ABC of Major Trauma
ABC of Major Trauma
Editors: Skinner, David V. and Driscoll, Peter A.
Publication Year: 2012
Publisher: Wiley
Single-User Purchase Price:
$50.95

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$76.43
ISBN: 978-0-72-791859-8
Category: Health & Medicine - Medicine
Image Count:
197
Book Status: Available
Table of Contents
Edited and written by leading UK trauma authorities, this is a truly comprehensive and practical book for everyday use by emergency medicine staff, nurses, hospital doctors, paramedics, and ambulance services.
Table of Contents
- List of Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- List of Abbreviations
- 1 Initial Assessment and Management: Primary Survey and Resuscitation, David V. Skinner; Peter A. Driscoll
- 2 Initial Assessment and Management: Secondary Survey, Rachael Pery-Johnston; David V. Skinner
- 3 The Upper Airway, David Watson; Catherine Peters
- 4 Thoracic Trauma, Andrew Blyth
- 5 Hypovolaemic Shock, Jerry P. Nolan; Rick Pullinger
- 6 Head Injuries, Lisa E. Munro-Davies
- 7 Maxillofacial Trauma, Steve R. Watt-Smith; Sarah J. Wilson; Karen A. Eley
- 8 Spine and Spinal Cord Injury, Andrew Swain; Andre Cromhout
- 9 Abdominal Trauma, Munawar Al-Mudhaffar; Philip Hormbrey
- 10 The Urinary Tract, Jaskarn Rai; Ajith Malalasekera; Timothy Terry; Anthony Deane
- 11 Limb Injuries, Rohit Kotnis; Nigel Rossiter; Keith Willett
- 12 Eye Injuries, John Elston; Andrew Gibson
- 13 Medical Problems in Trauma Patients, Tom Hughes
- 14 Radiological Assessment, James Rankine; David Nicholson; Peter A. Driscoll; Dominic Barron
- 15 Role of the Trauma Nurse, Jill Hill
- 16 Scoring Systems for Trauma, Maralyn Woodford
- 17 Handling Distressed Relatives and Breaking Bad News, Chris A. J. McLauchlan
- 18 Trauma in Pregnancy, Rebecca S. Black; Deborah J. Harrington
- 19 Paediatric Trauma, John J. M. Black
- 20 Trauma in the Elderly, Carl L. Gwinnutt; Michael A. Horan
- 21 Prehospital Trauma Care, John J. M. Black
- 22 Transfer of the Trauma Patient, Carl L. Gwinnutt; Alastair W. Wilson
- 23 Management of Severe Burns, Oliver Fenton; Colin Robertson; Orla Austin
- 24 Chemical Incidents, Virginia Murray
- 25 Ballistic Injury, Rob Russell; Jon Clasper; Bruce Jenner; Timothy J. Hodgetts; Peter F. Mahoney
- 26 Trauma in Hostile Environments, Mark Byers; Peter R. Davis; Timothy J. Hodgetts; Peter F. Mahoney
- 27 Psychological Trauma, Martin P. Deahl
- 28 Major Incidents, Lizle Blom; John J. M. Black
- 29 Trauma Systems in Developing Countries, Douglas Wilkinson