Primary Management of Polytrauma

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Hong, Suk-Kyung (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Kim, Dong Kwan (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Jeon, Sang Ryong (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Critical care medicine.; Pediatrics.; Emergency medicine.; Intensive / Critical Care Medicine.; Emergency Medicine.

This well-illustrated book describes a practical approach to the primary management of patients who have multiple injuries, or polytrauma, with the aim of providing medical and paramedical personnel with the knowledge required in order to achieve optimal clinical outcomes. The opening chapters expla...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Initial Assessment and management
• 2. Shock management
• 3. Head Injury
• 4. Spinal Injury
• 5. Thoracic Injury
• 6. Abdominal Injury
• 7. Musculoskeletal Injury
• 8. Soft Tissue Injury
• 9. Pediatric Injury
• 10. Radiology in Trauma (intervention) 11. Radiology in Trauma
• 12. Interhospital transfer.