"this manual is a very pragmatic, useable and thoughtful book which contains sensible and practical advice" Mr Stephen Bush, Univadis, 2009
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 Corps Mr 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
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