Overview

"As the required textbook for NAEMT's worldwide prehospital trauma life support courses, ""Prehospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS)"" is the definitive source for learning basic and advanced prehospital trauma skills and concepts for both basic and advanced providers. Now revised and expanded to cover all aspects of prehospital trauma - with new chapters on burns, wilderness trauma, tactical considerations, weapons of mass destruction, and triage and disaster management - the 6th edition has become the ultimate trauma text for any EMS provider! The 6th edition is also ideal for use as the trauma component of a EMT or paramedic course or as a general reference tool on trauma assessment and management."

Full Product Details

Author:   NAEMT
Publisher:   Mosby/JEMS
Imprint:   Mosby/JEMS
Edition:   6th Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 21.60cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 27.60cm
Weight:   1.451kg
ISBN:  

9780323033312

ISBN 10:   0323033318
Pages:   624
Publication Date:   28 August 2006
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Table of Contents

Division One: Energy and Injury 1. Introduction 2. Injury Prevention 3. Kinematics of Trauma Division Two: Assessment and Management 4. Scene 5. Patient 6. Airway and Ventilation 7. Shock and Fluid Resuscitation Division Three: Specific Injuries 8. Head Trauma 9. Spinal Trauma 10. Thoracic Trauma 11. Abdominal Trauma 12. Musculoskeletal Trauma 13. New! Burn Trauma 14. Pediatric Trauma 15. Geriatric Trauma 16. New! Environmental Trauma I: Heat and Cold 17. New! Environmental Trauma II: Drowning, Lightning, Diving, and Altitude Division Four: Summary 18. Golden Principles of Prehospital Trauma Care Division Five: Special Considerations 19. New! Triage and Disaster Management 20. New! Weapons of Mass Destruction 21. New! Civilian Tactical EMS 22. New! Wilderness Trauma Care Glossary Index 8 laminated cards New!

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