Advanced Trauma Life Support ATLS Student Course Manual 2018

DETAILED CONTENTS
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Course Overview
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CHAPTER 2
AIRWAY AND VENTILATORY
MANAGEMENT 22
Objectives 23
Introduction 24
CHAPTER 1
INITIAL ASSESSMENT AND
MANAGEMENT 2
Objectives 3
Introduction 4
Preparation 4
Triage 6
Primary Survey with
Simultaneous Resuscitation 7
Adjuncts to the Primary Survey
with Resuscitation 10
Consider Need for
Patient Transfer 12
Special Populations 13
Secondary Survey 13
Adjuncts to the Secondary Survey 18
Reevaluation 19
Definitive Care 19
Records and Legal Considerations 19
Teamwork 19
Chapter Summary 20
Bibliography 21
Airway 24
Ventilation 26
Airway Management 27
Management of Oxygenation 36
Management of Ventilation 38
Teamwork 38
Chapter Summary 39
Bibliography 39
CHAPTER 3
SHOCK 42
Objectives 43
Introduction 44
Shock Pathophysiology 44
Initial Patient Assessment 45
Hemorrhagic Shock 48
Initial Management of
Hemorrhagic Shock 51
Blood Replacement 54
Special Considerations 56
Reassessing Patient Response
and Avoiding Complications 58
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