Ballistic Trauma A Practical Guide /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Mahoney, Peter F. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Ryan, James M. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Brooks, Adam J. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), William Schwab, C. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: London : Springer London, 2005.
• Έκδοση: Second Edition.
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Anesthesiology.; Emergency medicine.; Critical care medicine.; Nursing.; Orthopedics.; Traumatology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Emergency Medicine.; Traumatic Surgery.; Surgical Orthopedics.; Intensive / Critical Care Medicine.

Ballistic Trauma: A Practical Guide provides a concise guide to the clinical and operational issues surrounding the management of the ballistic casualty. The book crystallizes the knowledge and experience accrued by those dealing with ballistic trauma on a regular basis and extends this to those who...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction, Background, and Science
• The International Small Arms Situation: A Public Health Approach
• Guns and Bullets
• Bombs, Mines, Blast, Fragmentation, and Thermobaric Mechanisms of Injury
• Ballistic Protection
• Forensic Aspects of Ballistic Injury
• Ballistic Trauma, Armed Violence, and International Law
• Clinical Care
• Prehospital Care
• Resuscitation and Anesthesia for the Ballistic Casualty
• Clinical Ballistics: Surgical Management of Soft-Tissue Injuries—General Principles
• Damage Control
• Neck Injury
• Thoracic Injury
• Penetrating Genitourinary Trauma: Management by the Nonspecialist Surgeon
• Abdomen and Pelvis
• Management of Ballistic Trauma to the Head
• Spinal Injury
• Limb Injuries
• Vascular Injury
• Ballistic Trauma in Children
• Injuries in Pregnancy
• Burns
• Intensive Care of the Trauma Patient with Ballistic Injuries
• Imaging Triage for Ballistic Trauma
• Training to Manage Ballistic Trauma
• Resource Limited Situations
• Hospital and System Assessment
• Triage
• Managing Ballistic Injury in the Military Environment: The Concept of Forward Surgical Support
• Managing Ballistic Injury in the NGO Environment
• Expert Tutorials and Hard Lessons
• Ballistic Missile Injuries in the Siege of Sarajevo 1992–1995
• Vascular Injuries in the Groin
• Conflict Surgery
• Surgery in the Camps
• Ballistics—Lessons Learned
• African Education
• The Role of Intensive Care in the Management of Ballistic Trauma in War
• Survivors and Shooters
• Rectal Examination Revisited
• And Finally
• Where a Trauma Surgeon Can Go Ballistic?.