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