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Covering all areas of trauma, critical care, and emergency surgery, The Trauma Manual: Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, 5th Edition, brings you fully up to date with recent changes in the field. This pocket manual is an indispensable resource for everyone on the trauma/acute care team, with practical, easy-to-read coverage of the wide range of patients seen daily with urgent presentation - whether from injury, emergency general surgical disease, or a major complication. This user-friendly manual is one that every trauma surgeon, surgical resident, surgical critical care specialist, emergency medicine physician, and emergency or trauma nurse will want to keep close at hand for daily use. Up-to-date coverage of trauma, critical care, and emergency general surgery from a newly expanded group of national and international experts in the field. Organized in a chronological fashion following the usual events and phases of care after injury or acute surgical illness. Many new and revised chapters throughout the book, plus an entirely new section on surgical rescue and management of frequent complications. Evidence-based recommendations backed by extensive clinical experience, presented in a quick-reference format for ease of use. Enrich Your eBook Reading Experience Read directly on your preferred device(s), such as computer, tablet, or smartphone. Easily convert to audiobook, powering your content with natural language text-to-speech.… (more)
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CONTENTS:
Introduction to Trauma Care
Patterns of Blunt Injury
Patterns of Penetrating Injury
The Physiologic Response to Injury
Shock
Prehospital Trauma, Triage, and Care
Air Medical and Interhospital Transport
Trauma Team Activation
Organization Prior to Trauma Patient Arrival
Adult Trauma Resuscitation
Airway Management
Vascular Access
Imaging of Trauma Patients Interventional Radiology in Traumadocumentation, Coding, Compliance,
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Operating Room Practice
Head Injury
Injuries to the Spinal Cord and Spinal Column
Soft-Tissue Wounds of the Face
Bony Oral-Maxillofacial Injuries
Ophthalmic Injuries
Penetrating Neck Trauma
Blunt Neck Injury
Thoracic Injury
Thoracic Vascular Injury
Abdominal Injury
Abdominal Vascular Injury
Damage Control
Abdominal Compartment Syndrome
Genitourinary Injuries
Orthopedic Injuries
Pelvic Fractures
Hand Trauma Compartment Syndromeperipheral Vascular Injuries
Soft-Tissue Trauma
Priorities in the ICU Care of the Adult Trauma Patient
Commonly Missed Injuries and Pitfalls
Anesthesia for the Trauma Patient
Trauma Pain Management
Hypothermia, Cold Injury, and Drowning
Blood Transfusion
Nutritional Intervention
Support of the Organ Donor
Burns
Inhalation Injury
Pediatric Trauma
Care of the Pregnant Trauma Patient
Geriatric Trauma
Rehabilitation After Trauma
Venous Thromboembolism
Disasters
Multicasualty Accidents Injury Preventionmiscellaneous Procedures
Introduction to Emergency Surgery
Evaluation of Acute Abdominal Pain
The Approach and Resuscitation of the General Surgery Patient
Preoperative Assessment of the Surgical Patient
Infections of Trauma Patients
The Acute Abdomen in Intensive Care Unit Patients
Vascular Emergencies
Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Esophageal Emergencies
Stomach, Duodenum, Small Intestine, Appendix, and Colon
Bowel Obstruction
Acute Anorectal Pain
Incarcerated Hernias Acute Cholecystitis, Cholangitis, and Pancreatitisobstetric and Gynecologic
Emergencies
Appendix A Injury Scales
Appendix B Tetanus Prophylaxis
Appendix C Frequently Used Forms