International Trauma Life Support for Emergency Care Providers: Pearson New International Edition

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910153127603321
• Autore: ITLS
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: [Place of publication not identified], : Pearson Education Limited, 2013
• ISBN: 1-292-03414-9
• Edizione: [7th ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (415 pages)
• Disciplina: 617.1026
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Table of Contents -- Glossary -- Introduction to the ITLS Course -- 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. Vascular Access Skills -- 9. Head Trauma -- 10. Spinal Trauma -- 11. Spine Management Skills -- 12. Abdominal Trauma -- 13. Extremity Trauma -- 14. Extremity Trauma Skills -- 15. Pediatric Trauma -- 16. Geriatric Trauma -- 17. Trauma in Pregnancy -- 18. The Impaired Patient -- 19. Burns -- 20. Shock -- 21. Trauma Arrest -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: Text only. This product does NOT include a Resource Central Access Code Card. To purchase the text with a Resource Central Access Code Card, please use ISBN: 0-13-281811-6 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 practical, hands-on training offers a complete reference covering all skills necessary for rapid assessment, resuscitation, stabilization, and transportation of the trauma patient. Updated with new photos and the latest approaches to the care of the trauma patient, this seventh edition conforms to the most recent AHA/ILCOR guidelines for artificial ventilation and CPR.