• The text now includes AFEM’s consensus document on out of hospital care-related issues • Sections relating to rapid assessment protocols (RAPs) refl ect a more intuitive approach for bedside use.
Table of contents: Part 1 Introduction • Part 2 Approach to the unstable patient • Part 3 Approach to key syndromes • Part 4 Disorders by system • A: Cardiovascular system • B: Dental and oral surgery • C: Dermatology • D: Ear, nose and throat
H: Infectious diseases • I: Metabolic and nutritional
• E: Environmental emergencies • F: Gastrointestinal • G: Haematology and oncology • • J: Neurology • K: Obstetrics and gynaecology •
L: Ophthalmology • M: Orthopaedics • N: Psychiatry • O: Renal and urology • P: Respiratory system • Q: Rheumatology • R: Toxicology • S: Trauma • Part 5 Emergency ultrasound • Part 6 Procedures • Part 7 Special considerations • A: Out-of hospital emergency care • B: Disaster medicine • C: Process • D: Palliative and holistic care • Part 8 Emergency medications • Part 9 Appendix
Lecturer resources • Should you wish to use this book as part of a broader emergency care educational programme, it is coordinated with the open-access AFEM emergency care curriculum and associated presentation bank
Handbook of Trauma for southern Africa 3e Content editors: A Nicol and E Steyn
Handbook of Trauma for southern Africa is an invaluable resource for medical staff and students working in trauma centres or emergency rooms. Clearly presented for quick reference, the text off ers practical guidelines, supported by drawings and other fi gures to explain the subject matter.
• Written by trauma experts for all medical professionals involved in treating injured patients • Quick access with practical guidelines for managing any emergency • Improved and updated to refl ect the latest treatment recommendations • Covers a broad spectrum of clinical situations, from pre-hospital to the resuscitation room, the operating room and beyond.
The book is suitable for MBChB students taking courses in trauma and emergency medicine, as well as for students of programmes such as BTech in pre-hospital emergency care, MMed, FCS or MPhil. In addition, doctors, primary health care workers, nurses and emergency medical services personnel will fi nd value in this clear and practical approach to trauma.
New to this edition: • Updated information refl ecting advances in the trauma emergency fi eld, such as the latest guidelines for the management of problematic blunt and penetrating injuries as well as the critical care treatment principles of severely injured patients
• New chapters on HIV in the emergency setting, as well as the latest post-exposure prophylaxis recommendations after sexual assault
• Guidelines for a broad spectrum of clinical situations, ranging from pre-hospital care to the resuscitation room, the operating room and beyond.
Table of Contents Part 1 Resuscitation and early management Chapter 2: Initial Assessment
• Chapter 1: Prehospital Care and mass casualty management • Chapter 3: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation • Chapter 4: Airway management • Chapter 12: Nursing the trauma patient •
Chapter 5: Shock and fl uid therapy • Chapter 6: Blood transfusion therapy • Chapter 7: Emergency procedures • Chapter 8: Practical aspects of abdominal exploration in the trauma patient • Chapter 9: Damage control surgery • Chapter 10: Radiology • Chapter 11: Pain management injuries and management
9780190406349 • Part 2 Regional • Chapter 13: Head injuries • Chapter 14: Spinal Injuries • Chapter 15: Maxillofacial and
oral injuries • Chapter 16: Ear and nasal injuries • Chapter 17: The injured eye • Chapter 18: Injury to the structures of the neck • Chapter 19: Cardiac injuries • Chapter 20: Blunt chest injuries • Chapter 21: Penetrating chest injuries • Chapter 22: Abdominal injuries • Chapter 23: Splenic injuries • Chapter 24: Liver trauma • Chapter 25: Pancreatic trauma • Chapter 26: Vascular trauma • Chapter 27: Urinary tract
• Chapter 28: Resuscitative management of pelvic
fractures • Chapter 29: Crush injury and myoglobinaemia • Chapter 30: Hand injuries • Chapter 31: Fractures and dislocations • Chapter 32: Emergency care of survivors of sexual off ences • Part 3 High-risk patients • Chapter 33: Trauma in the elderly • Chapter 34: The injured child • Chapter 35: Trauma in pregnancy • Chapter 36: HIV and trauma • Part 4 Specifi c mechanisms of injury and their management
• Chapter 37: Burns • Chapter 38:
Barotrauma and decompression injury • Chapter 39: Non-accidental trauma • Chapter 40: Gunshot wounds and blast injuries • Chapter 41: Bites and toxic stings • Part 5 Prevention and management of complications • Chapter 42: Respiratory failure • Chapter 43: Accidental Hypothermia • Chapter 44: Acute renal dysfunction • Chapter 45: Abdominal compartment syndrome • Chapter 46: Antibiotic use in trauma • Chapter 47: Nutritional support in trauma • Chapter 48: Psychological trauma • Part 6 Trauma-related issues • Chapter 49: Scoring systems in trauma • Chapter 50: Medico legal aspects of trauma • Chapter 51: Brain death and organ donation
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