Trauma Surgery Essentials, 1st Edition
Time is of the essence in the effective management of trauma patients, requiring quick evaluation, immediate lifesaving procedures, and a definitive treatment of a wide variety of injuries. Trauma Surgery Essentials: A Must-Know Guide to Emergency Management has been written and designed to provide need-to-know information in a visually appealing, easy-to-read format. Expert trauma surgeon Dr. Anil K. Srivastava has identified the essential trauma surgery facts and procedures you must know, based on authoritative textbooks, practice guidelines, and current peer-reviewed journals, and compiled all of this information into a handy guide, ideal for quick reference at the point of care.
Time is of the essence in the effective management of trauma patients, requiring quick evaluation, immediate lifesaving procedures, and a definitive treatment of a wide variety of injuries. Trauma Surgery Essentials: A Must-Know Guide to Emergency Management has been written and designed to provide need-to-know information in a visually appealing, easy-to-read format. Expert trauma surgeon Dr. Anil K. Srivastava has identified the essential trauma surgery facts and procedures you must know, based on authoritative textbooks, practice guidelines, and current peer-reviewed journals, and compiled all of this information into a handy guide, ideal for quick reference at the point of care.
Key Features
- Covers the emergent evaluation and management of trauma patients, as well as the emergency management of specific injuries
- Uses an easy-to-digest, bullet-point format to convey information in a way that’s easy to follow and understand
- Contains dozens of full-color illustrations that focus on surgical anatomy and surgical procedures, as well as numerous algorithms that aid in surgical decision making
- A valuable resource for medical students, trainee surgical residents, trauma surgery fellows, general surgeons, trauma surgeons, ER physicians, and midlevel providers, as well as other non-surgical physicians who are interested in the management of trauma patients
- An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud
Author Information
| ISBN Number | 9780323870276 |
|---|---|
| Description Author List | By Anil K. Srivastava, MD, FRCS, FACS, Trauma and General Surgeon, Mercy Hospital, a Level I Trauma Center in St Louis, Missouri, USA |
| Copyright Year | 2024 |
| Edition Number | 1 |
| Format | Book |
| Trim | 152w x 229h (6.00" x 9.00") |
| Imprint | Elsevier |
| Page Count | 522 |
| Publication Date | 31 Aug 2023 |
| Stock Status | IN STOCK |
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PART 1 Evaluation and Resuscitation of Trauma
SECTION I Initial Evaluation of Trauma Patients
1. Death in Trauma Patients
2. Process of Evaluation of Trauma Patients
SECTION I I Resuscitation of Trauma Patients
3. The Vicious Cycle of Trauma
4. Airway Assessment and Management
5. Management of Breathing and Ventilation
6. Assessment of Shock in Trauma Patients
7. Principles of Management of Hemorrhagic Shock
8. Viscoelastic Hemostatic Assay
9. Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta
10. Monitoring of Resuscitation of Hemorrhagic Shock
PART 2 Emergency Management of Regional Trauma
SECTION III Head Trauma
11. Evaluation of Head Injury
12. Management of Severe Brain Injury
13. Scalp Laceration, Skull Fractures, and Facial Fractures
SECTION I V Spine Trauma
14. Cervical Spine Clearance
15. Evaluation and Management of Cervical Spine Injuries
16. Thoracic and Lumbar Spine Injuries
17. Evaluation and Management of Spinal Cord Injury
SECTION V Neck Trauma
18. Evaluation and Management of Blunt Neck Trauma
19. Evaluation and Management of Penetrating Neck Injuries
SECTION V I Chest Trauma
20. Emergency Thoracotomies
21. Evaluation and Management of Severe Thoracic Injuries
SECTION VII Abdominal Trauma
22. Evaluation and Management of Hemodynamically Unstable Abdominal Penetrating/Blunt Trauma
23. Evaluation and Management of Hemodynamically Stable Abdominal Penetrating/Blunt Trauma
24. Trauma Exploratory Laparotomy
25. Management of Liver Injuries
26. Evaluation and Management of Pancreatic Injuries
27. Evaluation and Management of Spleen Injuries
28. Evaluation and Management of Stomach and Duodenal Injuries
29. Management of Small Bowel, Colon, and Rectal Injuries
30. Evaluation and Management of Urological Injuries
SECTION VIII Vascular Trauma
31. Evaluation and Management of Retroperitoneal Vascular Injuries
32. Evaluation and Management of Vascular Injuries (Upper and Lower Extremities)
SECTION I X Musculoskeletal Trauma
33. Evaluation and Management of Pelvic Fracture Emergencies
34. Evaluation and Management of Extremity Fracture Emergencies
PART 3 Miscellaneous
SECTION X Pediatric Trauma, Trauma in Pregnancy, Scoring and Grading, Medications
35. Evaluation and Management of Pediatric Trauma
36. Evaluation and Management of Trauma in Pregnancy
37. Commonly Used Scoring and Grading Systems in Trauma
38. Medications in Emergency Trauma Management
