International Trauma Life Support for Emergency Care Providers, Global Edition (9th Ed.)

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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.

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

Up-to-date guidelines and completereorganization

  • The text conforms to the latest guidelines on trauma care from the American Heart Association, International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation, and Committee on Trauma of the American College of Surgeons.
  • Expanded - Chapter 1 now discusses changes put forth by the Hartford Consensus with regard to scene safety and team-based, multidisciplinary trauma care.
  • Expanded - Chapter 19 now examines how advancing age increases mortality and identifies it as an independent risk factor for needing trauma care.
  • Revised - The text has been completely reorganized to reflect a more functional approach to the assessment and management of the trauma patient. It is now divided into four sections:
    • Essential Information
    • Foundational Knowledge
    • Special Populations
    • Appendices

Skills development

  • Management skills chapters follow each didactic chapter on a clinical topic to review the essential skills needed to manage the clinical situation.
  • Updated - Chapter 4 now includes updated techniques for managing hemorrhage, some of which reflect the latest experiences of the military during recent conflicts.
  • Updated - Chapters 11 and 12 now incorporate the current science and evolution of when to apply spinal motion restriction based on published guidelines.
  • Expanded - Chapter 13 now includes pelvic fractures, as associated with concurrent abdominal injuries.

Engaging practice opportunities andresources

  • Hands-on exercises throughout the text help readers apply knowledge and skills to simulated patients.