Advanced Trauma Care Program Reference Manual

Have you been searching for an up to date trauma reference that can help your care of the trauma patient right now, with current science, sample protocols for care, and simple explanations for the current science? The Advanced Trauma Care (ATC) Program Reference Manual is simple, yet well researched and referenced companion text for students in any level of advanced trauma education, putting the latest science immediately available. The manual covers a broad range of topics including: - The scope of the problem- Does the "Golden Hour" Exist?- Rapid Assessment Techniques for the Critically Ill Trauma Patient- Use of Ultrasound in Trauma Patient Assessment- Damage Control Resuscitation in Critical Trauma Patients - The Importance of Temperature Control in Trauma Patients - When should a Tourniquet be utilized in a Trauma Patient - Hemostatic Agents for Hemorrhage Management - Wound Packing in Significant Hemorrhage - Why Backboard use for Spinal Immobilization Must Stop- When should spinal immobilization be used in trauma patients?- Why large bore vascular access is vital in trauma patients- Why Normal Saline is NOT the right Crystalloid for Trauma Patients- How Blood administration improves trauma patient survival verses crystalloid- Why is Prehospital blood administration on pediatric trauma patients important?- Advanced Airway Management in Trauma - Difficult Airway Assessment Mnemonics - The Trauma ABCS Impact on Airway and Ventilation Management- Use of Challenge Checklist for Intubation- Benefit of Ketamine and Succinylcholine in Trauma Patient Rapid Sequence Intubation- Chest Trauma- Tension Pneumothorax and Hemothorax in Trauma Patients- Simple Thoracotomy verses needle chest decompression for tension pneumothorax- Cardiac Contusion and Cardiac Tamponade in Trauma Patients- Lidocaine Therapy in Traumatic Cardiac Contusion- Pericardiocentesis for Cardiac Tamponade in Trauma- Abdominal Trauma- Obstetrical Trauma Patient Considerations- Pelvic Trauma- Pelvic Wrap for possible Pelvic Fracture- Traumatic Brain Injury with increasing ICP and decreasing GCS- Neuroprotective Effects of Ketamine in TBI Patients- Resuscitation in Traumatic Cardiac Arrest can result in positive outcomes This manual can help you establish a grounded baseline for what advanced emergency care in trauma can do for the patient and help you to improve outcomes, in combination with qualitiy in person instruction and simulation, you can improve your perspective and skills in trauma care.