Oxford Desk Reference - Major Trauma

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Jason Smith, Ian Greaves, Keith Porter
OUP Oxford, Nov 11, 2010 - Medical - 581 pages
The Oxford Desk Reference: Major Trauma is the missing link between basic trauma management and advanced specialist care. Advanced Trauma Life Support courses have revolutionised trauma care in the last 3 decades, but there is little advice for the key decision makers in trauma care once the primary and secondary surveys are complete. This volume is a practical and evidence-based desk reference, giving a comprehensive walk-through from the initial phases of injury, through key decision-making in the resuscitation room, to surgical principles and rehabilitation. Including chapters on damage control, ballistic and blast injuries, and bariatric trauma, this text covers all the main areas of trauma care necessary for the trauma specialist in the 21st Century. The Oxford Desk Reference emphasises practical help but also covers the evidence and science behind trauma management. It includes the most up-to-date guidance from national bodies making recommendations for trauma care, using an international team of contributing authors. This book will become an essential tool for everyday use in the management of trauma.
 

Contents

2 Prehospital emergency care
11
3 Initial assessment
23
4 The trauma team
33
5 Airway management in trauma
39
6 Assessment of breathingthoracic injuries
67
7 Circulatory assessment
95
8 Head injuries
117
9 Radiology in trauma
137
19 Damage control
351
20 Paediatric trauma
359
21 Trauma in pregnancy
373
22 Burn injuries
383
23 Penetrating torso injury
395
24 Ballistic and blast injuries
407
25 Chemical biological and radiation injuries
427
26 Critical care issues in trauma
451

10 Tertiary survey
153
11 Spinal injury
163
12 Abdominal trauma
209
13 Pelvic injuries
237
14 Limb injuries
249
15 Crush injury
279
16 Vascular trauma
291
17 Eye trauma
313
18 Maxillofacial trauma
329
27 Trauma retrieval
479
28 Psychological aspects of trauma
495
29 Rehabilitation after trauma
507
30 Commonly missed injuries
519
31 Research in trauma
527
32 Bariatric trauma
541
33 Major incidents
547
Index
571
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