The Trauma Manual: Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

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

• ISBN13: 9780781762755
• ISBN10: 0781762758
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-09-04
• Publisher: LWW

Summary

This handy volume in the successful Spiral[Registered] Manual Series provides quick access to practical and authoritative information on the diagnosis and treatment of every aspect of patient care in an emergency and trauma setting. Designed to give users rapid access to vital information, The Trauma Manual, Third Edition is the perfect reference for all trauma centers and emergency departments!

Table of Contents

Contributing Authors	p. xi
Foreword	p. xviii
Foreword	p. xix
Preface	p. xx
Introduction to Trauma Care	p. 1
Patterns of Blunt Injury	p. 10
Patterns of Penetrating Injury	p. 16
The Physiologic Response to Injury	p. 23
Shock	p. 29
Prehospital Trauma, Triage, and Care	p. 34
Air Medical and Interhospital Transport	p. 52
Trauma Team Activation	p. 58
Organization Prior to Trauma Patient Arrival	p. 62
Adult Trauma Resuscitation	p. 71
Airway Management	p. 81
Vascular Access	p. 92
Imaging of Trauma Patients	p. 104
Interventional Radiology in Trauma	p. 115
Documentation, Coding, Compliance, and EMTALA	p. 121
Operating Room Practice	p. 131
Head Injury	p. 135
Injuries to the Spinal Cord and Spinal Column	p. 145
Soft-Tissue Wounds of the Face	p. 165
Bony Oral-Maxillofacial Injuries	p. 175
Ophthalmic Injuries	p. 190
Penetrating Neck Trauma	p. 197
Blunt Neck Injury	p. 203
Thoracic Injury	p. 209
Thoracic Vascular Injury	p. 230
Abdominal Injury	p. 243
Abdominal Vascular Injury	p. 273
Damage Control	p. 283
Abdominal Compartment Syndrome	p. 293
Genitourinary Injuries	p. 297
Orthopedic Injuries	p. 307
Pelvic Fractures	p. 322
Hand Trauma	p. 332
Compartment Syndrome	p. 349
Peripheral Vascular Injuries	p. 355
Soft-tissue Trauma	p. 370
Priorities in the ICU Care of the Adult Trauma Patient	p. 375
Commonly Missed Injuries and Pitfalls	p. 424
Anesthesia for the Trauma Patient	p. 432
Trauma Pain Management	p. 442
Hypothermia, Cold Injury, and Drowning	p. 450
Blood Transfusion	p. 458
Nutritional Intervention	p. 469
Support of the Organ Donor	p. 479
Burns/Inhalation Injury	p. 487
Pediatric Trauma	p. 499
Care of the Pregnant Trauma Patient	p. 515
Geriatric Trauma	p. 524
Rehabilitation after Trauma	p. 533
Venous Thromboembolism	p. 543
Disasters/Multicasualty Accidents	p. 552
Injury Prevention	p. 557
Miscellaneous Procedures	p. 565
Introduction to Emergency Surgery	p. 573
Evaluation of Acute Abdominal Pain	p. 574
The Approach and Resuscitation of the General Surgery Patient	p. 585
PreOperative Assessment of the Surgical Patient	p. 590
Infections of Trauma Patients	p. 596
The Acute Abdomen in Intensive Care Unit Patients	p. 618
Vascular Emergencies	p. 626
Gastrointestinal Bleeding	p. 636
Esophageal Emergencies	p. 644
Stomach, Duodenum, Small Intestine, Appendix, and Colon	p. 649
Bowel Obstruction	p. 675
Acute Anorectal Pain	p. 683
Incarcerated Hernias	p. 691
Acute Cholecystitis, Cholangitis, and Pancreatitis	p. 701
Obstetric and Gynecologic Emergencies	p. 718
Injury Scales	p. 730
Tetanus Prophylaxis	p. 744
Frequently Used Forms	p. 748
Index	p. 765
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