Phtls Trauma First Response

Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-0-323-07797-2
Verlag: ELSEVIER HEALTH SCIENCE

Buch, Englisch, 400 Seiten, Format (B × H): 213 mm x 272 mm, Gewicht: 816 g

As the required textbook for NAEMT's Trauma First Response course, PHTLS Trauma First Response provides comprehensive, evidence-based trauma guidelines to help you confidently manage trauma patients in the critical moments before EMS arrives on the scene. Culled from the most current, evidence-based trauma treatment guidelines published in NAEMT's internationally renowned Prehospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS), 7th Edition, this proven approach to trauma management can assist you in providing the best pre-EMS trauma treatment to reduce patient morbidity and mortality.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Naemt

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete AINS Notfallmedizin & Unfallmedizin (inkl. Notdienste)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 - Introduction to PHTLS 2 - Mechanisms of Injury and Kinematics of Trauma 3 - Assessment of the Scene and Patient 4 - Airway and Breathing 5 - Shock 6 - Disability - Brain and Spine Trauma 7 - Musculoskeletal Trauma 8 - Burn Trauma 9 - Environmental and Wilderness Trauma 10 - Special Populations: Pediatric and Geriatric Trauma 11- Disaster Management 12- Golden Principles of Prehospital Trauma Care