Publisher's Synopsis
This textbook offers basic EMS personnel a complete course covering all the skills necessary for rapid assessment, resuscitation, stabilization and transportation of the trauma patient. This field-tested book was developed by Basic Trauma Life Support International - an international organization of teachers of prehospital trauma care. It has been endorsed by the American College of Emergency Physicians and the National Association of EMS Physicians.;This edition features a revised chapter on spinal trauma; coverage of recent research-management of shock; revised details of patient assessment; and current information on blood-borne pathogens to comply with Current OSHA Guidelines. The work follows the 1994 Revised EMT- Basic National Standard Curriculum.
