Trauma Care Manual

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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. Cover Half Title Title Copyright 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. Ophthalmic Injuries 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