The Emergency Medicine Trauma Handbook

Description

Trauma is a leading cause of death and disability around the world, and the leading cause of death in those aged under forty-five years. Conditions such as airway obstruction, hemorrhage, pneumothorax, tamponade, bowel rupture, vascular injury, and pelvic fracture can cause death if not appropriately diagnosed and managed. This essential book provides emergency physicians with an easy-to-use reference and source for traumatic injury evaluation and management in the emergency department. It covers approaches to common, life-threatening, and traumatic diseases in the emergency department, for use on shift and as a reference for further learning. Each chapter includes a succinct overview of common traumatic injuries, with evaluation and management pearls and pitfalls. Highly illustrated with images from one of the busiest trauma centers in the US, and featuring expert contributions from a diverse set of attending physicians, this is an essential text for all emergency medicine practitioners. COVER......Page 1 The Emergency MedicineTrauma Handbook......Page 2 COPYRIGHT......Page 5 Contents......Page 6 Contributors......Page 7 Preface......Page 10 1 General Approach to Traumatic Injuries......Page 12 2 Trauma Airway......Page 28 3 Transfusion in Trauma......Page 53 4 Trauma in Pregnancy......Page 67 5 Pediatric Trauma......Page 79 6 Geriatric Trauma......Page 88 7 Head Trauma......Page 98 8 Facial Trauma......Page 116 9 Eye Trauma......Page 133 10 Cervical Spine Trauma......Page 155 11 Thoracolumbar Trauma......Page 165 12 Neck Trauma......Page 175 13 Pulmonary Trauma......Page 186 14 Cardiac Trauma......Page 204 15 Abdominal and Flank Trauma......Page 224 16 Genitourinary Trauma......Page 243 17 Peripheral Vascular Injury......Page 260 18 Pelvic Trauma......Page 271 19 Upper Extremity Trauma......Page 284 20 Lower Extremity Trauma......Page 300 21 Burns and Electrical Injuries......Page 318 22 Procedural Sedation and Analgesia in Trauma......Page 333 23 Commonly Missed Traumatic Injuries......Page 345 Index......Page 358