The Emergency Medicine Trauma Handbook

A focused overview of traumatic injuries for emergency medicine clinicians, for use both on shift and as a reference.

Alex Koyfman (Edited by), Brit Long (Edited by)

9781108450287, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 17 October 2019

400 pages, 157 b/w illus. 192 colour illus. 100 tables
23.4 x 15.7 x 1.7 cm, 0.64 kg

'Overall, the book is very well organized, includes essential information, and is easy and enjoyable to read. The text is detailed enough to be a primary reference during emergency medicine residency, although any practicing emergency physician would find it helpful as a quick reference on the job … trauma reference books oriented to the care of trauma patients before definitive operative management, like The Emergency Medicine Trauma Handbook, are a must read for emergency physicians.' Gabriel Morales, Annals of Emergency Medicine

Trauma is a leading cause of death and disability around the world, and the leading cause of death in those aged under forty-five years. Conditions such as airway obstruction, hemorrhage, pneumothorax, tamponade, bowel rupture, vascular injury, and pelvic fracture can cause death if not appropriately diagnosed and managed. This essential book provides emergency physicians with an easy-to-use reference and source for traumatic injury evaluation and management in the emergency department. It covers approaches to common, life-threatening, and traumatic diseases in the emergency department, for use on shift and as a reference for further learning. Each chapter includes a succinct overview of common traumatic injuries, with evaluation and management pearls and pitfalls. Highly illustrated with images from one of the busiest trauma centers in the US, and featuring expert contributions from a diverse set of attending physicians, this is an essential text for all emergency medicine practitioners.

1. General approach to traumatic injuries Ryan O'Halloran and Kaushal Shah
2. Trauma airway Colin Kaide and Andrew King
3. Transfusion in trauma Brit Long
4. Trauma in pregnancy Michael D. April and R. Erik Connor
5. Pediatric trauma Manpreet Singh and Tim Horeczko
6. Geriatric trauma Matthew R. Levine
7. Head trauma Brit Long
8. Facial trauma Norah Kairys and Zachary Repanshek
9. Eye trauma Brandon Morshedi, John D. Pemberton, R. Grant Morshedi and Brit Long
10. Cervical spine trauma Katja Goldflam
11. Thoracolumbar trauma Terren Trott
12. Neck trauma Christopher B. Colwell
13. Pulmonary trauma Manpreet Singh and Dennis Kim
14. Cardiac trauma Brit Long
15. Abdominal and flank trauma Michael Gottlieb
16. Genitourinary trauma E. Liang Liu
17. Peripheral vascular injury Richard Slama and Mike Jackson
18. Pelvic trauma Michael K. Abraham
19. Upper extremity trauma Kristen Kann
20. Lower extremity trauma Ryan LaFollette and Jeffery Hill
21. Burns and electrical injuries Ashley Brady
22. Procedural sedation and analgesia in trauma Steven G. Schauer and Jason F. Naylor
23. Commonly missed traumatic injuries Matthew Greer and Brian T. Wessman.

Subject Areas: Trauma & shock [MMKB], Accident & emergency medicine [MMK]