Handbook of Trauma
Published on 15. April 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
484 pages
978-0-19-578080-2 (ISBN)
Description
The Handbook of Trauma for Southern Africa will provide much-needed surgical guidelines for rural doctors in Southern Africa and other developing nations, where many doctors are young or newly-qualified, exposed to severe cases of trauma and entrusted early in their careers with high levels of responsibility which they are required to exercise, often independently. In developed countries trauma is far less significant. As a result very few handbooks dedicated to trauma are available and those that are, usually published in developed countries, are not adequate for the different kinds of trauma that units in South Africa see every day. The book will serve as a pocket reference for quick diagnosis, crisis management, treatment and referral in trauma units. It has been written for interns, doctors and senior nurses in community service, and any doctor spending time in a trauma ward who wishes to stay informed of the latest developments.
Medical students spend considerable time in trauma wards during their degree, and this handbook will be invaluable particularly for fifth and sixth year medical students for whom the book will serve as a mini-textbook as well as a clinical manual, and in many cases will replace the notes given to students by trauma departments. It is a book no trauma unit should be without.
Medical students spend considerable time in trauma wards during their degree, and this handbook will be invaluable particularly for fifth and sixth year medical students for whom the book will serve as a mini-textbook as well as a clinical manual, and in many cases will replace the notes given to students by trauma departments. It is a book no trauma unit should be without.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Goodwood
South Africa
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
line ill., b/w photographs
black & white photographs and line illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 180 mm
Width: 110 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-19-578080-2 (9780195780802)
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07/2010
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Content
PART 1: EARLY MANAGEMENT OF THE INJURED PATIENT; 1. Prehospital care; 2. Initial assessment; 3. Airway management; 4. Shock and fluid therapy; 5. Blood transfusion therapy; 6. Emergency procedures; 7. Pain management; 8. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; 9. Radiology; 10. Antibiotics in trauma; 11. Damage control surgery; PART 2: DEFINITIVE MANAGMENT OF INJURIES; 12. Head injuries; 13. Spinal injuries; 14. Maxillo-facial trauma; 15. Ear and nasal injuries; 16. The injured eye; 17. Penetrating neck injuries; 18. Cardiac injuries; 19. Blunt chest injuries; 20. Penetrating chest injuries; 21. Abdominal injuries; 22. Practical trauma laparotomy; 23. Splenic injuries; 24. Liver trauma; 25. Pancreatic trauma; 26. Vascular trauma; 27. Injuries to the urinary tract; 28. Pelvic fracture resuscitative management; 29. Extensive soft tissue and crush injuries; 30. Hand injuries; 31. Fractures and dislocations; PART 3: SPECIAL PATIENTS AND PROBLEMS; 32. Trauma in the elderly; 33. The injured child; 34. Trauma in pregnancy; 35. Emergency care of the sexual assault survivor; 36. Respiratory failure; 37. Accidental hypothermia; 38. Acute renal failure; PART 4: SPECIFIC INJURIES; 39. Burns; 40. Barotrauma; 41. Non-accidental trauma; 42. Gunshot wounds and blast injury; 43. Bites and toxic stings; 44. Psychological trauma; PART 5: SPECIFIC ISSUES; 45. Scoring systems; 46. Medicolegal aspects of trauma; 47. Brain death and organ donation