MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURIES
27 MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURIES Colleen R. Walsh Management of traumatic musculoskeletal injuries rarely takes precedence during the initial phases of trauma care. The basic principles of trauma care stress resuscitation and…
TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES
20 TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES Karen A. McQuillan, Paul A. Thurman Brain injury is the leading cause of all trauma-related deaths. It constitutes the primary cause of trauma-related death and long-term…
OCULAR INJURIES
22 OCULAR INJURIES Martha A. Conlon Ocular injury is the leading cause of monocular blindness in the United States and is second only to cataracts as the most common cause…
THORACIC TRAUMA
24 THORACIC TRAUMA P. Milo Frawley INTRODUCTION Thoracic injuries account for much of the immediate life-threatening trauma encountered in the field or in the hospital setting. These injuries usually require…
SPINAL CORD INJURIES
23 SPINAL CORD INJURIES Tammy A. Russo-McCourt Spinal cord injury (SCI) was first described in the literature in 2500 BC by Egyptian surgeons as “an ailment not to be treated.”1…
ANALGESIA, SEDATION, AND NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKADE IN THE TRAUMA PATIENT
18 ANALGESIA, SEDATION, AND NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKADE IN THE TRAUMA PATIENT T. Catherine Bower, Jameson P. Reuter INTRODUCTION Pain management in the adult trauma patient is multifactorial and complex, which presents…
MAXILLOFACIAL TRAUMA
21 MAXILLOFACIAL TRAUMA Suzanne Frey Sherwood, Karen A. McQuillan INTRODUCTION The treatment of maxillofacial trauma is one of the oldest healing arts. In Hippocrates’ time, skin grafts were used for…
ABDOMINAL INJURIES
25 ABDOMINAL INJURIES Kimmith M. Jones Trauma is the fourth leading cause of death for all age groups in the United States.1 It is the leading cause of death for…
SHOCK AND MULTIPLE ORGAN DYSFUNCTION SYNDROME
13 SHOCK AND MULTIPLE ORGAN DYSFUNCTION SYNDROME Kathryn Truter Von Rueden, Pamela J. Bolton, Thomas C. Vary Shock is the hemodynamic manifestation of cellular metabolic insufficiency resulting from either inadequate…
GENITOURINARY INJURIES AND RENAL MANAGEMENT
26 GENITOURINARY INJURIES AND RENAL MANAGEMENT Kara A. Snyder, Victoria R. Veronese Rapid diagnosis and treatment of genitourinary (GU) trauma can be difficult. The trauma victim’s most immediate requirement is…
