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EMS & Fire Science (Brady)



Basic Trauma Life Support for Paramedics and Other Advanced Providers, 4/E
John R. Campbell, PhD., D.Sc. (Hon.), Oklahoma State University
Alabama Chapter, American College of Emergency Physicians

ISBN-10: 0130845841
ISBN-13: 9780130845849

Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 2000
Format: Paper; 364 pp
Status: Out of Print

Suggested retail price: $56.00
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For courses in Basic Trauma Life Support and Paramedic courses.

This textbook offers Paramedics and advanced providers a complete course covering all the skills necessary for rapid assessment, resuscitation, stabilization, and transportation of the trauma patient. The fourth edition has been updated and revised to include the latest information on spinal trauma, thoracic trauma, pediatrics, head trauma, airway management, bloodborne pathogens, multicasualty incidents and triage. It also covers three new skills: using a pulse oximeter, a laryngeal mask airway, and the new adult intraosseous infusion device. This field-tested book conforms to the latest DOT curriculum with a completely revised chapter on patient assessment and a new chapter that integrates the mechanisms of injury into the complete process of evaluating the injury scene.

  • NEW - Revised patient assessment and scene size-up chapters now comply with the latest DOT curriculum.

    • Covers all of the DOT objectives so this can be used in any advanced provider course where trauma is covered. Ex.___

  • NEW - Chapter 7, Thoracic Trauma Skills, contains updated information on the decompression of a tension pneumothorax.

    • Contains the most up-to-date information to help students effectively treat thoracic trauma situations. Ex.___

  • NEW - New appendix on multicasualty incidents and triage.

    • Helps students be prepared to deal with emergency situations involving more than one person. Helps them to identify and treat the most critical patients first. Ex.___

  • NEW - Chapter 5, Airway Skills, now includes information on the use of a pulse oximeter.

    • Covers all of the latest technology and equipment that a provider will be using at the scene. Ex.___

  • NEW - Updated to reflect current standards of care for children with injuries.

    • Helps providers be prepared to deal with child trauma. Ex.___

  • Developed by Basic Trauma Life Support International, an international organization of teachers of prehospital trauma care, and endorsed by the American College of Emergency Physicians and the National Association of EMS Physicians.

    • This text is written and supported by those groups that know the most about prehospital trauma life support. Ex.___

  • Protocols for determining which trauma patients do not require spinal immobilization are included.

    • These new guidelines help providers determine when to immobilize the spine, and when other treatments are called for. Ex.___

  • Complies with the latest OSHA guidelines for handling bloodborne pathogens.

    • Protects providers from communicable diseases and bloodborne pathogens. Ex.___

  • Now can be used with any ALS (advanced life support) level course.

    • Teaches students the valuable skills of patient assessment and scene size-up in a trauma emergency. Ex.___

  • Revised patient assessment and scene size-up chapters now comply with the latest DOT curriculum.

    • Covers all of the DOT objectives so this can be used in any advanced provider course where trauma is covered. Ex.___

  • Chapter 7, Thoracic Trauma Skills, contains updated information on the decompression of a tension pneumothorax.

    • Contains the most up-to-date information to help students effectively treat thoracic trauma situations. Ex.___

  • New appendix on multicasualty incidents and triage.

    • Helps students be prepared to deal with emergency situations involving more than one person. Helps them to identify and treat the most critical patients first. Ex.___

  • Chapter 5, Airway Skills, now includes information on the use of a pulse oximeter.

    • Covers all of the latest technology and equipment that a provider will be using at the scene. Ex.___

  • Updated to reflect current standards of care for children with injuries.

    • Helps providers be prepared to deal with child trauma. Ex.___



1. Scene Size-Up.


2. Assessment and Initial Management of the Trauma Patient.


3. Patient Assessment Skills.


4. Initial Airway Management.


5. Airway Management Skills.


6. Thoracic Trauma.


7. Thoracic Trauma Skills.


8. Shock Evaluation and Management.


9. Fluid Resuscitation Skills.


10. Head Trauma.


11. Spinal Trauma.


12. Spine Management Skills.


13. Abdominal Trauma.


14. Extremity Trauma.


15. Extremity Trauma Skills.


16. Burns.


17. Trauma in Children.


18. Trauma in the Elderly.


19. Trauma in Pregnancy.


20. Patients Under the Influence of Alcohol or Drugs.


21. The Trauma Cardiorespiratory Arrest.


22. Blood and Body Fluid Precautions in a Prehospital Setting.


Appendix A: Optional Skills.


Appendix B: Radio Communications.


Appendix C: Documentation: The Written Report.


Appendix D: Trauma Care in the Cold.


Appendix E: Role of the Air Medical Helicopter.


Appendix F: Trauma Scoring in the Prehospital Setting.


Appendix G: Drowning, Barotrauma, and Decompression Injury.


Appendix H: Injury Prevention and the Role of the EMS Provider.


Appendix I: Multicasualty Incidents and Triage.

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