ABC of Major Trauma. 4th Edition. ABC Series
John Wiley and Sons Ltd, March 2013, Pages: 238
Prehospital care is a growing area in medicine, and emergency treatments are becoming more sophisticated as the potential to save lives grow.
The fourth edition of this ABC has been thoroughly updated and includes new chapters on nuclear and biological emergencies.
Each chapter gives concise and clear guidance and is accompanied by excellent photographs and diagrams.
Edited and written by leading UK trauma authorities, this is a truly comprehensive and practical book for everyday use by emergency medicine staff, nurses, hospital doctors, paramedics, and ambulance services.
Contributors
Acknowledgements
Preface to the Fourth Edition
Initial assesment and management: Primary surgery and resuscitation
David Skinner & Peter Driscoll
2 Secondary survey
Rachel Pery-Johnston
3 Airway
David Watson & Catherine Peters
4 Chest Injuries
Andrew Blyth
5 Hypovolaemic Shock
Jerry P Nolan & Rick Pullinger
6 Head injuries
Lisa Munro-Davies
7 Maxillofacial trauma
Steve Watt-Smith, Sarah Wilson & DK Dhariwal
8 Spine and spinal cord injury
Andrew Swain & Andre Cromhout
9 Abdominal trauma
Munawar Al-Mudhaffer & Philip Hormbrey
10 Urinary tract trauma
Tim Terry & Anthony Deane
11 Limb injuries
Rohit Kotnis, Nigel Rossiter & Keith Willett
12 Eye injuries
John Elston
13 Medical problems in trauma patients
Tom Hughes
14 Trauma Radiology
James Rankine, David Nicholson, Peter Driscoll & Dominic Barron
15 Role of the trauma nurse
Jill Hill
16 Trauma scoring systems
Maralyn Woodford
17 Distressed relatives
Chris McLauchlan
18 Trauma in pregnancy
Rebecca Black & DJ Harrington
19 Paediatric trauma
John Black
20 Trauma in the elderly
Carl L Gwinnutt & Michael A Horan
21 Pre-hospital care
John Black
22 Transfer of the trauma patient
Carl L Gwinnutt & Alastair W Wilson
23 Management of severe burns
Oliver Fenton, Colin Robertson & Orla Austin
24 Chemical, Nuclear, etc
Virginia Murray
25 Blast and Gunshot injuries
Peter F Mahoney, Timothy J Hodgetts, Jon Clasper, Rob Russell & Bruce Jenner
26 Trauma in hostile environments
M Byers, PR Davis, Timothy J Hodgetts & PF Mahoney
26 Psychological trauma
Martin P Deahl
27 Major Incidents
Lizle Blom, Timothy J Hodgetts & John Black
28 Trauma management in the Third World
Doug Wilkinson
Index
David Skinner, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK. Peter Driscoll, Department of Emergency Medicine, Hope Hospital, Salford, UK
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