International Trauma Life Support Paramedics and Other Advanced Providers

Name: International Trauma Life Support Paramedics and Other Advanced Providers
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ISBN: 9780132379823

ISBN-10: 0132379821

ISBN-13: 9780132379823

Edition: 6th 2008

Authors: John R. Campbell

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This practical, hands-on training book offers Paramedics and advanced providers a complete reference covering all skills necessary for rapid assessment, resuscitation, stabilization, and transportation of the trauma patient. For more than 25 years, ITLS has been at the forefront of trauma education at all levels of prehospital care worldwide. This latest edition continues the tradition of excellence by refining and updating the rapid assessment, resuscitation, stabilization, and transport of the trauma patient.nbsp; This expanded edition conforms to the most recent AHA guidelines for artificial ventilation and CPR. New key features include: new flow sheets, new and expanded appendices,…

Book details

List price: $81.20
Edition: 6th
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication date: 7/30/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 464
Size: 8.25" wide x 10.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 2.2
Language: English



Table of Contents



Scene Size-up



Assessment and Initial Management of the Trauma Patient



Patient Assessment Skills



Initial Airway Management



Airway Management Skills



Thoracic Trauma



Thoracic Trauma Skills



Shock Evaluation and Management



Fluid Resuscitation Skills



Head Trauma



Spinal Trauma



Spine Management Skills



Abdominal Trauma



Extremity Trauma



Extremity Trauma Skills



Burns



Trauma in Children



Trauma in the Elderly



Trauma in Pregnancy



Patients Under the Influence of Alcohol or Drugs



The Trauma Cardiopulmonary Arrest



Standard Precautions in the Prehospital Setting



Optional Skills


Optional Skill



Digital Intubation Optional Skill



Transillumination (Lighted Stylet)Optional Skill



Translaryngeal Jet Ventilation Optional Skill



Pharyngotracheal Lumen Airway Optional Skill



Esophageal Tracheal Combitube Optional Skill



King LT-D AirwayOptional Skill



Laryngeal Mask AirwayOptional Skill



Adult Intraosseous InfusionOptional Skill



Rapid Sequence Intubation



Communications with the Receiving Hospital



Documentation: The Patient Care Record



Trauma Care in the Cold



Role of the Medical Helicopter



Trauma Scoring in the Prehospital Care Setting



Drowning, Barotrauma, and Decompression Injury



Injury Prevention and the Role of the EMS Provider



Multicasualty Incidents and Triage



Agricultural Rescue Course Overview



ITLS Access Overview



Tactical EMS


Glossary


Index