Trauma

Preface; Part I. Approach to Trauma: 1. Decision making in trauma Julie Mayglothling, Peter Rosen and Ernest Moore; 2. Initial approach to trauma Marian E. Betz, Carrie D. Tibbles and Carlo L. Rosen; 3. Mechanism of injury Aaron Hexdall and Maurizio A. Miglietta; 4. Multiple casualties and disaster preparedness Carl Bonnett, Shawn Ulrich, Charles Little and Fred Severyn; 5. Trauma airway Abe Berger, Christine Preblick and Pinchas Halperin; Part II. The Injured Patient: 6. Head trauma Livia Santiago-Rosado, Matthew Simons and Andy Jagoda; 7. Oral and maxillofacial trauma Kurt Whitaker and John E. Frank; 8. Ophthalmology Heather Mahoney; 9. Neck trauma Niels K. Rathlev; 10. Injuries of the spine - musculoskeletal Daniel Zlogar and Ron Medzon; 11. Injuries of the spine - nerve Ron Medzon; 12. Chest trauma Alasdair Conn; 13. Abdominal trauma Jennifer Isenhour and John Marx; 14. Genitourinary trauma James F. Holmes; 15. Pelvic fracture Jean Hammel; 16. Upper extremity bony trauma Moira Davenport and Tamara A. Scerpella; 17. Lower extremity bony trauma Moira Davenport and Tamara A. Scerpella; 18. Cutaneous injuries E. Parker Hays and D. Matthew Sullivan; 19. Soft-tissue extremity injuries Kaushal Shah and Omar Bholat; 20. Vascular injuries Phillip L. Rice, Jr and Jonathan S. Gates; Part III. Special Considerations: 21. Trauma in pregnancy Diana Felton and Carrie Tibbles; 22. Geriatric trauma Phillip D. Levy and Michael Stern; 23. Medical concerns in trauma patients Phillip D. Levy; 24. Sexual assault Kristin E. Harkin, Elizabeth Borock and Andrew Amaranto; 25. Injury prevention Salvatore Pardo; 26. Rural trauma care Neil Waldman and David Dreitlin; 27. Pain management Knox H. Todd and Christine Preblick; Part IV. Imaging in Trauma: 28. Plain radiographs David Schwartz, Nancy Kwon and Alexander Baxter; 29. Ultrasound John Kendall and Brandon H. Buckland; 30. Computed tomography Sassan Naderi and Mark Bernstein; 31. Angiography and interventional radiology Stephen J. Wolf, Giustino Albanese and Charles Ray, Jr; Part V. Procedures and Skills: 32. Anesthesia Maria E. Moreira; 33. Fluid and blood component therapy administration Ugo A. Ezenkwele and Spiros G. Francos; 34. Trauma procedures I Mari Hoffman and Elizabeth Mitchell; 35. Trauma procedures II Nancy Kwon, Sajan Patel and Elizabeth Mitchell; 36. Wound closure techniques Vincent J. Markovchick and Maria E. Moreira; 37. Universal/standard procedures David Peak; Part VI. Administration: 38. Prehospital care Aaron Eberhardt and Christopher B. Colwell; 39. Professionalism Erica Kreisman and Lewis Goldfrank; 40. Communication and interpersonal issues Matthew R. Levine; 41. Research Jason S. Haukoos and Debra Houry; 42. Trauma nursing Nancy Martin, Julie Mayglothling and Marion Machado; Index.