Ryan's Ballistic Trauma: A Practical Guide

by Brooks, Adam J.

• ISBN13: 9781848821231
• ISBN10: 1848821239
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-05-01
• Publisher: SPRINGER

Summary

Ryan's Ballistic Trauma, 3rd Edition provides a concise guide to the clinical and operational issues surrounding the management of the ballistic casualty. This book crystallizes the knowledge and experience accrued by those dealing with ballistic trauma on a regular basis and extends this to those who have to manage these patients on an occasional basis only.

Table of Contents

Personal Views
A Personal View	p. 3
A Personal Experience	p. 15
The War in West Philadelphia	p. 19
Weapons, Blast and Ballistics
How Guns Work	p. 23
The Effects of Bullets	p. 37
Bombs, Mines, and Fragmentation	p. 41
Cluster Munitions	p. 57
Shaped Charges and Explosively Formed Projectiles	p. 67
Suicide Bombs	p. 79
Blast Injury	p. 87
Ballistic Protection	p. 125
Forensic Aspects of Ballistic Injury	p. 149
Trauma Systems
Civilian Trauma Systems	p. 179
The UK Military Trauma System	p. 185
Prehospital and the Emergency Room
Triage	p. 199
Prehospital Care	p. 207
Emergency Department Management	p. 221
Imaging Triage for Ballistic Trauma	p. 231
Advanced Resuscitation and Anaesthesia
Damage Control Resuscitation	p. 251
Battlefield Analgesia	p. 263
Anesthesia for the Ballistic Casualty	p. 287
Regional Anesthesia for the Ballistic Trauma Victim	p. 297
Clinical Care
Damage Control Surgery: Concepts	p. 317
Management of Ballistic Trauma to the Head	p. 323
Spinal Injury	p. 341
Eyes	p. 349
Maxillofacial Ballistic Injuries	p. 379
Neck Injury	p. 395
Damage Control	p. 419
Management of Vascular Trauma	p. 439
Damage Control Part III: Definitive Reconstruction	p. 453
Penetrating Genitourinary Trauma	p. 461
Burns	p. 483
Management of Extremity Injuries	p. 503
Ballistic Trauma in Children	p. 529
Ballistic Trauma in Pregnancy	p. 549
Managing Ballistic Injury in the NGO Environment	p. 561
Critical Care
Critical Care for Ballistic Trauma in Austere Environments	p. 585
Transfer and Evacuation	p. 597
Critical Care Management: The Patient with Ballistic Trauma	p. 613
Critical Care Nursing at Role Four	p. 629
The Role of Nutrition in the Treatments of Injured Military Personnel	p. 633
Reconstruction and Rehabilitation
Role 4 and Reconstruction	p. 657
Conflict Rehabilitation	p. 669
And Finally
Have You Read MASH?	p. 693
Index	p. 699
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