ADVANCED TRAUMA RESUSCITATION AND MANAGEMENT: A Systematic Approach to the Severely Injured Patient for Emergency Medicine and Surgery Residents - Softcover

Kennedy, Dr. Jai; Renwick, Dr. Ali; Baragwanath, Isabel

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798191228457

Verlag: Independently published, 2026

Inhaltsangabe

When a severely injured patient arrives, clinical priorities must be recognised and addressed within minutes. Airway compromise, uncontrolled haemorrhage, traumatic brain injury, thoracic emergencies, and circulatory collapse demand structured assessment, sound judgement, and coordinated intervention.

ADVANCED TRAUMA RESUSCITATION AND MANAGEMENT presents a systematic, residency-level approach to evaluating, resuscitating, and managing the critically injured patient.

Designed for emergency medicine and surgery residents, fellows, clinicians, trauma nurses, and critical-care practitioners, this textbook connects trauma physiology with bedside assessment, diagnostic reasoning, procedural intervention, and operative decision-making.

Readers will develop a deeper understanding of:

• Injury epidemiology, biomechanics, kinematics, and trauma systems
• ABCDE assessment, primary survey, secondary survey, and tertiary assessment
• Haemorrhagic shock and trauma-induced coagulopathy
• Massive transfusion, whole blood, TXA, TEG, and ROTEM
• Airway management, vascular access, cricothyrotomy, REBOA, and resuscitative thoracotomy
• Traumatic brain injury and spinal cord trauma
• Chest, cardiac, aortic, abdominal, solid-organ, pelvic, and extremity injuries
• Peripheral vascular and endovascular trauma interventions
• Paediatric, geriatric, obese, pregnant, and anticoagulated patients
• Burns, crush injuries, blast trauma, and mass-casualty triage
• Damage-control surgery and post-resuscitation critical care

Twenty structured chapters guide the reader from the opening trauma assessment through definitive treatment, intensive-care priorities, rehabilitation, and long-term outcomes. Numbered learning objectives, clinical photographs, anatomical illustrations, reference tables, scoring systems, and concise appendices support both sequential learning and rapid clinical review.

The appendices include laboratory reference values, haemorrhagic-shock classification, organ-injury grading scales, and trauma scoring systems covering ISS, RTS, TRISS, and MESS.

Clinical recommendations are explained through the physiological reasoning and available evidence that inform them, helping readers understand not only what action may be required but why it matters.

Build a structured understanding of modern trauma care and strengthen your preparation for residency training, clinical rotations, board examinations, trauma calls, and multidisciplinary practice.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Independently published
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2026
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 13: 9798191228457
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 311
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