Trauma care manual / edited by Ian Greaves, Sir Keith Porter.
| Other author | Greaves, Ian. |
| Other author | Porter, Keith M. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | 3rd edition. |
| Publication Info | Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2022. |
| Description | 1 online resource |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks |
| Subjects |
| Contents | The Trauma Epidemic -- Mechanism of Injury -- Triage -- Pre-Hospital Care -- Trauma Systems, Centres and Teams -- Patient Assessment -- Trauma Physiology and Metabolism -- Catastrophic Haemorrhage -- Airway Management -- Thoracic Trauma -- Shock Management -- Damage Control Surgery -- Head injury -- Maxillofacial Trauma -- Ophthalmological Trauma -- Spinal Injury -- Abdominal and genitourinary trauma -- Vascular Trauma -- Musculoskeletal Trauma -- Radiology -- Infection in Trauma -- Injuries in Children -- Trauma in Women -- Trauma in the Elderly -- Firearms, ballistics and gun-shot wounds -- Blast Injury -- Injury due to Burns, Electrocution and Cold -- CBRN and the Trauma Victim -- Care of the Obese Trauma Patient -- Analgesia and Anaesthesia -- Intensive Care Management -- Patient Transfer -- Psychological aspects of Trauma -- Trauma Rehabilitation -- Trauma Scoring -- Transplantation. |
| Abstract | "The Trauma Care Manual 3e is the definitive evidence-based manual of best trauma practice. Now in its third edition, this valuable book continues to provide clear practical guidelines for the management of victims of major trauma. New coverage includes chapters on abdominal and urological trauma, as well as trauma in the obese patient. Also included is coverage of pre-hospital management; trauma centres, systems & teams; modern trauma resuscitation; trauma physiology & metabolism; damage control surgery. Written by members of Trauma Care, this book offers a nationally accepted set of standards for good practice"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Trauma care manual 3rd edition. Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2022. 9781498788847 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2021008421 |
| ISBN | 9781003197560 (ebook) |
| ISBN | (paperback) |
| ISBN | (hardback) |