The Military Surgery Pocket Book

by Roberts, Peter; Walker, Steven

• ISBN13: 9780198529002
• ISBN10: 0198529007
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2099-11-30
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This handbook is intended for military and civilian personnel undertaking emergency treatment of casualties from all forms of conflict. The emphasis is on safe, practical intervention during the early phases after injury i.e. Battlefield Advanced Trauma Life Support, damage control surgery,anaesthesia, intensive care, analgesia, wound management, burns and prevention of infection. In addition to advice on the operative management of systematic trauma, there are chapters on triage, coping with major incidents and complicating factors such as tropical diseases, heat and cold injury andpsychiatric problems. The text has been fully revised and replaces the Field Surgery Pocket Book published by HMSO in 1981.

Table of Contents

Patterns of Injury in Military Operations

Pathophysiology of Ballistic, Blast and NBC injury

Battlefield Advanced Trauma Life Support

Damage Control Surgery

Principles of Wound Management

Triage

Analgesia in Forward Areas

Infections, Antibiotics and Biological weapons

Limb Injuries

Vascular Injury

Amputation

Abdominal Injuries

Pelvic Injury

Urological Trauma

Thoracic Injury

Head Injury

Ophthalmic Injury

Maxillofacial Injuries

Injuries of the Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT)Spinal injuries

Peripheral Nerve Injuries

Burns

Principles of Plastics and Reconstructive Surgery

Tropical Diseases

Field Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Heat, Cold and Immersion Injury

Military Psychiatry

Major Incident Medical Management

The Incident Response Team and Aeromedical Evacuation

Practical Procedures

Index

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