Ryan's Ballistic Trauma: A Practical Guide

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Ryan's Ballistic Trauma 3rd Edition provides a concise guide to the clinical and operational issues surrounding the management of the ballistic casualty. This book crystallizes the knowledge and experience accrued by those dealing with ballistic trauma on a regular basis and extends this to those who have to manage these patients on an occasional basis only. Ryan's Ballistic Trauma 3rd Edition is a valuable reference tool for all medical and paramedical personnel involved in the care of patients with ballistic injury. It is especially relevant for consultants and senior trainees in surgery, anesthesia and emergency medicine who are likely to be involved in the management of these unique injuries. This book is essential reading for pre-hospital care providers and nurses working in the emergency room, as well as military surgeons and medical and nursing staff on deployment in regions of conflict. Front Matter....Pages i-xxv Front Matter....Pages 1-1 A Personal View....Pages 3-13 A Personal Experience....Pages 15-17 The War in West Philadelphia....Pages 19-20 Front Matter....Pages 21-21 How Guns Work....Pages 23-36 The Effects of Bullets....Pages 37-40 Bombs, Mines, and Fragmentation....Pages 41-55 Cluster Munitions....Pages 57-66 Shaped Charges and Explosively Formed Projectiles....Pages 67-78 Suicide Bombs....Pages 79-86 Blast Injury....Pages 87-123 Ballistic Protection....Pages 125-147 Forensic Aspects of Ballistic Injury....Pages 149-175 Front Matter....Pages 177-177 Civilian Trauma Systems....Pages 179-183 The UK Military Trauma System....Pages 186-196 Front Matter....Pages 197-197 Triage....Pages 199-206 Prehospital Care....Pages 207-220 Emergency Department Management....Pages 221-229 Imaging Triage for Ballistic Trauma....Pages 231-248 Front Matter....Pages 249-249 Damage Control Resuscitation....Pages 251-261 Battlefield Analgesia....Pages 263-286 Front Matter....Pages 249-249 Anesthesia for the Ballistic Casualty....Pages 287-295 Regional Anesthesia for the Ballistic Trauma Victim....Pages 297-313 Front Matter....Pages 315-315 Damage Control Surgery: Concepts....Pages 317-321 Management of Ballistic Trauma to the Head....Pages 323-340 Spinal Injury....Pages 341-347 Eyes....Pages 349-378 Maxillofacial Ballistic Injuries....Pages 379-394 Neck Injury....Pages 395-418 Damage Control....Pages 419-437 Management of Vascular Trauma....Pages 439-451 Damage Control Part III: Definitive Reconstruction....Pages 453-460 Penetrating Genitourinary Trauma....Pages 461-481 Burns....Pages 483-502 Management of Extremity Injuries....Pages 503-527 Ballistic Trauma in Children....Pages 529-548 Ballistic Trauma in Pregnancy....Pages 549-559 Managing Ballistic Injury in the NGO Environment....Pages 561-582 Front Matter....Pages 583-583 Critical Care for Ballistic Trauma in Austere Environments....Pages 585-596 Transfer and Evacuation....Pages 597-611 Critical Care Management: The Patient with Ballistic Trauma....Pages 613-627 Front Matter....Pages 583-583 Critical Care Nursing at Role Four....Pages 629-631 The Role of Nutrition in the Treatments of Injured Military Personnel....Pages 633-653 Front Matter....Pages 655-655 Role 4 and Reconstruction....Pages 657-668 Conflict Rehabilitation....Pages 669-690 Front Matter....Pages 691-691 Have You Read MASH?....Pages 693-697 Back Matter....Pages 699-720