Trauma Resuscitation at a Glance

Concise, visually oriented course in trauma and acute resuscitation for both study and revision Trauma Resuscitation at a Glance offers a concise, visually orientated guide designed to meet the curriculum requirements and examination objectives in trauma care. This comprehensive resource equips emergency surgeons with the knowledge and skills necessary for clinical practice, covering the subject in both depth and breath. Highly illustrated throughout, it provides the descriptions, advice, and decision-making skills necessary to ensure safe practice in the care of the severely injured or exsanguinating patient. This book has 42 chapters covering immediate assessment and treatment, resuscitative surgery and thoracotomy, damage control surgery and the immediate critical care for the severely injured. In addition, subspecialty areas of trauma are also covered, including ballistics and blast, interventional management, blood transfusion and trauma in children, the elderly and the pregnant patient. Trauma Resuscitation at a Glance includes information on: Massive transfusion, hypotensive resuscitation, damage control surgery , resuscitative (Trauma Bay) thoracotomy, intra-abdominal hypertension, and abdominal compartment syndromeTrauma care and resuscitation, and managing the exsanguinating patientTrauma thoracotomy and ballistics, care of special groups, neurosurgical trauma, and surgical critical careThe operative approach to haemorrhage control and immediate organ injury management Trauma Resuscitation at a Glance is the perfect companion for medical students, doctors in training, surgical residents, emergency medicine doctors, emergency and trauma nurses, and emergency medicine technicians. It also serves as an excellent overview of the whole scope of trauma management for more experienced doctors including attendings and consultants caring for the severely injured patient

Morgan P. McMonagle, Consultant Vascular & Trauma surgeon, HSE South Hospital Group, Ireland; Honorary Consultant Vascular & Trauma surgeon, St. Mary's Hospital and Imperial Healthcare, London; Clinical Lecturer in Surgery at Royal College of Surgeons Ireland, Imperial College London; Director of the Definitive Surgical for Trauma Course (DSTC) at the Royal College of Surgeons of England. Patrick M. Reilly, CW Schwab Professor of Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania, Phildelphia, USA. C. William Schwab, Emeritus Professor of Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA.