Readership
Accident and emergency departments including emergency room physicians, emergency room nursing staff and paramedics.

Description
Trauma Resuscitation, second edition includes a comprehensive coverage of all types of trauma. Contributing authors are representative of the entire emergency room team, physicians, surgeons, intensivists, anaesthetists, nurses, and are drawn from the UK. The book is practical, has clinically relevant text which is supported by tables, flow charts and graphics, providing the reader with key information. Within each section, topics are covered in clear concise style, permitting readers to locate the information quickly.

Contents
CH 1. RESUSCITATION AND STABILIZATION OF THE SEVERELY INJURED PATIENT
(P. Driscoll, D. Bates, G. Lomas)
Introduction
Pre-hospital information and communication
The trauma team
Preparation
Reception and transfer
Assessment and management
Preparation of the resuscitation room
Summary

CH 2. THE MANAGEMENT OF THE AIRWAY AND CERVICAL SPINE
(C. Gwinnutt, O. Goodall)
Introduction
Anatomy
Standby preparation and transfer
Assessing and securing the airway
Breathing
Advanced airway control
Summary

CH 3. THORACIC TRAUMA
(R. Kishen, G. Lomas)
Introduction
Applied anatomy
Pathophysiology
Assessment and management
Secondary survey
Imaging and investigations in thoracic trauma
Other injuries thoracic trauma
Summary

CH 4. SHOCK
(A. McCluskey)
Definition
Classification
Cardiovascular physiology
Cellular effects of shock
Causes of shock
Estimating volume loss and grading shock
Assessment and management of the shocked patient
Summary
Appendicies

CH 5. ABDOMINAL AND PELVIS TRAUMA
(A. Sen, M. Scriven)
Introduction
Applied anatomy
Mechanism of injury
Assessment and management
Summary

CH 6. HEAD TRAUMA
(D. Bryden, C. Gwinnutt)
Introduction
Anatomy
Physiology
Signs of a head injury
Assessment and management
Terminology applied to head injuries
Referral to a neurosurgeon
Summary

CH 7. SPINAL INJURIES
(P. Kelly, P. Johnson, C. Gwinnutt)
Epidemiology of spinal injury
Anatomy of vertebral column and spinal cord
Mechanism of injury
Assessment and management
Summary

CH 8. MAXILLOFACIAL INJURIES
(D. Patton)
Introduction
Applied anatomy
Assessment and management
Summary
Appendix

CH 9. SOFT TISSUE AND EXTREMITY TRAUMA
(G. Andrew, L. Light)
Introduction
The Pathophysiology of soft tissue and fracture healing
Clinical assessment of soft tissue injuries in the limbs
Simple wound closure
Extensive wounds
Specialized wounds
Fractures
Dislocations
Ligament injuries
Summary
Appendix

CH 10. PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PSYCHIATRIC ISSUES IN THE RESUSCITATION ROOM
(D. Alexander, S. Klein)
Introduction
Normal reactions to highly stressful and traumatic events
Physiological first aid
Acute psychiatric conditions
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Grief reactions
Dealing with the bereaved
Breaking bad news
Relatives in the resuscitation room
Summary

CH 11. TRAUMA IN THE ELDERLY
(R. Prothroe)
Introduction
Epidemiology of injury
Anatomical and physiological changes
Assessment and management
Summary

CH 12. TRAUMA IN CHILDREN
(S. Robinson, N. Hewer)
Introduction
Injury patterns in children
Preparation and equipment
Assessment and management
Summary

CH 13. TRAUMA IN PREGNANCY
(S. Fletcher, G. Lomas)
Introduction
The Pathophysiology of pregnancy
Assessment and management
Summary

CH 14. BURN INJURY
(A. Kay, R. Rickard)
Introduction
Causes of burn injury
Pre-hospital approach to burn patient management
Accident and Emergency department management of the burn patient
Transfer to definitive care

CH 15. HYPOTHERMIA AND DROWNING
(J. Soar, C. Johnson)
Hypothermia
Definition
Pathophysiology
Diagnosis
Initial management of the hypothermic patient
Death and hypothermia
Drowning
Aetiology
Pathophysiology of immersion and submersion
Rescue
Assessment and management
Summary

CH 16. PAIN RELIEF AFTER TRAUMA
(T. Johnson, J. Windle)
Introduction
Physiology of the experience of pain
Clinical management of pain
Analgesia for difficult conditions
Progression to chronic pain
Summary

CH 17. TRANSFER OF THE TRAUMA PATIENT
(K. Lennon, S. Davies, P. Oakley)
Introduction
Indications for secondary transfer
Transfer team composition
Equipment and drugs
The five phases of inter-hospital transfer
Summary