Trauma Care
Edited by: Peter Driscoll
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Product Information:
ISBN-13: 9780727909336
ISBN-10: 0727909339
Publisher: BMJ Books
Format: Hardback, 315 pages
Pub Date: 10/1998
Edition Number: 1
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Synopsis
Standards in emergency care have improved dramatically over the past ten years and the trauma team is now seen as a vital component of care of seriously ill patients. Each chapter of this highly-illustrated book is written by a specialist and concentrates on care after the golden hour. The initial resuscitation of the trauma vicim by the trauma team is described and the management of patients in the early post-resuscitation phase is then dealt with in detail. Advice is given on communication and transfer of patients to trauma centres, and separate chapters discuss variations when dealing with special population groups and conditions. |
Additional DescriptionContributors.
Introduction.
Initial assessment and management.
Management of the upper airway.
Pulmonary trauma.
Mediastinal trauma.
Shock.
Head injuries.
Maxillofacial trauma.
Ophthalmic trauma.
Otolaryngology, trauma of the spine and spinal cord.
Abdominal trauma.
Trauma of the urinary tract.
Pelvic trauma.
Management of limb injuries.
Soft tissue trauma.
Psychological trauma in children.
Trauma in the elderly.
Thermal injuries.
Drowning and near drowning.
Radiation and chemical contamination.
Blast and gunshot injuries.
Major incidents.
Stabilisation and transport.
Medical problems in major trauma patients.
Index
