Main description:

For basic trauma life support courses For more than 30 years, International Trauma Life Support has been at the forefront of trauma education at all levels of emergency care worldwide. This complete reference is filled with practical, hands-on training that guides readers through the hows and whys behind all of the skills necessary for rapid assessment, resuscitation, stabilization, and transportation of the trauma patient. Updated with the latest approaches to the care of the trauma patient, this Eighth Edition conforms to the most recent AHA/ILCOR guidelines for artificial ventilation and CPR. This new edition continues ITLS's tradition of excellence to ensure learners get the most out of the few minutes they have to save their patients' lives.

Contents:

Scene Size-up
Trauma Assessment and Management
Assessment Skills
Airway Management
Airway Skills
Thoracic Trauma
Thoracic Trauma Skills
Shock
Vascular Access Skills
Head Trauma and Traumatic Brain Injury
Spinal Trauma and Patient-Centered Spinal Motion Restriction
Spine Management Skills
Abdominal Trauma
Extremity Trauma
Extremity Trauma Skills
Burns
Pediatric Trauma
Geriatric Trauma
Trauma in Pregnancy
The Impaired Patient
Trauma Arrest
Standard Precautions and Transmission-Based Precautions
Glossary
Index