Books By John Campbell, Lawrence E. Heiskell, Jim Smith, E. John Wipfler - Author

Dr. Campbell passed away in 2018. Dr. Campbell was an excellent physician, innovator, pioneer, and teacher with many outstanding achievements. Dr. Campbell was known worldwide for his innovative and groundbreaking work in developing prehospital trauma education. In 1982, Dr. Campbell founded the Basic Trauma Life Support (BTLS) program. It was the first course and curriculum dedicated to prehospital trauma assessment and trauma care worldwide. He taught, alongside Colonel Jim Smith (his future co-author), and conducted the first BTLS course in August of 1982. He wanted to teach paramedics the principles of advanced trauma life support (ATLS) to improve the care provided to trauma patients. He partnered with the Alabama Chapter of ACEP to publish the first BTLS textbook in 1982. Basic Trauma Life Support has since been renamed to International Trauma Life Support (ITLS) to better reflect its scope and mission, and it is now a global organization offering 15 types of trauma courses and teaching over 30,000 stud