PHTLS : prehospital trauma life support /

PHTLS : prehospital trauma life support / Prehospital trauma life support Prehospital Trauma Life Support Committee of The National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians in cooperation with the Committee on Trauma of the American College of Surgeons. - Eighth edition. - p. ; cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

PHTLS : past, present, and future -- Injury prevention -- The science, art, and ethics of prehospital care : principles, preferences, and critical thinking -- Physiology of life and death -- Kinematics of trauma -- Scene assessment -- Patient assessment and management -- Airway and ventilation -- Shock -- Head trauma -- Spinal trauma -- Thoracic trauma -- Abdominal trauma -- Musculoskeletal trauma -- Burn injuries -- Pediatric trauma -- Geriatric trauma -- Golden principles of prehospital trauma care -- Disaster management -- Explosions and weapons of mass destruction -- Environmental trauma I : heat and cold -- Environmental trauma II : drowning, lightning, diving, and altitude -- Wilderness trauma care -- Civilian tactical emergency medical support (TEMS).

9781284041736

2014027414


Wounds and Injuries--therapy.
Emergencies.
Emergency Medical Services.
First Aid--methods.
Traumatology.

RC86.7

616.02/5

WO 700
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