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

Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Prehospital Care in Penetrating Trauma....Pages 3-10
Airway Management in Penetrating Trauma....Pages 11-22
Hypotensive Resuscitation in Penetrating Trauma: Rules of the Game....Pages 23-27
BCLS Versus ACLS....Pages 29-33
Prehospital Care and Transport....Pages 35-40
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 75-84
Intensive Care: Principles and Therapy....Pages 85-92
Plain X-Rays for Penetrating Trauma....Pages 93-100
Computed Tomography in the Workup of Patients with Penetrating Trauma....Pages 101-110
Portable Ultrasound as an Adjunct in Penetrating Trauma....Pages 111-117
Laparoscopy and Penetrating Trauma....Pages 119-123
Angiography and Interventional Radiology....Pages 125-130
Imaging of Penetrating Urologic Trauma....Pages 131-134
Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery in Penetrating Chest Trauma....Pages 135-141
Diagnostic Peritoneal Lavage (DPL) Unplugged....Pages 143-149
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Mass Casualties and Triage....Pages 151-159
Front Matter....Pages 161-161
Surgical Strategies in Trauma....Pages 163-167
Surgical Strategies in Trauma to the Head, Face and Neck....Pages 169-177
Gunshot Injuries to the Head....Pages 179-190
Penetrating Injuries of the Face....Pages 191-202
Operative Strategies in Penetrating Trauma to the Neck....Pages 203-208
Access to the Neck in Penetrating Trauma....Pages 209-213
Penetrating Trauma to the Larynx and the Cervical Trachea....Pages 215-220
Penetrating Injury to the Pharynx and Cervical Esophagus....Pages 221-228
Carotid, Jugular and Vertebral Blood Vessel Injuries....Pages 229-236
Front Matter....Pages 237-237
Penetrating Trauma to the Subclavian Vessels....Pages 239-252
Penetrating Trauma to the Thoracic Oesophagus....Pages 253-258
Pulmonary and Bronchotracheal Trauma....Pages 259-266
Mediastinal Vessels....Pages 267-275
Penetrating Cardiac Trauma....Pages 277-286
Penetrating Injuries to the Diaphragm....Pages 287-290
Thoracoabdominal Injury....Pages 291-292
Loss of the Chest Wall....Pages 293-298
Front Matter....Pages 299-299
Access to the Abdomen: Emergency Laparotomy....Pages 301-305
Damage Control Surgery....Pages 307-317
Front Matter....Pages 299-299
Abdominal Esophagus and Stomach....Pages 319-324
Duodenum....Pages 325-333
Penetrating Trauma to the Pancreas....Pages 335-340
Liver and Extrahepatic Bile Ducts....Pages 341-346
Large and Small Bowel....Pages 347-352
Injury of the Kidney, Ureter, and Bladder....Pages 353-360
Lower Genitourinary Injuries....Pages 361-369
Major Abdominal Veins....Pages 371-380
Major Abdominal Arteries....Pages 381-389
Spleen....Pages 391-396
Penetrating Rectal Injuries....Pages 397-400
Abdominal Compartment Syndrome....Pages 401-406
SNOM: Conservative Management of Solid Viscera....Pages 407-411
Bleeding in the Pelvis....Pages 413-415
Front Matter....Pages 417-417
Introduction to Orthopedic Injuries....Pages 419-422
Extremity Fractures....Pages 423-425
Compartment Syndrome of the Extremities....Pages 427-436
Anterior Exposure of the Thoracic and Lumbar Spine....Pages 437-444
Penetrating Trauma: Amputations....Pages 445-454
Front Matter....Pages 455-455
Peripheral Arterial Injuries from Penetrating Trauma....Pages 457-458
Front Matter....Pages 455-455
Axillary and Brachial Vessels....Pages 459-464
Femoral Vessels....Pages 465-469
Popliteal Vessels....Pages 471-480
Front Matter....Pages 481-481
Burns and Inhalational Injury....Pages 483-492
Crush Injuries....Pages 493-502
Blast Injuries....Pages 503-510
The Elderly Patient....Pages 511-519
The Pediatric Patient....Pages 521-527
The Pregnant Patient....Pages 529-535
Anticoagulation in Penetrating Trauma....Pages 537-539
Care Under Austere Conditions: Unlimited Restraints....Pages 541-547
The Impact of Trauma on the Psyche....Pages 549-556
Early Neurotrauma Rehabilitation....Pages 557-565
Rehabilitation....Pages 567-569
Penetrating Injury Prevention....Pages 571-574
The Economics of Trauma Care....Pages 575-580
Organ Donation....Pages 581-585
Back Matter....Pages 587-598