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.

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

 

Appendices

A. Standard Precautions

B. Analgesia and Pain Control for the Trauma Patient

C. Multicasualty Incidents and Triage

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