Trauma Surgery Essentials, 1st Edition
Paperback
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Covers the emergent evaluation and management of trauma patients, as well as the emergency management of specific injuries.
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Uses an easy-to-digest, bullet-point format to convey information in a way that’s easy to follow and understand.
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Contains dozens of full-color illustrations that focus on surgical anatomy and surgical procedures, as well as numerous algorithms that aid in surgical decision making.
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A valuable resource for medical students, trainee surgical residents, trauma surgery fellows, general surgeons, trauma surgeons, ER physicians, and midlevel providers, as well as other non-surgical physicians who are interested in the management of trauma patients.
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An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud.
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PART 1 Evaluation and Resuscitation of Trauma SECTION I Initial Evaluation of Trauma Patients 1 Death in Trauma Patients 2 Process of Evaluation of Trauma Patients SECTION I I Resuscitation of Trauma Patients 3 The Vicious Cycle of Trauma 4 Airway Assessment and Management 5 Management of Breathing and Ventilation 6 Assessment of Shock in Trauma Patients 7 Principles of Management of Hemorrhagic Shock 8 Viscoelastic Hemostatic Assay 9 Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta 10 Monitoring of Resuscitation of Hemorrhagic Shock PART 2 Emergency Management of Regional Trauma SECTION III Head Trauma 11 Evaluation of Head Injury 12 Management of Severe Brain Injury 13 Scalp Laceration, Skull Fractures, and Facial Fractures SECTION I V Spine Trauma 14 Cervical Spine Clearance 15 Evaluation and Management of Cervical Spine Injuries 16 Thoracic and Lumbar Spine Injuries 17 Evaluation and Management of Spinal Cord Injury SECTION V Neck Trauma 18 Evaluation and Management of Blunt Neck Trauma 19 Evaluation and Management of Penetrating Neck Injuries SECTION V I Chest Trauma 20 Emergency Thoracotomies 21 Evaluation and Management of Severe Thoracic Injuries SECTION VII Abdominal Trauma 22 Evaluation and Management of Hemodynamically Unstable Abdominal Penetrating/Blunt Trauma 23 Evaluation and Management of Hemodynamically Stable Abdominal Penetrating/Blunt Trauma 24 Trauma Exploratory Laparotomy 25 Management of Liver Injuries 26 Evaluation and Management of Pancreatic Injuries 27 Evaluation and Management of Spleen Injuries 28 Evaluation and Management of Stomach and Duodenal Injuries 29 Management of Small Bowel, Colon, and Rectal Injuries 30 Evaluation and Management of Urological Injuries SECTION VIII Vascular Trauma 31 Evaluation and Management of Retroperitoneal Vascular Injuries 32 Evaluation and Management of Vascular Injuries (Upper and Lower Extremities) SECTION I X Musculoskeletal Trauma 33 Evaluation and Management of Pelvic Fracture Emergencies 34 Evaluation and Management of Extremity Fracture Emergencies PART 3 Miscellaneous SECTION X Pediatric Trauma, Trauma in Pregnancy, Scoring and Grading, Medications 35 Evaluation and Management of Pediatric Trauma 36 Evaluation and Management of Trauma in Pregnancy 37 Commonly Used Scoring and Grading Systems in Trauma 38 Medications in Emergency Trauma Management Selected Resources Index