Manual of Disaster Medicine

Civilian and Military

Häftad, Engelska, 2011

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Beskrivning

As a manual it is in no way a substitute for existing detailed and specialized texts on the various aspects of trauma surgery and management: rather have we attempted to collate the most essenlial knowledge required to organize and afTord medical aid whenever civilian or military disaster strikes.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2011-12-21
Mått:133 x 205 x 27 mm
Vikt:557 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:475
Förlag:Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
ISBN:9783642834424

Utforska kategorier

Olycksfalls- och akutmedicin inom Medicin
Allmänkirurgi inom Medicin

Innehållsförteckning

1 Organization of Medical Services.- 1.1 Organization of Military Health Support.- 1.2 Organization of Medical Services in Field.- 1.3 Organization of Medical Services in Disaster.- 1.4 Organization of Civil Hospitals During Sudden War/Mass Casualties.- 1.5.1 Organization of Civil Hospitals: Department of Radiology.- 1.5.2 Essential Clinical Laboratory Services.- 1.6 Equipment for Forward Casualty Care: The Battalion Medical Officer Kit.- 1.7 The Evacuation Hospital: Concept, Modes of Operation, and Organization.- 1.8 Aeromedical Services.- 2 Mechanisms/Causes of Injury: Pathophysiology and Management.- 2.1 Missile Wounds.- 2.2 Blast Injuries.- 2.3 Pathophysiology of Burn Injuries.- 2.4 Cold Injuries.- 2.5 Heatstroke and Heat Exhaustion.- 2.6 Immersion Hypothermia.- 2.7 Near Drowning.- 2.8 Crush Injuries and Crush Syndrome.- 2.9 Chemical Warfare and Disasters: Medical Organization and Treatment.- 2.10 Medical Aspects of Thermonuclear Disaster.- 2.11 Hyperbaric Medicine.- 2.12 Infections in the Wounded.- 2.13 Combat Stress Reaction.- 3 Treatment of Wounds: General.- 3.1 Trauma Scoring.- 3.2 Mass Casualties and Triage.- 3.3 Multiple Injuries.- 3.4 The Physiological Metabolic Response of the Body to Injury.- 3.5 Posttraumatic Shock.- 3.6 Primary Treatment of the Wounded: On-Site and Medical Aid Station.- 3.7 Primary Care of Burn Victims.- 3.8 Treatment of Burns in Hospital.- 3.9 Radiology in the Management of Wounds.- 3.10 Anesthesiology, Monitoring, and Intensive Care.- 3.11 Wounds of Soft Tissues and Limbs.- 3.12 Injuries to the Bones and Joints.- 3.13 Amputations.- 3.14 Peripheral Nerve Injuries.- 4 Treatment of Wounds: Regional.- 4.1 Head Injuries.- 4.2 Spinal Injuries.- 4.3 Spinal Cord Injury.- 4.4 Maxillofacial Wounds.- 4.5 Eye Injury.- 4.6.1 Ear, Nose, Throat and Neck Injury: Part I.- 4.6.2 Ear, Nose, Throat and Neck Injury: Part II.- 4.7 Cardiovascular Injury.- 4.8 Thoracic Injuries.- 4.9 Management of Abdominal Injuries.- 4.10 Genitourinary Wounds.- 4.11 Wounds of the Hand.