The Shock Trauma Manual of Operative Techniques

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Scalea, Thomas M. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Critical care medicine.; Surgery.; Traumatology.; Medicine & Public Health.; General Surgery.; Traumatic Surgery.; Intensive / Critical Care Medicine.

This manual provides a practical approach to operative trauma management. Written entirely by physicians who care for critically injured patients every day, the manual features a practical hands on approach to operative trauma care that represents the principles used by the faculty at the R Adams Co...

Table of Contents:

• Neck
• The Chest
• Emergency Department Thoracotomy
• Indications and Techniques for Trauma Laparotomy
• Indication and Techniques for Vascular Exploration
• Intubation, Cricothyrotomy, Tube Thoracostomy, Diagnostic Peritoneal Lavage, and Local Wound Exploration
• Ultrasound Physics for Point-of-Care Imaging: Performing the Various Exams with Technical Tips
• Trachea, Bronchus, and Esophagus
• The Lungs
• Cardiac Injury
• Liver Injuries
• The Spleen
• Pancreas and Duodenum
• Stomach, Small Bowel, and Colon
• Trauma of the Kidney, Ureter, Bladder
• Traumatic Injuries and Common Surgical Emergencies of the External Genitalia and Urethra.-  Cervical Vascular Injuries
• Thoracic Vascular Injuries
• Endovascular Therapy in Trauma
• Timing of Fracture Fixation
• Treatment of Pelvic Fractures.