracic Trauma 
  • 9. Thoracic Trauma Skills 
  • 10. Spinal Trauma and Spinal Motion Restriction 
  • 11. Spine Management Skills 
  • 12. Head Trauma and Traumatic Brain Injury
  • 13. Abdominal Trauma 
  • 14. Extremity Trauma 
  • 15. Extremity Trauma Skills 
  • 16. Traumatic Arrest  
  • SECTION 3: SPECIAL POPULATIONS 
  • 17. Burns 
  • 18. Pediatric Trauma 
  • 19. Geriatric Trauma 
  • 20. Trauma in Pregnancy 
  • 21. The Impaired Patient  
  • AppendicesA. Standard Precautions 
  • B. Analgesia and Pain Control for the Trauma Patient 
  • C. Multicasualty Incidents and Triage

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