Full Description
Written by a multidisciplinary team of residents, fellows, and faculty at the Massachusetts General Hospital, this new addition to the LWW Handbook Series is a practical, accessible guide to the evaluation and management of trauma and burn patients. In a format designed for quick reference, this pocket-sized book presents hospital tested guidelines and procedures for pre-hospital care and transport, immediate assessment and interventions, and evaluation and management of specific injuries at each anatomic site. Chapters on specific injuries follow a consistent structure: epidemiology and mechanisms, important surgical anatomy, important physiology, initial evaluation, diagnostic methods, nonoperative management, operative techniques, postoperative care, rehabilitation, and long-term follow-up
Contents
SECTION ONESurgery Andrew M. Cameron, MD, PhD Trauma Systems and Injury Severity Scoring Alasdiar Conn, MD Laurie Petrovik, MS Prehospital Care and Transport Paul D. Biddinger, MD Stephen H. Thomas, MD, MPH Organization of the Emergency Department and Trauma Team David A. Peak, MD Disaster Planning Adrian Maung, MD Susan Briggs, MD, MPH SECTION TWO: IMMEDIATE CARE Initial Evaluation and Resuscitation: Primary Survey and Immediate Resuscitation Shaun M. Kunisaki, MD, MSc Charles J. McCabe, MD The Trauma Airway Harish S. Lecamwasam, MD, MSc Ruben Peralta, MD Peter F. Dunn, MD Secondary Survey of the Trauma Patient Vicki E. Noble, MD David A. Peak, MD Unique Critical Care Issues Related to Trauma Ruben Peralta, MD Alexander Iribarne, MD Oscar Manrique, MD Horatio Hojman, MD Transfusion and Coagulation Issues in Trauma Walter H. Dzik, MD Christopher P. Stowell, MD, PhD Initial Evaluation and Management of the Burn Patient Rob Sheridan, MD John Schulz, MD Colleen M. Ryan, MD Trauma Anesthesia Kristopher Davignon, MD Keith Baker, MD, PhD Prevention Strategies: Thromboembolic Complications, Alcohol Withdrawal, Infection and Gastrointestinal Bleeding Ruben Peralta, MD Alexander Iribarne, MD Oscar Manrique, MD Robert L. Sheridan, MD SECTION THREE: Intracranial Injuries Yogish D. Kamath, MD Lawrence F. Borges, MD Nervous System 2: Spinal Cord and Peripheral Nerve Injuries Yogish D. Kamath, MD Lawrence F. Borges, MD Evaluation and Acute Management of Maxillofacial Trauma Jeffrey A. Hommoudeh, DDS, MD Leonard B. Kaban, DMD, MD Thomas B. Dodson, DMD, MPH Ocular and Adnexal Trauma Nicoletta Fynn-Thompson, MD Lynnette Watkins, MD Neck Injuries Ruben Peralta, MD Oscar Manrique, MD Chest Trauma 1: Lung and Chest Wall Christopher R. Morse, MD James S. Allan, MD Chest Trauma 2: Esophagael and Tracheobronchial Injuries Frances Fynn-Thompson, MD Jim Allan, MD Chest Trauma 3: Blunt and Penetrating Injuries to the Heart and Central Vessels David Cooke, MD Thomas MacGillivary,MD Vascular Trauma 1: Cervicothoracic Vascular Trauma Luke Marone, MD Richard Cambria, MD Vascular Trauma 2: Abdominal Vascular Injuries Carrie Sims, MD David Berger, MD Vascular Trauma 3: Peripheral Vascular Injuries Susan E. Briggs, MD Steven M. Abbate, MD Abdominal Trauma 1: Diagnostic Methods Ara Feinstein, MD Charles Ferguson, MDNER(01): WOW
