Trauma surgery essentials : a must know guide to emergency management / Anil K. Srivastava

Death in Trauma Patients -- Process of Evaluation of Trauma Patients -- The Vicious Cycle of Trauma -- Airway Assessment and Management -- Management of Breathing and Ventilation -- Assessment of Shock in Trauma Patients -- Principles of Management of Hemorrhagic Shock -- Viscoelastic Hemostatic Assay -- Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta -- Monitoring of Resuscitation of Hemorrhagic Shock -- Evaluation of Head Injury -- Management of Severe Brain Injury -- Scalp Laceration, Skull Fractures, and Facial Fractures -- Cervical Spine Clearance -- Evaluation and Management of Cervical Spine Injuries -- Thoracic and Lumbar Spine Injuries -- Evaluation and Management of Spinal Cord Injury -- Evaluation and Management of Blunt Neck Trauma -- Evaluation and Management of Penetrating Neck Injuries -- Emergency Thoracotomies -- Evaluation and Management of Severe Thoracic Injuries -- Evaluation and Management of Hemodynamically Unstable Abdominal Penetrating/Blunt Trauma -- Evaluation and Management of Hemodynamically Stable Abdominal Penetrating/Blunt Trauma -- Trauma Exploratory Laparotomy -- Management of Liver Injuries -- Evaluation and Management of Pancreatic Injuries -- Evaluation and Management of Spleen Injuries -- Evaluation and Management of Stomach and Duodenal Injuries -- Management of Small Bowel, Colon, and Rectal Injuries -- Evaluation and Management of Urological Injuries -- Evaluation and Management of Retroperitoneal Vascular Injuries -- Evaluation and Management of Vascular Injuries (Upper and Lower Extremities) -- Evaluation and Management of Pelvic Fracture Emergencies -- Evaluation and Management of Extremity Fracture Emergencies -- Evaluation and Management of Pediatric Trauma -- Evaluation and Management of Trauma in Pregnancy -- Commonly Used Scoring and Grading Systems in Trauma -- Medications in Emergency Trauma Management -- Selected Resources.

"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"-- publisher's description.

Online resource; title from table of contents page (Elsevier ClinicalKey, viewed November 1, 2023).