Trauma Resuscitation at a Glance

Concise, visually oriented course in trauma and acute resuscitation for both study and revision

Trauma Resuscitation at a Glance offers a concise, visually orientated guide designed to meet the curriculum requirements and examination objectives in trauma care. This comprehensive resource equips emergency surgeons with the knowledge and skills necessary for clinical practice, covering the subject in both depth and breath. Highly illustrated throughout, it provides the descriptions, advice, and decision-making skills necessary to ensure safe practice in the care of the severely injured or exsanguinating patient.

This book has 42 chapters covering immediate assessment and treatment, resuscitative surgery and thoracotomy, damage control surgery and the immediate critical care for the severely injured. In addition, subspecialty areas of trauma are also covered, including ballistics and blast, interventional management, blood transfusion and trauma in children, the elderly and the pregnant patient.

Trauma Resuscitation at a Glance includes information on:

• Massive transfusion, hypotensive resuscitation, damage control surgery , resuscitative (Trauma Bay) thoracotomy, intra-abdominal hypertension, and abdominal compartment syndrome
• Trauma care and resuscitation, and managing the exsanguinating patient
• Trauma thoracotomy and ballistics, care of special groups, neurosurgical trauma, and surgical critical care
• The operative approach to haemorrhage control and immediate organ injury management

Trauma Resuscitation at a Glance is the perfect companion for medical students, doctors in training, surgical residents, emergency medicine doctors, emergency and trauma nurses, and emergency medicine technicians. It also serves as an excellent overview of the whole scope of trauma management for more experienced doctors including attendings and consultants caring for the severely injured patient