Description
Book SynopsisDeveloped for the International Association for Trauma Surgery and Intensive Care (IATSIC), the
Manual of Definitive Surgical Trauma Care 5e is ideal for training all surgeons who encounter major surgical trauma on an infrequent basis.
This new edition includes both an e-version, and also a microSD card containing over 20 operative videos. The increasing role of non-operative management (NOM) has been recognised, and the Military Module is substantially updated to reflect recent conflict experience. An expanded section highlights trauma management under austere conditions.Written by faculty who teach the DSTC Course, this definitive and well established book focuses on life-saving surgical techniques to use in challenging and unfamiliar incidents of trauma.
Table of ContentsVideo Contents
Preface
Introduction
Injury Prevention
Training in the Initial Management of Severe Trauma
The DSTC™ Course
The DATC™ Course
Summary
About the Author
1. Safe and Sustainable Trauma Care
2. Communication and Non-Technical Skills (NOTTS) in Major Trauma: The Role of Crew Resource Management (CRM)
3. Pre-Hospital and Emergency Trauma Care
4. Resuscitation Physiology
5. Transfusion in Trauma
6. Damage Control
7. The Neck
8. The Chest
9. The Abdomen
9.1. The Trauma Laparotomy
9.2. Abdominal Vascular Injury
9.3. Bowel, Rectum and Diaphragm
9.4. The Liver and Biliary System
9.5. Spleen
9.6. Pancreas
9.7. The Duodenum
9.8. The Urogenital System
10. The Pelvis
11. Extremity Trauma
12. Head Trauma
13. Burns
14. Special Patient Situations
15. Minimal Access Surgery in Trauma
16. Imaging in Trauma
17. Critical Care of the Trauma Patient
18. Trauma Anaesthesia
19. Psychology of Trauma
20. Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (PR&M)
21. Austere Environments
22. Military Environments
Appendix A: Trauma Systems
Appendix B: Trauma Scores and Scoring Systems
Appendix C: The Definitive Surgical Trauma Care Course: The Definitive Anaesthetic Trauma Care Course: Course Requirements And Syllabus
Appendix D: Definitive Surgical Trauma CareTM Course – Core Surgical Skills
Appendix E: Briefing for Operating Room Scrub Nurses
Index
