Front Line Surgery A Practical Approach /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Martin, Matthew J. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Beekley, Alec C. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Emergency medicine.; Surgery.; Abdominal surgery.; Thoracic surgery.; Traumatology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Abdominal Surgery.; General Surgery.; Thoracic Surgery.; Traumatic Surgery.; Emergency Medicine.

Front Line Surgery is designed to provide practical insights for surgeons whose areas of practice demand quick best-outcome based solutions to complex and urgent clinical problems. Both editors are active duty officers and surgeons with multiple tours in Iraq. Each chapter provides detailed instruct...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Preface
• Foreword
• Top Ten Combat Trauma Lessons
• Prehospital and Enroute Care
• Combat Triage and Mass Casualty Management
• Initial Management Priorities: Beyond ABCDE
• Damage Control Resuscitation
• To Operate or Image? (Pulling the Trigger)
• Ultrasound in Combat Trauma
• Contamination, Colostomies, and Combat Surgery
• Liver and Spleen Injury Management in Combat (Old School)
• Pancreatic and Duodenal Injuries (Sleep when you can…)
• Operative Management of Renal Injuries
• Major Abdominal Trauma
• To Close or Not to Close: Managing the Open Abdomen
• Choice of Thoracic Incision
• Lung Injuries
• Diagnosis and Management of Penetrating Cardiac Injury
• Thoracic Vascular Injuries—Operative Management in “Enemy” Territory
• Chest Wall and Diaphragm Injury
• Soft Tissue Wounds and Fasciotomies
• Open Fractures
• Mangled Extremities and Amputations
• Peripheral Vascular Injuries
• The Neck
• Genitourinary Injuries (excluding kidney)
• Neurosurgery for Dummies
• Spine Injuries
• Face, Eye, and Ear Injuries
• Burn Care in the Field Hospital
• The Pediatric Patient in Wartime
• The Combat ICU Team
• Postoperative Resuscitation
• Monitoring
• Ventilator Management
• Practical Approach to Combat-related Infections and Antibiotics
• Stabilization and Transfer from the Far Forward Environment
• Humanitarian and Local National Care
• Expectant and End of Life Care in a Combat Zone
• Appendix A. Improvise, Adapt, and Overcome: Field Expedient Methods in a Forward Environment
• Appendix B. Burn Diagrams and Sample Burn Orders
• Appendix C. Resources, References, and Readiness.