Penetrating Trauma: A Practical Guide on Operative Technique and Peri-Operative Management

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Prehospital Care of Penetrating Trauma....Pages 3-10
Airway Management in Penetrating Trauma....Pages 11-21
Damage Control Resuscitation in Penetrating Trauma: Rules of the Game....Pages 23-27
BLS Versus ALS....Pages 29-34
Prehospital Care and Transport....Pages 35-39
Prehospital Monitoring During Transport....Pages 41-46
Trauma Resuscitation....Pages 47-51
ABC Heuristics....Pages 53-60
Pediatric Trauma Resuscitation....Pages 61-66
Fluids, Blood Substitutes, and New Tools....Pages 67-73
Emergency Department Thoracotomy....Pages 75-83
Intensive Care: Principles and Therapy....Pages 85-92
Ventilation in the Trauma Patient: A Practical Approach....Pages 93-100
Endpoints of Resuscitation....Pages 101-106
Plain X-Rays for Penetrating Trauma....Pages 107-113
Computed Tomography in the Workup of Patients with Penetrating Trauma....Pages 115-124
Portable Ultrasound as an Adjunct in Penetrating Trauma....Pages 125-132
Laparoscopy and Penetrating Trauma....Pages 133-137
Angiography and Interventional Radiology....Pages 139-143
Imaging of Penetrating Urologic Trauma....Pages 145-148
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery in Penetrating Chest Trauma....Pages 149-155
Diagnostic Peritoneal Lavage (DPL) Unplugged....Pages 157-163
Mass Casualties and Triage in Military and Civilian Environment....Pages 165-176
Ballistics in Trauma....Pages 177-183
Front Matter....Pages 185-185
Surgical Strategies in Trauma....Pages 187-191
Surgical Strategies in Trauma to the Head, Face, and Neck....Pages 193-201
Gunshot Injuries to the Head....Pages 203-220
Penetrating Injuries of the Face....Pages 221-232
Operative Strategies in Penetrating Trauma to the Neck....Pages 233-237
Access to the Neck in Penetrating Trauma....Pages 239-242
Penetrating Trauma to the Larynx and the Cervical Trachea....Pages 243-248
Penetrating Injury to the Pharynx and Cervical Esophagus....Pages 249-255
Carotid, Jugular and Vertebral Blood Vessel Injuries....Pages 257-264
Front Matter....Pages 265-265
Penetrating Trauma to the Subclavian Vessels....Pages 267-278
Penetrating Trauma to the Thoracic Oesophagus....Pages 279-284
Pulmonary and Tracheobronchial Trauma....Pages 285-291
Penetrating Injuries to the Mediastinal Vessels....Pages 293-301
Penetrating Cardiac Trauma....Pages 303-311
Penetrating Injuries to the Diaphragm....Pages 313-316
Thoracoabdominal Injury....Pages 317-318
Front Matter....Pages 265-265
Loss of the Chest Wall....Pages 319-323
Front Matter....Pages 325-325
Access to the Abdomen: Emergency Laparotomy....Pages 327-330
Damage Control Surgery....Pages 331-340
Beyond Damage Control Surgery: Abdominal Wall Reconstruction and Complex Hernia Repair....Pages 341-349
Abdominal Esophagus and Stomach....Pages 351-356
Duodenum....Pages 357-364
Penetrating Trauma to the Pancreas....Pages 365-371
Liver and Extrahepatic Bile Ducts....Pages 373-377
Large and Small Bowel....Pages 379-385
Injury of the Kidney, Ureter, and Bladder....Pages 387-396
Lower Genitourinary Injuries....Pages 397-404
Major Abdominal Veins....Pages 405-413
Major Abdominal Arteries....Pages 415-422
Spleen....Pages 423-427
Penetrating Rectal Injuries....Pages 429-431
Abdominal Compartment Syndrome....Pages 433-437
SNOM: Conservative Management of Solid Viscera....Pages 439-442
Bleeding in the Pelvis....Pages 443-445
Front Matter....Pages 447-447
Introduction to Orthopedic Injuries....Pages 449-452
Extremity Fractures....Pages 453-455
Front Matter....Pages 447-447
Compartment Syndrome of the Extremities....Pages 457-466
Anterior Exposure of the Thoracic and Lumbar Spine....Pages 467-472
Penetrating Trauma: Amputations....Pages 473-481
Front Matter....Pages 483-483
Peripheral Arterial Injuries from Penetrating Trauma....Pages 485-486
Axillary and Brachial Vessels....Pages 487-492
Femoral Vessels....Pages 493-497
Popliteal Vessels....Pages 499-509
Front Matter....Pages 511-511
Management of Penetrating Soft Tissue Injuries....Pages 513-519
Burns and Inhalational Injury....Pages 521-530
Crush Injuries....Pages 531-539
Blast Injuries....Pages 541-547
The Elderly Patient....Pages 549-556
The Pediatric Patient....Pages 557-563
The Pregnant Patient....Pages 565-570
Anticoagulation in Penetrating Trauma....Pages 571-572
Care Under Austere Conditions: Unlimited Restraints....Pages 573-579
The Impact of Trauma on the Psyche....Pages 581-587
Early Neurotrauma Rehabilitation....Pages 589-596
Rehabilitation....Pages 597-599
“Rehabilitation Matters!”: Physical Rehabilitation as an Essential Process Post-acute Trauma Care....Pages 601-604
Front Matter....Pages 511-511
Penetrating Injury Prevention....Pages 605-608
Forensic Pathology and Trauma....Pages 609-615
The Economics of Trauma Care....Pages 617-621
Organ Donation....Pages 623-627
Back Matter....Pages 629-644