Trauma Care Manual
eBook - ePub

Trauma Care Manual

  1. 330 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

About this book

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.

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Yes, you can access Trauma Care Manual by Ian Greaves,Sir Keith Porter,Jeff Garner in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Medicine & Emergency Medicine & Critical Care. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Preface to the Third Edition
  7. List of Contributors
  8. Glossary
  9. Acknowledgements
  10. 1. The Trauma Epidemic
  11. 2. Mechanism of Injury
  12. 3. Triage
  13. 4. Pre-Hospital Care
  14. 5. Trauma Systems, Centres and Teams
  15. 6. Patient Assessment
  16. 7. Trauma Physiology and Metabolism
  17. 8. Catastrophic Haemorrhage
  18. 9. Airway Management
  19. 10. Thoracic Trauma
  20. 11. Shock Management
  21. 12. Damage Control Surgery
  22. 13. Head Injury
  23. 14. Maxillofacial Trauma
  24. 15. Ophthalmic Injuries
  25. 16. Spinal Injuries
  26. 17. Abdominal and Genitourinary Trauma
  27. 18. Vascular Trauma
  28. 19. Musculoskeletal Trauma
  29. 20. Radiology
  30. 21. Infection in Trauma
  31. 22. Injuries in Children
  32. 23. Trauma in Women
  33. 24. Trauma in the Elderly
  34. 25. Firearms, Ballistics and Gunshot Wounds
  35. 26. Blast Injuries
  36. 27. Injuries Due to Burns and Cold
  37. 28. CBRN and the Trauma Victim
  38. 29. Care of the Obese Trauma Patient
  39. 30. Analgesia and Anaesthesia
  40. 31. Intensive Care Management of Major Trauma
  41. 32. Patient Transfer
  42. 33. Psychological Aspects of Trauma
  43. 34. Rehabilitation after Trauma
  44. 35. Trauma Scoring Systems and Their Application
  45. 36. Transplantation and Organ Donation
  46. Appendix A: Viscoelastic Haemostatic Assays
  47. Index