ITLS
Subtitle: international trauma life support for prehospital care providers
By: edited by John Emory Campbell ; Alabama Chapter, American College of Emergency Physicians.
Contributors: Campbell, John E., 1943-; American College of Emergency Physicians. Alabama Chapter.; International Trauma Life Support.
Edition: 6th ed.
Publisher: Pearson/Prentice Hall
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Upper Saddle River, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 464
ISBN-13: 9780132379823
Subjects: Traumatology; Medical emergencies; Emergency medical technicians; Emergency Medical Services -- methods; Life Support Care -- methods; Wounds and Injuries -- therapy
Other titles: International trauma life support for prehospital care providers; BTLS.
Notes: Rev. ed. of BTLS. 5th ed. c2004.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Scene size-up; title: Assessment and initial management of the trauma patient; title: Patient assessment skills; title: Initial airway management; title: Thoracic trauma; title: Thoracic trauma skills; title: Shock evaluation and management; title: Fluid resuscitation skills; title: Head trauma; title: Spinal trauma; title: Spine management skills; title: Abdominal trauma; title: Extremity trauma; title: Extremity trauma skills; title: Burns; title: Trauma in children; title: Trauma in the elderly; title: Trauma in pregnancy; title: Patients under the influence of alcohol or drugs; title: The trauma cardiopulmonary arrest; title: Standard precautions in the prehospital setting.