Advanced Trauma Care Program Reference Manual

By Michael Christie

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 problemDoes the "Golden Hour" Exist?Rapid Assessment Techniques for the Critically Ill Trauma PatientUse of Ultrasound in Trauma Patient AssessmentDamage 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 StopWhen should spinal immobilization be used in trauma patients?Why large bore vascular access is vital in trauma patientsWhy Normal Saline is NOT the right Crystalloid for Trauma PatientsHow Blood administration improves trauma patient survival verses crystalloidWhy 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 ManagementUse of Challenge Checklist for IntubationBenefit of Ketamine and Succinylcholine in Trauma Patient Rapid Sequence IntubationChest TraumaTension Pneumothorax and Hemothorax in Trauma PatientsSimple Thoracotomy verses needle chest decompression for tension pneumothoraxCardiac Contusion and Cardiac Tamponade in Trauma PatientsLidocaine Therapy in Traumatic Cardiac ContusionPericardiocentesis for Cardiac Tamponade in TraumaAbdominal TraumaObstetrical Trauma Patient ConsiderationsPelvic TraumaPelvic Wrap for possible Pelvic FractureTraumatic Brain Injury with increasing ICP and decreasing GCSNeuroprotective Effects of Ketamine in TBI PatientsResuscitation 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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0H2N9JLK4
• ISBN13: 9798300138356
• Release Date: June 2026
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.0" x 0.3" x 8.5"