The Trauma Manual

by Peitzman, Andrew B.; Rhodes, Michael; Schwab, C. William; Yealy, Donald M.; Fabian, Timothy

• ISBN13: 9780781726412
• ISBN10: 0781726417
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-03-25
• Publisher: LWW

Summary

The thoroughly updated Second Edition of this popular and widely used pocket reference guides the trauma team through every aspect of patient care after injury--from prehospital care, to resuscitation, treatment of specific organ injuries, priorities in intensive care, and management of special situations. Designed for rapid, on-the-spot information retrieval, The Trauma Manual, Second Edition will be a staple reference in emergency departments.Flow charts, algorithms, sequential lists, and tables throughout facilitate quick clinical decision-making. More than 100 illustrations demonstrate specific injuries and procedures. Appendices include injury scales, tetanus prophylaxis recommendations, commonly used formulae and values, and frequently used forms. This edition includes a new chapter on commonly missed injuries and common pitfalls.

Table of Contents

Contributing Authors	xi
Foreword	xvii
Ronald D. Stewart
Foreword	xviii
Donald Trunkey
Preface	xix
Introduction to Trauma Care	1	(3)
Michael D. Grossman
Patterns of Blunt Injury	4	(6)
Michael D. Grossman
Mechanisms of Injury/Penetrating Trauma	10	(7)
J. Christopher DiGiacomo
James F. Reilly
The Physiobgic Response to Injury	17	(6)
Bradley S. Taylor
Brian G. Harbrecht
Shock	23	(5)
Brian G. Harbrecht
Timothy R. Billiar
Measurements of Injury Severity	28	(7)
Theodore R. Delbridge
Prehospital Triage	35	(7)
Ronald N. Roth
Vincent N. Mossesso, Jr.
Prehospital Therapy	42	(13)
Kathy J. Rinnert
Keuin S. O'Toole
Field Teams: Composition, Direction, and Communication with the Trauma Center	55	(4)
Owen T. Traynor
Air Medical and Interhospital Transport	59	(6)
John S. Cole
Trauma Team Activation	65	(4)
Theodore R. Delbridge
Organization Prior to Trauma Patient Arrival	69	(9)
William S. Hoff
Adult Trauma Resuscitation	78	(10)
Michael Rhodes
Airway Management in the Trauma Patient	88	(9)
Rade B. Vukmir
Kathy J. Rinnert
Donald M. Yealy
Vascular Access	97	(12)
Michael D. Pasquale
Michael Rhodes
Imaging of Trauma Patients	109	(10)
Michael P. Federle
Documentation, Coding and Compliance, and EMTALA	119	(10)
Michael Rhodes
C. William Schwab
Donald M. Yealy
Operating Room Practice	129	(3)
Michael Rhodes
Michael Russell
Head Injury	132	(8)
Donald W. Marion
Injuries to the Spinal Cord and Spinal Column	140	(17)
William C. Welch
William F. Donaldson, III
Donald W. Marion
Soft Tissue Wounds of the Face	157	(10)
James M. Russavage
Gary T. Patterson
Bony Oral-Maxillofacial Injuries	167	(15)
Mark W. Ochs
Ophthalmic Injuries	182	(7)
Randall L. Beatty
Penetrating Neck Injury	189	(9)
Robert A Maxwell
Blunt Neck Injury	198	(5)
Tiffany K. Bee
Martin A. Croce
Juan B. Ochoa
Thoracic Injury	203	(21)
John P. Pryor
C. William Schwab
Andrew B. Peitzman
Thoracic Vascular Injury	224	(12)
John P. Pryor
C. William Schwab
Andrew B. Peitzman
Abdominal Injury	236	(31)
Heidi L. Frankel
Darrell C. Boone
Andrew B. Peitzman
Abdominal Vascular Injury	267	(10)
Michael B. Shapiro
Damage Control	277	(7)
Michael F. Rotondo
Abdominal Compartment Syndrome	284	(3)
Robert A Maxwell
Marilyn J. Borst
Genitourinary Injuries	287	(9)
Michael Rhodes
Fredrick Giberson
Orthopedic Injuries	296	(14)
Bruce H. Ziran
Paul T. Freudigman
Pelvic Fractures	310	(9)
Michael J. Prayson
Gary S. Gruen
Hand Trauma	319	(16)
Steven L. Bernard
Ramon Llull
N. Ake Nystrom
Compartment Syndrome and Rhabdomyolysis	335	(5)
Preston R. Miller, III
John M. Kane, III
Peripheral Vascular Injuries	340	(12)
Luis H. Alarcon
Ricard N. Townsend
Soft-Tissue Trauma	352	(4)
Kimberly A. Davis
Priorities in the ICU Care of the Adult Trauma Patient	356	(24)
Keith D. Clancy
Joseph M. Darby
Commonly Missed Injuries and Pitfalls	380	(6)
Gerard J. Fulda
Anesthesia for the Trauma Patient	386	(10)
Michael Rodrick
James W. Krugh
C. William Hanson, III
Trauma Pain Management	396	(8)
Kimberly K. Cantees
Donald M. Yealy
Hypothermia Cold Injury, and Drowning	404	(7)
Samuel A. Tisherman
Blood Transfusion and Complications	411	(9)
Ajai K. Malhortra
Heidi L. Frankel
C. William Schwab
Nutrition/Metabolism in the Trauma Patient	420	(8)
Gayle Minard
Support of the Organ Donor	428	(5)
Juan B. Ochoa
Patrick M. Reilly
Burns/Inhalation	433	(13)
Kevin Farrell
Linwood R. Haith, Jr.
Pediatric Trauma	446	(15)
Michael G. Scheidler
James M. Lynch
Henri R. Ford
Care of the Pregnant Trauma Patient	461	(8)
Glen Tinkoff
Geriatric Trauma	469	(8)
Donald R. Kauder
Rehabilitation	477	(10)
Louis E. Penrod
Gary Gotdherg
John A. Horton, III
Vinous Thromboembolism	487	(9)
Jon W. Johnson
Patrick M. Reilly
Injury Prevention	496	(7)
Therese S. Richmond
House Staff Responsibilities	503	(5)
G. Paul Dabrowski
Patrick M. Reilly
Legal, Ethical and Family Issues	508	(5)
G. Paul Dabrowski
Harry L. Anderson, III
Miscellaneous Procedures	513	(8)
Glenn Tinkoff
Michael Rhodes
Appendix A. Injury Scales	521	(14)
Appendix B. Tetanus Prophylaxis	535	(4)
Appendix C. Frequently Used Forms	539	(10)
Subject Index	549