ABSTRACT

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.

chapter 1|10 pages

The Trauma Epidemic

chapter 2|12 pages

Mechanism of Injury

chapter 3|10 pages

Triage

chapter 4|14 pages

Pre-Hospital Care

chapter 5|16 pages

Trauma Systems, Centres and Teams

chapter 6|15 pages

Patient Assessment

chapter 7|14 pages

Trauma Physiology and Metabolism

chapter 8|8 pages

Catastrophic Haemorrhage

chapter 9|19 pages

Airway Management

chapter 10|30 pages

Thoracic Trauma

chapter 11|20 pages

Shock Management

chapter 12|10 pages

Damage Control Surgery

chapter 13|20 pages

Head Injury

chapter 14|12 pages

Maxillofacial Trauma

chapter 15|17 pages

Ophthalmic Injuries

chapter 16|18 pages

Spinal Injuries

chapter 17|13 pages

Abdominal and Genitourinary Trauma

chapter 18|18 pages

Vascular Trauma

chapter 19|19 pages

Musculoskeletal Trauma

chapter 20|11 pages

Radiology

chapter 21|8 pages

Infection in Trauma

chapter 22|34 pages

Injuries in Children

chapter 23|12 pages

Trauma in Women

chapter 24|11 pages

Trauma in the Elderly

chapter 25|14 pages

Firearms, Ballistics and Gunshot Wounds

chapter 26|10 pages

Blast Injuries

chapter 27|16 pages

Injuries Due to Burns and Cold

chapter 28|18 pages

CBRN and the Trauma Victim

chapter 29|8 pages

Care of the Obese Trauma Patient

chapter 30|19 pages

Analgesia and Anaesthesia

chapter 31|17 pages

Intensive Care Management of Major Trauma

chapter 32|15 pages

Patient Transfer

chapter 33|16 pages

Psychological Aspects of Trauma

chapter 34|16 pages

Rehabilitation after Trauma

chapter 36|18 pages

Transplantation and Organ Donation