| Description |
1 online resource (493 p.) |
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ABC Ser |
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ABC Ser
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| Contents |
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Contributors -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- About the companion website -- How to use your textbook -- Section I General circumstances -- Chapter 1 The development and organisation of trauma services -- Introduction -- The impact of major trauma -- Injury prevention and reduction of severity -- The trauma system -- The major trauma care pathway -- The effectiveness of change in the trauma care system -- Other UK trauma system developments -- International trauma systems -- Summary -- References |
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Chapter 2 Pre-hospital trauma care -- Introduction -- Tasking and dispatch -- Immediate destination post-injury -- Scene management -- Mechanism of injury and reading the scene -- Clinical management -- Specific pre-hospital situations -- Emergency department pre-arrival alert -- Mode of transport -- Handover -- Summary -- Accompanying website content -- References -- Further reading -- Website -- Chapter 3 Initial assessment and resuscitation of the trauma patient -- Introduction -- Before the patient arrives -- Trauma team -- Patient reception -- Trauma resuscitation phases |
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Primary survey and initial management -- Patient's relatives -- Team debrief -- Accompanying website content -- Summary -- References -- A3 Initial assessment and management of the trauma patient. Imaging appendix: computed tomography overview -- Where imaging fits into the overall patient flow -- Major trauma computed tomography -- Imaging appendices -- Summary -- References -- Further reading -- Chapter 4 Role of the trauma nurse -- Introduction -- Organisational aspects -- Clinical and technical skills -- Primary survey -- Secondary survey -- Special circumstances -- Transfer of the patient |
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Trauma nurse coordinators -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 5 Airway management in trauma -- Introduction -- Airway assessment -- Securing the airway -- Ventilation and intubation -- Special circumstances -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 6 Thoracic trauma -- Introduction -- Mechanisms and patterns of thoracic injury -- Penetrating trauma -- Pathophysiological changes -- Primary survey and resuscitation -- Investigations -- Secondary survey -- Traumatic cardiac arrest and emergency department thoracotomy -- Summary -- Accompanying online content -- References |
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A6 Thoracic trauma imaging appendix -- Role of imaging -- Radiology tips -- References -- Chapter 7 Shock and hypovolaemia following trauma -- Introduction -- Pathophysiology -- Clinical assessment -- Resuscitation -- Developing concepts -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 8 Head trauma -- Introduction -- Background -- Pathophysiology of head trauma -- Initial assessment of head injuries -- Radiological assessment in head injuries -- Admission or discharge? -- Inpatient management -- Paediatric head injuries -- Delayed effects of head injury -- Post-head trauma rehabilitation -- Summary |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Bibliography |
References |
| Subject |
Wounds and injuries-Treatment
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Traumatology
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Emergency medical services
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Emergency medical services.
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Traumatology.
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Wounds and injuries -- Treatment.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Skinner, David V
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Goode, Peter N
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| ISBN |
9781119498865 |
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1119498864 |
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