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For courses in basic trauma life support. A decades-long leader in trauma education For over 30 years, International Trauma Life Support for Emergency Care Providers has been at the forefront of trauma education for all levels of prehospital emergency care worldwide. This complete resource is filled with practical, hands -on training that guides readers through the how's and why's of all the skills needed for rapid assessment, resuscitation, stabilization, and transportation of the trauma patient. Updated with the latest approaches to the care of the trauma patient, the 9th edition conforms to the most recent AHA/ILCOR guidelines for artificial ventilation and CPR. About the Author Roy L. Alson, PhD, MD, FACEP, FAEMS, is a professor of emergency medicine at Wake Forest University School of Medicine and the former director of the Office of Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, also at Wake Forest. He is also an associate professor at the Childress Institute for Pediatric Trauma at Wake Forest University and an adjunct associate professor in the Department of Military Medicine at Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine, in Parker, Colorado. Dr. Alson received his bachelor's degree from the University of Virginia in 1974 and both his PhD and an MD from the Bowman Gray School of Medicine of Wake Forest University (1982, 1985). He completed his residency in emergency medicine at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and is board certified in both emer