Color Atlas of Emergency Trauma

 

Description:

The third edition of the Color Atlas of Emergency Trauma brings the reader to the bedside of patients with traumatic injuries, at one of the largest and busiest trauma centers in North America.

It includes over 1200 images, designed as a comprehensive visual and reference guide to emergency trauma care.

Organized by major body regions, this atlas explores the full spectrum of common and uncommon traumatic injuries, including those caused by firearms, stab wounds, blunt trauma, crush injury, and burns.

It also covers special patient groups, such as pregnant, pediatric and geriatric populations.

Each chapter is augmented with patient images at presentation, radiographic, intraoperative and autopsy images, and color illustrations and photographs showing key anatomy from the cadaver laboratory.

With common pitfalls discussed and invaluable tips from a multidisciplinary group of experienced trauma care providers, this book is a useful and practical resource for all those involved in trauma care.

 

Table of Contents:

 

Section 1 Injuries

Chapter 1 Head Injury

Chapter 2 Facial Injury

Chapter 3 Neck Injury

Chapter 4 Thoracic Injury

Chapter 5 Abdominal Trauma

Chapter 6 Musculoskeletal Injury

Chapter 7 Spinal Injuries

Chapter 8 Burn Injuries

Chapter 9 Soft Tissue Injuries

Chapter 10 Extremity Compartment Syndrome

Chapter 11 Ballistics

Chapter 12 Trauma in Pregnancy

Chapter 13 Pediatric Trauma

Chapter 14 Geriatric Trauma

Chapter 15 Disaster Medicine

Section 2 Procedures

Chapter 16 Central Venous Access

Chapter 17 Intraosseous Access Techniques

Chapter 18 Cricothyroidotomy

Chapter 19 Thoracostomy Tube Insertion

Chapter 20 Emergency Room Resuscitative Thoracotomy

Chapter 21 Resuscitative Endovascular Occlusion of the Aorta (REBOA)

Chapter 22 Diagnostic Peritoneal Aspiration

Chapter 23 Tourniquet Application for Extremity Bleeding Control

Chapter 24 Splinting

Chapter 25 Ultrasound in Trauma

Index