Section I General Acute Care Surgery: Key Concepts Introduction to Trauma Care Physiologic Response to Injury Introduction to Trauma: Mechanism of Injury Traumatic Brain Injury Priorities in the ICU: Care of the Adult Trauma Patient Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome Cardiovascular Disease and Monitoring Introduction to Emergency General Surgery: Evaluation of the Acute Abdomen Preparation, Initial Resuscitation, and Management of the Patient for the Emergency Operation Acute Abdomen in ICU Patients Rescue in Acute Care Surgery Complications of Tracheostomy and Intubation Complications of PEG Tubes, Jejunostomy Tubes, and EGD Description
Covering all areas of trauma, critical care, and emergency surgery, The Trauma Manual: Trauma and Acute Care Surgery,
5th Edition, brings you fully up to date with recent changes in the field.
This pocket manual is an indispensable resource for everyone on the trauma/acute care team, with practical, easy-to-
read coverage of the wide range of patients seen daily with urgent presentation – whether from injury, emergency
general surgical disease, or a major complication.
This user-friendly manual is one that every trauma surgeon, surgical resident, surgical critical care specialist,
emergency medicine physician, and emergency or trauma nurse will want to keep close at hand for daily use.
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Section II Trauma
31 Maxillofacial Injury
Section III The Intensive Care Unit
Section IV Emergency Surgery
Section V Surgical Rescue, Complications
Appendix A: AAST Organ Injury Scales
Appendix B: AAST Emergency General Surgery Scores
Index