Primary Management of Polytrauma

Description

This well-illustrated book describes a practical approach to the primary management of patients who have multiple injuries, or polytrauma, with the aim of providing medical and paramedical personnel with the knowledge required in order to achieve optimal clinical outcomes. The opening chapters explain initial assessment and management and the early diagnosis and treatment of shock. The primary management of injuries to the head, spine, chest, abdomen, musculoskeletal system, and soft tissues is then discussed in detail. The role played by diagnostic and interventional radiology in trauma management is explained, and an individual chapter is devoted to care of the pediatric patient. The book emphasizes the need for systematic assessment of multiple injuries from head to toe and the fact that the mechanisms and severity of injury and the anatomic disruption will differ in each patient. Taking these factors into account, readers will be able to identify and initiate treatment of those injuries likely to cause most harm to the individual patient. Front Matter ....Pages i-vii Initial Assessment and Management (Dong-Woo Seo)....Pages 1-9 Management of Shock (Nak-Jun Choi, Suk-Kyung Hong)....Pages 11-18 Traumatic Brain Injury (Seungjoo Lee)....Pages 19-31 Spinal Injury (Sang Ryong Jeon, Jin Hoon Park)....Pages 33-62 Thoracic Injury (Dong Kwan Kim, Geun Dong Lee)....Pages 63-82 Abdominal Injury (Suk-Kyung Hong)....Pages 83-91 Musculoskeletal Injury (Ji Wan Kim)....Pages 93-114 Soft-Tissue Injury (Young Chul Suh, Hyunsuk Peter Suh, Joon Pio Hong)....Pages 115-131 The Role of Radiology in Trauma Patients (Gil-Sun Hong, Choong Wook Lee)....Pages 133-148 Interventional Radiology (Jong Woo Kim, Ji Hoon Shin)....Pages 149-171 Interhospital Transfer (Yooun-Joong Jung)....Pages 173-183