The Emergency Medicine Trauma Handbook

Trauma is a leading cause of death and disability around the world, and the leading cause of death in those aged under forty-five years. Conditions such as airway obstruction, hemorrhage, pneumothorax, tamponade, bowel rupture, vascular injury, and pelvic fracture can cause death if not appropriately diagnosed and managed. This essential book provides emergency physicians with an easy-to-use reference and source for traumatic injury evaluation and management in the emergency department. It covers approaches to common, life-threatening, and traumatic diseases in the emergency department, for use on shift and as a reference for further learning. Each chapter includes a succinct overview of common traumatic injuries, with evaluation and management pearls and pitfalls. Highly illustrated with images from one of the busiest trauma centers in the US, and featuring expert contributions from a diverse set of attending physicians, this is an essential text for all emergency medicine practitioners.

    Evaluates key trauma topics, providing content based on current, evidence-based literature
    Presented in an easy-to-use, quick referencing format, on shift or off shift as a reference
    Features high-resolution photographs of common traumatic injuries

Table of Contents

1. General approach to traumatic injuries Ryan O'Halloran and Kaushal Shah
2. Trauma airway Colin Kaide and Andrew King
3. Transfusion in trauma Brit Long
4. Trauma in pregnancy Michael D. April and R. Erik Connor
5. Pediatric trauma Manpreet Singh and Tim Horeczko
6. Geriatric trauma Matthew R. Levine
7. Head trauma Brit Long
8. Facial trauma Norah Kairys and Zachary Repanshek
9. Eye trauma Brandon Morshedi, John D. Pemberton, R. Grant Morshedi and Brit Long
10. Cervical spine trauma Katja Goldflam
11. Thoracolumbar trauma Terren Trott
12. Neck trauma Christopher B. Colwell
13. Pulmonary trauma Manpreet Singh and Dennis Kim
14. Cardiac trauma Brit Long
15. Abdominal and flank trauma Michael Gottlieb
16. Genitourinary trauma E. Liang Liu
17. Peripheral vascular injury Richard Slama and Mike Jackson
18. Pelvic trauma Michael K. Abraham
19. Upper extremity trauma Kristen Kann
20. Lower extremity trauma Ryan LaFollette and Jeffery Hill
21. Burns and electrical injuries Ashley Brady
22. Procedural sedation and analgesia in trauma Steven G. Schauer and Jason F. Naylor
23. Commonly missed traumatic injuries Matthew Greer and Brian T. Wessman.

Alex Koyfman is an assistant professor/assistant program director of emergency medicine at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. Dr Koyfman is an author with more than 170 peer-reviewed publications and an editor of four books. He is Editor-in-Chief for emDocs.net.

Brit Long is an attending emergency physician and assistant professor of emergency medicine. Dr Long is an author with over 150 peer-reviewed publications and an editor of two books. He is Associate Editor-in-Chief for emDocs.net.