Normal view MARC view ISBD view

Basic trauma life support : advanced prehospital care / edited by John Emory Campbell. - 2nd edition. - Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice Hall, c1988. - xvii, 414 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Contents;

Introduction
1. Mechanisms of injuries due to motion
2. Field evaluation and management of the trauma patient
3. Field airway control for the trauma patient
4. Thoracic trauma
5. Shock
6. Spinal trauma
7. Head trauma
8. Extremity trauma
9. Abdominal trauma
10. Trauma in pregnancy
11. Pediatric trauma
12. Burns
13. The trauma cardiorespiratory arrest
14. Critical trauma situations: "Load & go" situations
15. Fluid replacement

Basic skill stations
1. Primary survey
2. Secondary survey
3. Rapid patient assessment
4. Spinal immobilization using a short backboard & rapid extrication
5. Using a long backboard
6. Using traction splints
7. Anti-shock garment application and helmet removal
8. Basic airway management

Advanced skill stations
9. Advanced airway management
10. Chest decompression
11. Fluid resuscitation




Glossary : p. 399-403 . _ Index : p. 405-414.

ISBN: 0893030880

LCCN: 88009900

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Traumatology.
Medical emergencies.

Dewey Class. No.: 617.1026 / BAS