Students in EMT-Paramedic courses need to know the most recent developments in trauma care. This book provides you with an excellent overview on the principles of trauma care, followed by field techniques for assessment and triage of the patient. Specific trauma injuries are detailed. Treatment methods are covered for the field, emergency department, and special situations material on new procedures, techniques and equipment will add to readers' skills in advanced life support systems. Chapters include field case studies and references to current literature sources in trauma management.Key features:* Addresses the causes of specific injuries* Includes review and study questions* Meets 1999 DOT national Standard Curriculum for the EMT-paramedic* Offers scenarios that apply concepts to patient situations(EMS, emergency care, EMT, trauma care, EMT-Paramedic, nursing, emergency medical services, trauma, triage, paramedic)
This textbook presents the most recent developments in emergency management of trauma. The book begins with the principles of trauma care followed by field assessment and triage of the patient.
This resource presents the most recent developments in emergency management of trauma.
Lethbridge. CHAPTER CONTENTS Introduction 333 Pathophysiology of head injuries 334 Basic cerebral physiology and the pathophysiology of raised intracranial pressure 345 Pathophysiological changes associated with brain injury 348 ...
Principles of Trauma Care
As the required textbook for NAEMTUs worldwide prehospital trauma life support courses, this is the definitive resource for learning basic and advanced prehospital trauma skills and concepts.
NEW! Spinal Immobilization algorithm. Provides general guidelines for when spinal immobilization is appropriate for a trauma patient. ALL NEW PHOTOS! An entirely new set of photographs for the skills portion of this text. NEW!
This book is aimed at surgeons faced with the immediate management of acute surgical problems in a variety of resource settings.
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A National Trauma Care System defines the components of a learning health system necessary to enable continued improvement in trauma care in both the civilian and the military sectors.
This book provides a systemic approach to acute trauma care in line with the ABCDE paradigm and up-to-date information on assessing and managing major trauma from the pre-hospital to the rehabilitation phase.