An ideal resource for intensivists caring for trauma victims in the ICU, Trauma Intensive Care provides point-of-care guidelines for establishing the priorities of care, minimizing complications, and returning patients to the best possible functional outcome.
Compiled by internationally recognized experts in trauma critical care,this sourcediscusses the entire gamut of critical care management of the trauma patient and covers several common complications and conditions treated in surgical ...
This book provides a systemic approach to acute trauma care in line with the ABCDE paradigm and up-to-date information on assessing and managing major trauma from the pre-hospital to the rehabilitation phase.
All of the scores used to evaluate the extent of the injury are based on the Gustilo–Anderson system of ... It assigns a weighted score based on warm ischemia time, time to treatment, and the degree of bone, muscle, and skin injury.
Produced by a world-renowned team of trauma specialists, this source reviews initial management considerations beginning in the pre-hospital phase, continues through the primary and secondary surveys of the hospital-based evaluation process ...
Designed for rapid, on-the-spot information retrieval, this manual will be a staple reference in emergency departments and trauma centers.
This text contains state-of-the-art reviews covering the management of thoracic trauma for intensive care/critical care physicians, trauma surgeons, chest surgeons and other professionals in this field.
This is an interdisciplinary area of medicine drawing upon the specialties of anesthesiology, internal medicine and surgery, and relying upon the essential contributions and support from basic research.
Integrating Military and Civilian Trauma Systems to Achieve Zero Preventable Deaths After Injury National Academies of ... CREATING AND SUSTAINING AN EXPERT TRAUMA CARE WORKFORCE ... Maintaining military medical skills during peacetime.
This book is intended as a summary or at best a handbook related to the concepts of intensive care in a trauma victim.
This evidence-based manual highlights the early management of acutely injured trauma victims arriving in emergency triage areas.