Essential Emergency Trauma

Overview

Essential Emergency Trauma is a concise, reader-friendly, and portable reference on the care of trauma patients in the emergency department. Geared to practicing emergency physicians, residents, and medical students, the book focuses sharply on the key details needed to stabilize and treat trauma patients with a wide variety of injuries. Major sections cover trauma of each anatomic region. Each section opens with a chapter "The First 15 Minutes, Algorithm, and Decision Making". Subsequent chapters focus on specific injury patterns, emphasizing pathophysiology, diagnosis, evaluation, and management. The information is presented in bullet points with numerous tables and images. Each chapter ends with an up-to-date review of the "Best Evidence".

Details

Publisher

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Published

2011

Pages

488

Language

EN

Categories

Medical / Emergency Medicine, Health & Fitness / Safety, Medical / Nursing / Emergency

ISBN-13

9781608318940