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Author Page, David W., 1943-

Title Body trauma : a writer's guide to wounds and injuries / David W. Page
Edition First edition
Published Cincinnati, Ohio : Writer's Digest Books, [1996]
©1996

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 MELB  617.1 Pag/Bta  AVAILABLE
Description 232 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Series The Howdunit series
Howdunit series.
Contents Pt. 1: An overview of trauma. Concepts and terminology in trauma care ; Care of the trauma victim in the field ; The trauma center ; Care of the trauma patient in the operating room -- Pt. 2: Specific traumatic injuries by organ system. Head trauma : from concussion to the persistent vegetative state ; Neck and spinal cord injuries : snapped, stabbed and strangled ; Chest trauma : the dirty dozen maiming injuries ; Abdominal trauma : beware of hidden damage ; Extremity trauma : crunched arms and legs -- Pt. 3: Unique traumatic injuries. Bites : animal assaults ; Impalement injuries and mutilation : from fencing to fences ; Traumatic amputations and replantation : don't lose the missing part! ; Burns and frostbite : the scars of temperature extremes ; Diving accidents and altitude illness ; Assaulted elders, battered women and injured kids : the defenseless ; Sexual assault : unspeakable trauma ; Organ donation : who makes the ultimate gift?
Summary Here you'll find graphic explorations of serious bodily damage. You'll be able to work backward, deciding how severe a character's wounds should be and then writing the action that causes the pain. You'll put your characters in harm's way and mistreat them - believably - to within an inch of their fictional lives
When your fiction calls for a character to get hurt and live to tell about it, this book is the prescription. Body Trauma explains what happens to body organs and bones maimed by accident or intent. You'll learn about agonizing injuries and the small window of opportunity for emergency treatment. Use these facts and bring a new realism to your stories and novels. Dr. David W. Page, a surgeon and trauma expert, takes you in close to reveal the four steps in trauma care; details of skull and brain injuries; what the Glasgow Coma Scale is, and why it's important; specifics of penetrating and blunt neck injuries; the "dirty dozen" dreadful - but survivable - chest injuries; what blunt trauma, blades and bullets do to abdominal organs; effects of injuries to arms and legs, hands and feet; the facts about bites and stings; what happens in impalement injuries; the truths of abuse of elders, women and children; how organ donation works
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [224]-225) and index
Subject Traumatology -- Popular works.
LC no. 96028627
ISBN 0898797411 (alk. paper)
Other Titles Writer's guide to wounds and injuries