Prehospital Trauma Life Support + Navigate Advantage Access: Prehospital Trauma Life Support

by National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT)

• ISBN13: 9781284041736
• ISBN10: 1284041735
• Edition: 8th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2014-11-24
• Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning

Table of Contents

SectionDivision 1 Introduction
ChapterChapter 1 PHTLS: Past, Present, and Future
ChapterChapter 2 Injury Prevention
SectionDivision 2 Assessment and Management
ChapterChapter 3 The Science, Art, and Ethics of Prehospital Care: Principles, Preferences, and Critical Thinking
ChapterChapter 4 Physiology of Life and Death
ChapterChapter 5 Kinematics of Trauma
ChapterChapter 6 Scene Assessment
ChapterChapter 7 Patient Assessment and Management
ChapterChapter 8 Airway and Ventilation
ChapterChapter 9 Shock
SectionDivision 3 Specific Injuries
ChapterChapter 10 Head Trauma
ChapterChapter 11 Spinal Trauma
ChapterChapter 12 Thoracic Trauma
ChapterChapter 13 Abdominal Trauma
ChapterChapter 14 Musculoskeletal Trauma
ChapterChapter 15 Burn Injuries
ChapterChapter 16 Pediatric Trauma
ChapterChapter 17 Geriatric Trauma
SectionDivision 4 Summary
ChapterChapter 18 Golden Principles of Prehospital Trauma Care
SectionDivision 5 Mass Causalities and Terrorism
ChapterChapter 19 Disaster Management
ChapterChapter 20 Explosions and Weapons of Mass Destruction
SectionDivision 6 Special Considerations
ChapterChapter 21 Environmental Trauma I: Heat and Cold
ChapterChapter 22 Environmental Trauma II: Lightning, Drowning, Diving, and Altitude
ChapterChapter 23 Wilderness Trauma Care
ChapterChapter 24 Civilian Tactical Emergency Medical Support (TEMS)