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About International Trauma Life Support For Emergency
Product Description 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 About our authors 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 emergency medicine and emergency medical services by the American Board of Emergency Medicine. Dr. Alson’s EMS career began in the early 1970s as an EMT in New York City. As a graduate student, he became a member of the Winston-Salem Rescue Squad and began working for the Forsyth County EMS as an EMT. Upon completion of his residency, Dr. Alson returned to Wake Forest University and the Forsyth County EMS system, serving as assistant medical director for 14 years and medical director since 2003. He remains actively involved in the education of EMS personnel. Dr. Alson’s involvement with ITLS dates to the 1980s. He served as the North Carolina chapter medical director for 15 years. Since the early 1990s, Dr. Alson has been a member of the editorial board for ITLS as well as a contributing author. He was the co-editor-in-chief for the 8th edition of this textbook. Along with EMS, disaster medicine is an area of interest. Dr. Alson served as the medical director for the North Carolina State Medical Response System (NC SMAT) program. He has served as the chairman of the Disaster Preparedness and Response Committee for the American College of Emergency Physicians from 2011 until 2016, a member of the EMS Committee for ACEP, and a member of the EMS Committee for the American Academy of Emergency Physicians. Dr. Alson was the chairman of the NAEMSP Disaster Preparedness Committee in 2014-2016. Dr. Alson served with the National Disaster Medical System (NDMS) for 28 years, most recently as a member of the International Medical Surgical Response Team East (IMSURT-E). He previously served as the commander and deputy commander for the North Carolina Disaster Medical Assistance Team (NC-DMAT-1) and deputy commander of the NMRT-E. Dr. Alson has responded to numerous nationally declared disasters. He continues to teach about the delivery of care in austere and surge-type conditions and has lectured nationally and internationally on prehospital trauma care and disaster medicine. He and his wife, Rebecca, reside in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Kyee H. Han, MBBS, FRCS, FRCEM, is a consultant in trauma and emergency medicine at the James Cook University Hospital, in Middlesbrough, which is a regional major trauma center in the North East of England. He is also honorary medical director to the North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust. Dr. Han completed his undergraduate medical training at the Institute of Medicine in Rangoo
