Oxford Desk Reference: Major Trauma

The Oxford Desk Reference: Major Trauma is the missing link between basic trauma management and advanced specialist care. Advanced Trauma Life Support courses have revolutionised trauma care in the last 3 decades, but there is little advice for the key decision makers in trauma care once the primary and secondary surveys are complete. This volume is a practical and evidence-based desk reference, giving a comprehensive walk-through from the initial phases of injury, through key decision-making in the resuscitation room, to surgical principles and rehabilitation. Including chapters on damage control, ballistic and blast injuries, and bariatric trauma, this text covers all the main areas of trauma care necessary for the trauma specialist in the 21st Century. The Oxford Desk Reference emphasises practical help but also covers the evidence and science behind trauma management. It includes the most up-to-date guidance from national bodies making recommendations for trauma care, using an international team of contributing authors. This book will become an essential tool for everyday use in the management of trauma. Cino Bendinelli, John Hunter Hospital, Department of Surgery - Trauma, Newcastle, Australia Michael Sugrue, General Surgeon, Letterkenny and Galway University Hospital, Ireland Steven Bland, Emergency Department, Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth, UK Steven Bonner, Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, James Cook University Hospital, Middlesborough, UK Erica Caldwell, Liverpool Hospital, New South Wales, Australia Dane Chalkley, Emergency Medicine and Pre-hospital Care, The Royal London Hospital, London, UK Otto Chan, The London Independent Hospital, London, UK Jon Clasper, Academic Department of Military Surgery and Trauma, Royal Centre for Defence Medicine, UK Scott K. D'Amours, Liverpool Hospital and University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia Dan Deakin, University Hospital Birmingham NHS Trust, Birmingham, UK Jeffrey Garner, Department of Colorectal Surgery, The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust and Academic Department of Military Surgery and Trauma, Birmingham, UK Andrew Gibbons, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department, Peterborough Hospitals NHS FoundationTrust, Peterborough, UK Geertje Govaert, Department of Trauma and General Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Centre, The Netherlands Henry Guly, Emergency Department, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, UK Daniel Henning, Royal Navy, Emergency Medicine, Defence Medical Services, UK Jeremy Henning, James Cook University Hospital, Middlesborough, UK Ian Higginson, Emergency Department, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, UK Simon Horne, Emergency Department, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, UK Fiona Hunt, ACCS Anaesthetics Trainee, Northern Deanery, UK Paul Hunt, Specialist Registrar in Emergency Medicine and Intensive Care Medicine, Defence Medical Services, UK Ian Hunter, Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, James Cook University Hospital, Middlesborough, UK Steven Jeffery, The Royal Centre for Defence Medicine, Birmingham, UK Mansoor Khan, Specialist Registrar in General Surgery, North Trent Rotation and Defence Medical Services, UK Susan Klein, The Aberdeen Centre for Trauma Research, Faculty of Health and Social Care, The Robert Gordon University, Garthdee Road, Aberdeen, UK Neil Mackenzie, Maxillofacial Unit, Queen Alexandra Hospital, Cosham, Portsmouth, UK Michael J. H. McCarthy, Spinal Fellow, Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton, UK Scott McGregor, Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, James Cook University Hospital, Middlesborough, UK Paul Middleton, Ambulance Research Institute, Ambulance Service of New South Wales, Sydney Australia Alan Mistlin, OC Medical Division and Consultant in Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, DMRC Headley Court, Epsom, Surrey, UK Matt O'Meara, University Hospital Birmingham NHS Trust, Birmingham, UK Keith Porter, University Hospital Birmingham NHS Trust, Birmingham, UK Arul Ramasamy, Academic Department of Military Surgery and Trauma, Royal Centre for Defence Medicine, UK Imran Raza, Department of Trauma and Vascular Surgery, Royal London Hospital, London, UK James Ryan, Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, James Cook University Hospital, Middlesborough, UK Robert A. H. Scott, Defence Consultant Adviser in Ophthalmology, Royal Centre for Defence Medicine, University Hospital Birmingham NHS Trust, Birmingham, UK Jason Smith, Emergency Department, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, UK Stella Smith, Surgical Specialist Registrar, Royal London Hospital, London, UK Nigel Tai, Trauma Clinical Academic Unit, Royal London Hospital, London, UK Lee Wallis, Division of Emergency Medicine, Stellenbosch University and University of Cape Town, South Africa Michael Walsh, Department of Trauma and Vascular Surgery, Royal London Hospital, London, UK Darren Walter, Emergency Department, University Hospital of South Manchester, UK David Wise, Emergency Medicine and Pre-hospital Care, The Royal London Hospital, London, UK Mark Wilson, Departments of Neurosurgery and Pre-hospital Care, The Royal London Hospital, London, UK CONTENTS 1: Paul Middleton: Introduction 2: Steven Bland: Pre-hospital emergency care 3: Ian Higginson and Simon Horne: Initial assessment 4: Jason Smith: The trauma team 5: Jeremy Henning and Ian Hunter: Airway management in trauma 6: David Wise, Dane Chalkley and Karim Ahmed: Assessment of breathing - thoracic injuries 7: Paul Hunt and Fiona Hunt: Circulation and shock 8: Mark Wilson: Head injuries 9: Otto Chan: The role of radiology in trauma 10: Geertje Govaert and Scott K. D'Amours: Tertiary survey 11: Michael J. H. McCarthy: Spinal injuries 12: Mansoor Khan and Jeffrey Garner: Abdominal trauma 13: Keith Porter and Matt O'Meara: Pelvic trauma 14: Arul Ramasamy and Jon Clasper: Limb injuries 15: Daniel Henning: Crush injuries 16: Nigel Tai and Stella Smith: Vascular trauma 17: Robert A. H. Scott: Eye trauma 18: Neil Mackenzie and Andrew Gibbons: Maxillofacial trauma 19: Michael Walsh: The role of damage control surgery in multi-trauma patients 20: Lee Wallis: Paediatric trauma 21: Cino Bendinelli and Michael Sugrue: Trauma in pregnancy 22: Steven Jeffery: Burn injuries 23: Michael Walsh: Penetrating trauma 24: Jeffrey Garner: Blast and ballistic injury 25: Steven Bland: Chemical, biological, and radiation injuries 26: James Ryan, Scott McGregor and Steven Bonner: Critical care issues in trauma 27: Paul Middleton: Trauma retrieval 28: David Alexander and Susan Klein: Psychological aspects of trauma 29: Alan Mistlin: Rehabilitation after trauma 30: Henry Guly: Commonly missed injuries 31: Erica Caldwell: Research in trauma 32: Dan Deakin: Bariatric trauma 33: Darren Walter: Major incidents