Emergencies in trauma / edited by Aneel Bhangu, Caroline Lee, Keith Porter.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bhangu, Aneel A.

Lee, Caroline, Dr.

Porter, Keith M.

Series:

Emergencies in-- series.

Emergencies in-- series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Critical care medicine--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Critical care medicine.

Medical emergencies--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Medical emergencies.

Wounds and injuries--Treatment--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Wounds and injuries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (299 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Trauma can affect any person of any age, at any time, and in almost any circumstance. Most doctors in some form will deal with trauma; some day-to-day, some as a passer-by, but most at some stage as a junior doctor. The management of such patients is difficult, challenging and time-pressured. This book provides the on-call junior doctor with a rapid reference pocket guide to the management of the key trauma topics. This book is essentially split into two halves. The first half deals with the management of general trauma topics, which are primarily the life-threatening issues. These are dealt w

Contents:

Contents; Abbreviations; Normal values; Part 1 Trauma; 1 Principles of trauma management; 2 Airway; 3 Breathing; 4 Circulation; 5 Thoracic trauma; 6 Abdominal trauma; 7 Head injury; 8 Special circumstances; Part 2 Orthopaedics; 9 General principles; 10 Pelvis; 11 Lower limb; 12 Upper limb; 13 Spine; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; X

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes index.

ISBN:

0-19-959763-4

1-283-34832-2

9786613348326

0-19-157573-9

OCLC:

761693562