International Trauma Life Support for Emergency Care Providers, 8th Edition

Features

• This proven training book has been at the forefront of trauma education at all levels of pre-hospital emergency care worldwide for more than 30 years.
• UPDATED: BRADY provides book-specific online resources for both learners and instructors including review questions, games, animations, case studies, additional trauma photos and much more! BRADY resources offers instructors a full complement of online supplemental teaching materials such as test banks and PowerPoint lectures to aid in the classroom. www.bradybooks.com ¿Updates to student online resources include:
• NEW: In “Additional Skills,” the use of the new FastResponderTM sternal IO has been added.
• UPDATED: In “Multicasualty Incidents and Triage,” the discussion of various triage schemes has been expanded and now includes SALT Triage.
• UPDATED: In “Role of the Medical Helicopter,” the data has been updated.
• NEW: In “Trauma Scoring in the Prehospital Care Setting,” the CDC Trauma Triage Scheme is included.
• UPDATED: The “Tactical EMS” bibliography reflects current thinking within the Hartford Consensus.
• UPDATED: Coverage of the latest and most effective approaches to the care of the trauma patient prepares readers to become effective emergency care providers.
• NEW: Dr. Roy Alson has joined Dr. John Campbell as co-editor in chief for this edition. Dr. Alson is a board certified EM and EMS physician with extensive experience in EMS care and education and has been a contributor to the ITLS text and course for over 25 years.
• UPDATED: Conforms to the latest AHA/ILCOR guidelines for artificial ventilation and CPR.
• Hands-on exercises throughout the text help readers practice their knowledge and skills on simulated patients. By the end of the course, learners should feel confident in their ability to provide rapid lifesaving trauma care.
• Management skills chapters follow the topic chapters to help reinforce learning.
• UPDATED: Key terms, photos, drawings, and case presentations accompany each chapter to promote retention of key concepts. Many of the case presentations draw upon a single scenario so they reflect a realistic situation.
• Each chapter opens with a Chapter Overview and Objectives to focus students’ study time.
• Pearls feature quick references and reminders in the side margins, providing learners with reinforcement of difficult chapter concepts.
• Chapter Summaries wrap up each chapter, reviewing important concepts and revisiting the overview that opens up the chapter, forming a bridge between areas of focus and objectives.

Chapter-by-chapter changes include:

• The Introduction explains the concept and importance of the “Golden Period”.
• In Chapter 1, the emphasis on scene safety continues to be a central component, as is the concept that trauma care is a team effort involving many disciplines. There is a discussion of the changes in response put forth by the Hartford Consensus.
• In Chapter 2, minor changes have been made in the assessment sequence based on feedback from ITLS instructors and providers. The importance o

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.

Table of Contents

 

1. Scene Size-up  
2. Trauma Assessment and Management  
3. Assessment Skills  
4. Airway Management  
5. Airway Skills  
6. Thoracic Trauma  
7. Thoracic Trauma Skills  
8. Shock  
9. Vascular Access Skills  
10. Head Trauma and Traumatic Brain Injury  
11. Spinal Trauma and Patient-Centered Spinal Motion Restriction  
12. Spine Management Skills  
13. Abdominal Trauma  
14. Extremity Trauma  
15. Extremity Trauma Skills  
16. Burns  
17. Pediatric Trauma  
18. Geriatric Trauma  
19. Trauma in Pregnancy  
20. The Impaired Patient  
21. Trauma Arrest  
22. Standard Precautions and Transmission-Based Precautions  

Glossary  
Index