Table of Contents

Contributors
Preface to the Second Edition
Preface to the First Edition
Trauma Care
Pre-hospital care
The trauma epidemic
Mechanism of injury
Triage
Initial assessment
Patient assesment
Control of catastrophic haemorrhage
Airway management
Thoracic injury
Shock
Regional survey
Head injury
Maxillofacial injuries
Ophthalmic injuries
Spinal injuries
Abdominal trauma
Musculoskeletal trauma
Special circumstances
Injuries in children
Trauma in women
Trauma in the elderly
Gunshot injuries
Blast injury
Injuries due to burns and cold
Ongoing care
Analgesia and anaesthesia for the trauma patient
Intensive care management of major trauma
Patient transfer
Psychological reactions to trauma
Rehabilitation after trauma
Trauma scoring
Organ donation
Index

About the Author

Professor Ian Greaves, Visiting Professor in Emergency Medicine University of Teesside; Consultant in Emergency Medicine James Cook University Hospital, Teesside; and Lieutenant Colonel, Royal Army Medical CorpsMr Keith Porter, Chairman of Trauma Care. Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Selly Oak Hospital, Birmingham Major Jeff Garner, Specialist Registrar in General Surgery in the Defence Medical Services, UK

Reviews

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