The Management of Major Trauma
2nd Edition
Published in June 1994
Book
Hardback
201 pages
978-0-19-262448-2 (ISBN)
Description
This handbook provides concise guidance regarding the management, during the first few hours of care, of patients with multiple injury and major trauma. The advice given is based up on the clinical and research experience of the authors, who have provided such care in major teaching hospitals.
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Series
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
line illustrations, tables, bibliography
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 130 mm
Weight
383 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-262448-2 (9780192624482)
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Content
Part 1: General features of trauma and its primary management; The epidemiology and measurement of trauma; Initial reception, clinical assessment and resuscitation; Part 2: System assessment; Head injury; Thoracic injury; Abdominal injury; Spinal and skeletal injury; Part 3: General principles; Shock and the metabolic response to trauma; Volume replacement and blood transfusion; Transfer of the trauma patient; Part 4: Practical procedures and a note on last things; Practical procedures; Last things.