Main description:

Key Clinical Topics in Trauma presents a brand new addition to the Key Clinical Topics series. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the subject, comprising 100 carefully selected topics in alpha order that together provide an extensive understanding of the management of traumatic injuries. This collection of highly practical guides systematically addresses management techniques for a large number of clinical settings.

Edited by experienced specialists, with contributions from consultants who have recognised expertise in their field, this book provides an authoritative and up-to-date guide on the treatment of traumatic injuries. Designed to enable rapid access to core information, Key Clinical Topics in Trauma offers effective exam revision and the ideal quick reference for day-to-day practice.

100 topics presented in alpha order, from abdominal trauma to wrist and carpal injuries
Effective exam revision for MCEM and FCEM candidates
Succinct coverage of trauma treatment modalities and complications
Includes clinical photos and diagrams to improve understanding of concepts
Contributions from experienced specialists to ensure authoritative, accurate content

Contents:

Abdominal trauma
Abnormal fracture healing
Acute respiratory distress syndrome
Aeromedical evacuation and retrieval
Anaesthesia
Analgesia
Ankle injuries
Antibiotic therapy and infection control
Anticoagulation and thromboembolism
Asphyxiation
Bariatric trauma
Blast trauma
Blood product (1:1:1) resuscitation
Blunt and penetrating cardiac trauma
Brachial plexus injuries
Brainstem death and organ donation
Burns
ABCDE resuscitation
Cervical spine injuries
Chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear environments and trauma
Commonly missed injuries
Compartment syndrome
Damage control resuscitation and surgery
Elbow injuries
Epidemiology of trauma
Fat embolism syndrome
Foot fractures - hind foot
Foot fractures - mid foot and fore foot
Fracture classifications
Fragility fractures
Genito-urinary trauma
Gunshot injuries
Hand injuries
High pressure injection injuries
Hip fractures and dislocations
Human and animal bites
Imaging in trauma - CT
Imaging in trauma - interventional radiology
Imaging in trauma - MRI
Imaging in trauma - ultrasound
Immediate trauma care in sport
Injuries of the thoracic, lumbar and sacral spine
Intraosseous access
Intravenous fluids - colloids
Intravenous fluids - crystalloids
Intravenous fluids - starches
Lethal triad
Long bone fractures
Lypholised plasma in trauma resuscitation
Maxillofacial and dental injuries
Metabolic response to trauma
Microbiological considerations
Mild traumatic brain injury
Moderate to severe brain injury
Mortality patterns
Near infrared spectroscopy
Neonatal trauma
Non-accidental injury
Nutrition in trauma and burns
Ophthalmic injury
Paediatric trauma
Pathological fractures
Pelvic trauma
Penetrating neck injury
Peripheral nerve injuries
Pregnancy and trauma
Prehospital blood product resuscitation
Progesterone in neurotrauma
Psychological aspects of trauma
Recombinant factor VIIa
Rehabilitation
Resuscitative balloon occlusion of the aorta
Road traffic collisions
Selective non-operative management of penetrating abdominal injuries
Sexual violence
Shock
Shoulder, clavicle and proximal humerus fractures
Soft tissue knee injuries
Spinal cord injury without radiological abnormality
Splintage
Systemic inflammatory response syndrome
Tertiary survey
Therapeutic hypothermia
Thoracic trauma
Topical haemostatic dressings
Tourniquets
Tranexamic acid
Traumatic cardiac arrest
Trauma scoring
Traumatic amputation
Triage
Vascular injuries
Viscoelastic assessment of coagulation in trauma
Wrist and carpal injuries