Basic Trauma Life Support for the EMT-B and First Responder Book

	Authors
	Introduction
	Acknowledgments
	BTLS Course
Ch. 1	Scene Size-Up	1
Ch. 2	Assessment and Initial Management of the Trauma Patient	24
Ch. 3	Patient Assessment Skills	40
Ch. 4	Initial Airway Management	53
Ch. 5	Airway Management Skills	69
Ch. 6	Thoracic Trauma	78
Ch. 7	Shock Evaluation and Management	95
Ch. 8	Head Trauma	109
Ch. 9	Spinal Trauma	126
Ch. 10	Spine Management Skills	149
Ch. 11	Abdominal Trauma	171
Ch. 12	Extremity Trauma	179
Ch. 13	Extremity Trauma Skills	195
Ch. 14	Burns	203
Ch. 15	Trauma in Children	223
Ch. 16	Trauma in the Elderly	241
Ch. 17	Trauma in Pregnancy	251
Ch. 18	Patients Under the Influence of Alcohol or Drugs	262
Ch. 19	Blood and Body Substance Precautions in the Prehospital Setting	269
App. A	Optional Skills	282
App. B	Radio Communications	292
App. C	Documentation: The Written Report	297
App. D	Trauma Care in the Cold	304
App. E	Role of the Air Medical Helicopter	310
App. F	Trauma Scoring in the Prehospital Care Setting	313
App. G	Drowning, Barotrauma, and Decompression Injury	316
App. H	Injury Prevention and the Role of the EMS Provider	322
App. I	Multicasualty Incidents and Triage	330
	Glossary	339
	Index	341