Main description:

The Trauma Care Manual 3e is the definitive evidence-based manual of best trauma practice. Now in its third edition, this valuable book continues to provide clear practical guidelines for the management of victims of major trauma. New coverage includes chapters on abdominal and urological trauma, aswell as trauma in the obese patient. Also included is coverage of pre-hospital management; trauma centres, sytems & teams; modern trauma resuscitation; trauma physiology & metabolism; damage control surgery. Written by members of Trauma Care, this book offers a nationally accepted set of standards for good practice.

Contents:

Preface to the Third Edition. List of Contributors. Glossary. Acknowledgements. 1. The Trauma Epidemic; 2. Mechanism of Injury; 3. Triage; 4. Pre-Hospital Care; 5. Trauma Systems, Centres and Teams; 6. Patient Assessment; 7. Trauma Physiology and Metabolism; 8. Catastrophic Haemorrhage; 9. Airway Management; 10. Thoracic Trauma; 11. Shock Management; 12. Damage Control Surgery; 13. Head Injury; 14. Maxillofacial Trauma; 15. Ophthalmological Trauma; 16. Spinal Injuries; 17. Abdominal and genitourinary trauma; 18. Vascular Trauma; 19. Musculoskeletal Trauma; 20. Radiology.; 21. Infection in Trauma; 22. Injuries in Children; 23. Trauma in Women; 24. Trauma in the Elderly; 25. Firearms, Ballistics and Gunshot wounds; 26. Blast Injuries; 27. Injuries Due to Burns and Cold; 28. CBRN and the Trauma Victim; 29. Care of the Obese Trauma Patient; 30. Analgesia and Anaesthesia; 31. Intensive Care Management of Major Trauma; 32. Patient Transfer; 33. Psychological Aspects of Trauma; 34. Rehabilitation after Trauma; 35. Trauma Scoring Systems and Their Application; 36. Transplantation and Organ Donation; Appendix A. Viscoelastic Haemostatic Assays; Index.