PHTLS:Trauma First Response: Trauma First Response - Softcover

NAEMT; American College Of Surgeons Committee On Trauma

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1284101517 ISBN 13: 9781284101515

Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2016

Synopsis

As the required textbook for NAEMT's Trauma First Response course, PHTLS Trauma First Response delivers comprehensive, evidence-based guidelines culled from NAEMT's internationally renowned Prehospital Trauma Life Support, 7th Edition text to help you provide the most effective pre-EMS trauma treatment. It's the perfect book for first responders, police, officers, firefighters, rescue personnel, and safety officers!

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About the Authors

Formed in 1975 and more than 32,000 members strong, the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT) is the nation’s only organization solely dedicated to representing the professional interests of all EMS practitioners, including paramedics, emergency medical technicians, emergency medical responders and other professionals working in prehospital emergency medicine. NAEMT members work in all sectors of EMS, including government service agencies, fire departments, hospital-based ambulance services, private companies, industrial and special operations settings, and in the military.NAEMT represents all EMS practitioners in promoting: • Greater understanding and appreciation by government agencies at the local, state and national levels of the role that EMS plays in our nation's health care, public safety, and disaster response systems.• Pay and benefits that reflects their professional training, responsibilities and dedication.• Leadership at the federal level that fosters and supports the delivery of quality EMS nationwide. • Adequate and sustainable funding for EMS in all locations. • Public policy that supports EMS practitioners and the patients they serve.

The American College of Surgeons is a scientific and educational association of surgeons that was founded in 1913, dedicated to improving the care of the surgical patient and to safeguarding standards of care in an optimal and ethical practice environment.

Edition details

• Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1284101517
• ISBN 13: 9781284101515
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 370