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The Trauma Manual

February 14, 2007 on 7:17 am | In Books |

Andrew B. Peitzman, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Michael Rhodes, M.D., F.A.C.S.
C. William Schwab, M.D., F.A.C.S
Donald M. Yealy, M.D., F.A.C.E.P.
Timothy C. Fabian, M.D., F.A.C.S.

1. Introduction to Trauma Care
Michael D. Grossman

2. Patterns of Blunt Injury
Michael D. Grossman

3. Mechanisms of Injury/Penetrating Trauma
J. Christopher DiGiacomo and James F. Reilly

4. The Physiologic Response to Injury
Bradley S. Taylor and Brian G. Harbrecht

5. Shock
Brian G. Harbrecht and Timothy R. Billiar

6. Measurements of Injury Severity
Theodore R. Delbridge

7. Prehospital Triage
Ronald N. Roth and Vincent N. Mossesso, Jr.

8. Prehospital Therapy
Kathy J. Rinnert and Kevin S. O’Toole

9. Field Teams: Composition, Direction, and Communication with the Trauma Center
Owen T. Traynor

10. Air Medical and Interhospital Transport
John S. Cole

11. Trauma Team Activation
Theodore R. Delbridge

12. Organization Prior to Trauma Patient Arrival
William S. Hoff

13. Adult Trauma Resuscitation
Michael Rhodes

14. Airway Management in the Trauma Patient
Rade B. Vukmir, Kathy J. Rinnert, and Donald M. Yealy

15. Vascular Access
Michael D. Pasquale and Michael Rhodes

16. Imaging of Trauma Patients
Michael P. Federle

17. Documentation, Coding and Compliance, and EMTALA
Michael Rhodes, C. William Schwab, and Donald M. Yealy

18. Operating Room Practice
Michael Rhodes and Michael Russell

19.Head Injury
Donald W. Marion

20. Injuries to the Spinal Cord and Spinal Column
William C. Welch, William F. Donaldson, III, and Donald W. Marion

21. Soft Tissue Wounds of the Face
James M. Russavage and Gary T. Patterson

22. Bony Oral-Maxillofacial Injuries
Mark W. Ochs

23. Ophthalmic Injuries
Randall L. Beatty

24. Penetrating Neck Injury
Robert A. Maxwell

25. Blunt Neck Injury
Tiffany K. Bee, Martin A. Croce, and Juan B. Ochoa

26a. Thoracic Injury
John P. Pryor, C. William Schwab, and Andrew B. Peitzman

26b. Thoracic Vascular Injury
John P. Pryor, C. William Schwab, and Andrew B. Peitzman

27. Abdominal Injury
Heidi L. Frankel, Darrell C. Boone, and Andrew B. Peitzman

28. Abdominal Vascular Injury
Michael B. Shapiro

29. Damage Control
Michael F. Rotondo

30. Abdominal Compartment Syndrome
Robert A. Maxwell and Marilyn J. Borst

31. Genitourinary Injuries
Michael Rhodes and Fredrick Giberson

32. Orthopedic Injuries
Bruce H. Ziran and Paul T. Freudigman

33. Pelvic Fractures
Michael J. Prayson and Gary S. Gruen

34. Hand Trauma
Steven L. Bernard, Ramon Llull, and N. Ake Nyström

35. Compartment Syndrome and Rhabdomyolysis
Preston R. Miller, III and John M. Kane, III

36. Peripheral Vascular Injuries
Louis H. Alarcon and Ricard N. Townsend

37. Soft-Tissue Trauma
Kimberly A. Davis

38. Priorities in the ICU Care of the Adult Trauma Patient
Keith D. Clancy and Joseph M. Darby

39. Commonly Missed Injuries and Pitfalls
Gerard J. Fulda

40. Anesthesia for the Trauma Patient
Michael Rodrick, James W. Krugh, and C. William Hanson, III

41. Trauma Pain Management
Kimberly K. Cantees and Donald M. Yealy

42. Hypothermia, Cold Injury, and Drowning
Samuel A. Tisherman

43. Blood Transfusion and Complications
Ajai K. Malhortra, Heidi L. Frankel, and C. William Schwab

44. Nutritio/Metabolism in the Trauma Patient
Gayle Minard

45.Support of the Organ Donor
Juan B. Ochoa and Patrick M. Reilly

46. Burns/Inhalation
Kevin Farrell and Linwood R. Haith, Jr.

47. Pediatric Trauma
Michael G. Scheidler, James M. Lynch and Henri R. Ford

48. Care of the Pregnant Trauma Patient
Glen Tinkoff

49. Geriatric Trauma
Donald R. Kauder

50. Rehabilitation
Louis E. Penrod, Gary Goldberg, and John A. Horton, III

51. Venous Thromboembolism
Jon W. Johnson and Patrick M. Reilly

52. Injury Prevention
Therese S. Richmond

53. House Staff Responsibilities
G. Paul Dabrowski and Patrick M. Reilly

54. Legal, Ethical and Family Issues
G. Paul Dabrowski and Harry L. Anderson, III

55. Miscellaneous Procedures
Glenn Tinkoff and Michael Rhodes

Appendix A. Injury Scales
Appendix B. Tetanus Prophylaxis
Appendix C. Frequently Used Forms