Download or read book Trauma and Combat Critical Care in Clinical Practice written by Sam D. Hutchings and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-10-24 with total page 539 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intensive Care Medicine (or Critical Care, the terms are used interchangeably) is an evolving specialty both within the UK and worldwide. It has recently been established as a UK speciality in it’s own right, and is at the centre of the modern acute hospital, responsible for managing the sickest and most complex patients. There is a growing cadre of critical care specialists in the UK, underpinned by a large number of doctors in training within the specialty. Management of patients with severe traumatic injury is provided by intensive care specialists, often in conjunction with a range of other professionals such as surgeons and interventional radiologists. The management of these patients, who have competing complex injuries can be challenging. Traumatic injury is recognised as a significant cause of preventable mortality and such patients are now clustered within Major Trauma Centres across the UK. The Defence Medical Services of the UK have spent the last 10 years managing patients with very severe traumatic injuries, first in Iraq and most recently in Afghanistan. The lessons learnt from this experience has filtered through to the NHS, resulting in many changes to established practice. Whilst several books have been published based on this experience, none have focused on the intensive care management of such patients, which represents a vital link in the chain of survival from injury to recovery.
Download or read book A National Trauma Care System written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2016-10-12 with total page 531 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Advances in trauma care have accelerated over the past decade, spurred by the significant burden of injury from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Between 2005 and 2013, the case fatality rate for United States service members injured in Afghanistan decreased by nearly 50 percent, despite an increase in the severity of injury among U.S. troops during the same period of time. But as the war in Afghanistan ends, knowledge and advances in trauma care developed by the Department of Defense (DoD) over the past decade from experiences in Afghanistan and Iraq may be lost. This would have implications for the quality of trauma care both within the DoD and in the civilian setting, where adoption of military advances in trauma care has become increasingly common and necessary to improve the response to multiple civilian casualty events. Intentional steps to codify and harvest the lessons learned within the military's trauma system are needed to ensure a ready military medical force for future combat and to prevent death from survivable injuries in both military and civilian systems. This will require partnership across military and civilian sectors and a sustained commitment from trauma system leaders at all levels to assure that the necessary knowledge and tools are not lost. A National Trauma Care System defines the components of a learning health system necessary to enable continued improvement in trauma care in both the civilian and the military sectors. This report provides recommendations to ensure that lessons learned over the past decade from the military's experiences in Afghanistan and Iraq are sustained and built upon for future combat operations and translated into the U.S. civilian system.
Download or read book Combat Casualty Care written by Martha K. Lenhart and published by Government Printing Office. This book was released on 2012 with total page 794 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book is designed to deliver combat casualty care information that will facilitate transition from a continental US or civilian practice to the combat care environment. Establishment of the Joint Theater Trauma System and the Joint Theater Trauma Registry, coupled with the efforts of the authors, has resulted in the creation of the most comprehensive, evidence-based depiction of the latest advances in combat casualty care. Lessons learned in Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) have been fortified with evidence-based recommendations to improve casualty care. The educational curriculum was designed overall to address the leading causes of preventable death and disability in OEF and OIF. Specifically, the generalist combat casualty care provider is presented requisite information for optimal cae of US combat casualties in the first 72 to 96 hours after injury. The specialist provider is afforded similiar information, supplemented by lessons learned for definitive care of host nation patients."--
Download or read book Trauma Intensive Care written by Samuel A. Tisherman and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2013-07-11 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An ideal resource for intensivists caring for trauma victims in the ICU, Trauma Intensive Care provides point-of-care guidelines for establishing the priorities of care, minimizing complications, and returning patients to the best possible functional outcome.
Download or read book Concise Review of Critical Care Trauma and Emergency Medicine written by Asif Anwar and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Concise yet uptodate review of the most commonly encountered topics reated to the critical care, taruama and emergency arena. All facets of medical profession may benefit, including doctors, nurses, pharmacists, respiratory therapist, physical, occupational, speech/lahnguage therapist. Emergency medical techs will also find it very useful in the field.
Download or read book Resuscitation An Issue of Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America written by Justin H. DiLibero and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2021-08-04 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this issue of Critical Care Nursing Clinics, Guest Editor Justin Dilibero brings his considerable expertise to the topic of resuscitation. Top experts in the field cover key topics such as trauma, sepsis, burns, pediatrics, cardiac arrest, and more. Provides in-depth, clinical reviews on resuscitation for critical care nurses, providing actionable insights for clinical practice. Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field; Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create these timely topic-based reviews. Contains 12 relevant, practice-oriented topics including improving resuscitation outcomes in severe traumatic brain injury; targeted temperature management after cardiac arrest; family presence and support during resuscitation; the role of the tele-ICU; and more.
Download or read book Acute Care Surgery and Trauma written by Stephen M Cohn and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acute Care Surgery and Trauma: Evidence-Based Practice discusses important surgical management approaches and clinical decision making based on scientific evidence found in the published literature.
Download or read book Trauma Nursing E Book written by Karen A. McQuillan and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2019-08-18 with total page 848 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn to provide state-of-the-art care to any patient in any setting with the most comprehensive trauma nursing resource available. Using the unique cycles of trauma framework, Trauma Nursing: From Resuscitation Through Rehabilitation, 5th Edition features coverage of cutting-edge research findings and current issues, trends, and controversies in trauma nursing. The thoroughly updated fifth edition guides you through all phases of care - from preventive care and the time of injury to the resuscitative, operative, critical, intermediate, and rehabilitative stages. Plus, new chapters address unique trauma patient populations including pregnant women, children, the elderly, bariatric individuals, burned patients, those with a history of substance abuse and organ donors. With timely discussions on emerging topics such as mass casualty events and rural trauma, this is the most complete resource available for both students and experienced trauma nurses. UPDATED! Disaster preparedness, response and recovery for mass casualty incidents prepares students to act quickly and confidently in the event of a disaster, with guidelines for initial response and sustained response. UPDATED! The latest sepsis protocols, opioid use and pain/sedation protocols, and treating injured patients with diabetes. Special populations coverage prepares you to meet the needs of unique trauma patient populations including pregnant women, children, the elderly, bariatric individuals, burn patients, those with a history of substance abuse and organ donors. Coverage of specific issues that affect all patients regardless of their injury, gives you a solid understating of mechanism of injury, traumatic shock, patient/family psychosocial responses to trauma, pain, anxiety, delirium and sleep management; infection; wound healing, and nutrition. Tables and illustrations throughout add clarity to the content being discussed. NEW! Information on a team-centered, interdisciplinary approach to care. NEW! Up-to-date evidence-based information about issues that affect trauma care systems, includes injury pathophysiology, and state-of-the-art care for the trauma patient during all phases of care. NEW! All new content includes information on cultural sensitivity, care for caregivers, and how to handle self-harm injuries and suicide. NEW! Certification review questions help you to prepare for certification by listing the correct answers and rationales. NEW! Current recommendations for measuring fluid administration responsiveness.
Download or read book Fluid Resuscitation written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1999-11-05 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historically, 20% of all injured combatants die on the battlefield before they can be evacuated to a field hospital. Blood lossâ€"hemorrhageâ€"is the single major cause of death among those killed in action whose lives might otherwise be saved. Fluid resuscitation and the treatment of hypovolemia (the abnormally decreased volume of circulating fluid in the body) offer the greatest opportunity for reducing mortality and morbidity associated with battlefield casualties. In Fluid Resuscitation, a committee of experts assess current resuscitation fluids and protocols for the treatment of combat casualties and make recommendations for future research. Chapters focus on the pathophysiology of acute hemorrhagic shock, experience with and complications of fluid resuscitation, novel approaches to the treatment of shock, protocols of care at the site of injury, and future directions for research. The committee explicitly describes the similarities and differences between acute medical care during combat and civilian emergency trauma care. Fluid Resuscitation should help energize and focus research in both civilian and military emergency care and help save the lives of citizens and soldiers alike.
Download or read book Advances in Trauma An Issue of Critical Care Clinics E Book written by Lena M. Napolitano and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2016-11-30 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guest editor Lena Napolitano has assembled an expert team of authors on the topic of Trauma in the ICU. Articles will focus on: Non-compressible Torso Hemorrhage; Prediction of Massive Transfusion in Trauma; Coagulopathy of Trauma; Viscoelastic testing and Hyperfibrinolysis in Trauma; Tranexamic Update in Trauma; Optimal Reversal of Novel Anticoagulants in Trauma; Optimal Transfusion for Traumatic Hemorrhagic Shock; and more
Download or read book Joint Trauma System JTS Clinical Practice Guidelines written by and published by Jeffrey Frank Jones. This book was released on with total page 731 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 700 total pages ... The JTS Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPGs) are to the greatest extent possible evidence-based. The guidelines are developed using a rigorous process that involves subject matter experts in each field evaluating the best available data. If you are interested in learning more about the process of developing CPGs, please click this link: CPG Development Process. This guide for CPG development will help lead you through the methods used to develop and monitor CPGs. The JTS remains committed to using the highest levels of analytical and statistical analysis in its CPG development process. COMPLETE LIST OF CURRENT JTS CPGs JTS CPG Documentation Process - 01 December 2017 Acute Extremity Compartment Syndrome - Fasciotomy - 25 July 2016 Acute Respiratory Failure - 23 January 2017 Airway Management of Traumatic Injuries - 17 July 2017 Amputation - 1 July 2016 Anesthesia - 23 Jun 2016.pdf Aural Blast Injury/Acoustic Trauma and Hearing Loss - 12 Aug 2016 Battle/Non-Battle Injury Documentation Resuscitation Record - 5 Dec 13 Blunt Abdominal Trauma, Splenectomy, and Post-Splenectomy Vaccination - 12 August 2016 Burn Care - 11 May 2016 Catastrophic Non-Survivable Brain Injury 27 Jan 2017 Cervical & Thoracolumbar Spine Injury Evaluation, Transport, and Surgery in Deployed Setting - 05 August 2016 Clinical Mgmt of Military Working Dogs Combined - 19 Mar 2012 Clinical Mgmt of Military Working Dogs Zip - 19 Mar 2012.zip Damage Control Resuscitation - 03 Feb 2017 DCoE Concussion Management Algorithm Cards.pdf DoD Policy Guidance for Management of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury/Concussion in the Deployed Setting Drowning Management - 27 October 2017 Emergent Resuscitative Thoracotomy - 11 June 2012 Fresh Whole Blood Transfusion - 24 Oct 12 Frostbite and Immersion Foot Care - 26 Jan 2017 Frozen Blood - 11 July 2016 High Bilateral Amputations and Dismounted Complex Blast Injury - 01 August 2016 Hyperkalemia and Dialysis in the Deployed Setting - 24 January 2017 Hypothermia Prevention - 20 Sept 2012 Infection Prevention in Combat-Related Injuries - 08 August 2016 Inhalation Injury and Toxic Industrial Chemical Exposure - 25 July 2016 Initial Care of Ocular and Adnexal Injuries - 24 Nov 2014 Intratheater Transfer and Transport - 19 Nov 2008 Invasive Fungal Infection in War Wounds - 04 August 2016 Management of Pain Anxiety and Delirium 13 March 2017 Management of War Wounds - 25 April 2012 Neurosurgery and Severe Head Injury - 02 March 2017 Nutritional Support Using Enteral and Parenteral Methods - 04 August 2016 Orthopaedic Trauma: Extremity Fractures - 15 July 2016 Pelvic Fracture Care - 15 March 2017 Prehospital Care - 24 Nov 2014 Prevention of Deep Venous Thrombosis - Inferior Vena Cava Filter - 02 August 2016 Radiology - 13 March 2017 REBOA for Hemorrhagic Shock - 06 July 2017 Unexploded Ordnance Management - 14 Mar 2017 Urologic Trauma Management - 1 Nov 2017 Use of Electronic Documentation - 5 Jun 2012 Use of MRI in Mgmt of mTBI in the Deployed Setting - 11 June 2012 Vascular Injury - 12 August 2016 Ventilator Associated Pneumonia - 17 Jul 2012
Download or read book Current Therapy of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care E Book written by Donald D. Trunkey and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2015-04-20 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Demanding surgical situations require expert advice from pioneers in the field as well as from those on the front lines of trauma care. Practical and evidence-based, Current Therapy of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, 2nd Edition, draws on the experience of Drs. Juan A. Asensio and Donald D. Trunkey to offer a comprehensive, contemporary summary of the treatment and post-operative management of traumatic injuries. The concise format makes it ideally suited for everyday use, and new, full-color illustrations highlight the most important aspects of urgent surgical care, including ventilator management, damage control, noninvasive techniques, imaging, infection control, dealing with mass casualties, and treating injuries induced by chemical and biological agents. Prepare for the unexpected with practical, concise coverage of major surgical problems in trauma and critical care. Get expert and up-to-date guidance on ventilator management, damage control, noninvasive techniques, imaging, infection control, dealing with mass casualties, treating injuries induced by chemical and biological agents, and much more. Find the information you need quickly and easily through numerous illustrations, key points boxes, algorithms, and tables. Get up to date with current developments in the use of endovascular stents for thoracic aortic injuries; the diagnosis of peripheral vascular injuries; new interventional imaging techniques and new uses for ultrasound; and new ventilator techniques such as HFJV and APRV. Make the most of new antibiotics to improve control of surgical infection, learn to use new antifungal agents, and implement innovative therapies to combat both methicillin- and oxacillin-resistant organisms. Benefit from tremendous recent advances in the field (often as a result of experience gained by military and civilian surgeons), including the development of damage control.
Download or read book Trauma written by William C. Wilson and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2007-02-05 with total page 1386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Compiled by internationally recognized experts in trauma critical care,this sourcediscusses the entire gamut of critical care management of the trauma patient and covers several common complications and conditions treated in surgical intensive care units that are not specifically related to trauma. Utilizing evidence-based guidelines where they ex
Download or read book Trauma Critical Care and Surgical Emergencies written by Reuven Rabinovici and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2016-04-19 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a comprehensive and contemporary discussion about the three key areas of acute care surgery; trauma, surgical critical care, and surgical emergencies. The 65 chapters are arranged by organ, anatomical site and injury type, and each includes a case study with evidence-based analysis of diagnosis, management, and outcomes. Unless s
Download or read book US Army Physician Assistant Handbook written by and published by . This book was released on 2018-02 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Handbook of Critical and Intensive Care Medicine written by Joseph Varon and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-03-21 with total page 727 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The latest edition of this handbook is a concise yet comprehensive guide for attending physicians, fellows, residents, and students who cover the ICU. The chapters follow an outline format and are divided by organ system, including neurologic disorders and cardiovascular disorders, and special topics, such as environmental disorders, trauma, and toxicology. The handbook includes thoroughly updated chapters from the previous edition, alongside completely new content. Written by an authority in the field, the Handbook of Critical and Intensive Care Medicine, Fourth Edition is a valuable one-stop reference for every practitioner engaged in Critical Care Medicine across the world.
Download or read book Emergency Medicine Trauma and Disaster Management written by Emmanouil Pikoulis and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-06-12 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The number of natural and man-made disasters has risen dramatically over the last decade. Natural disasters, industrial accidents and terrorist attacks represent major incidents, often involving multiple casualties. In such cases, health professionals face multiple challenges because the type of medical care required differs from what is taught and provided in their everyday hospital duties. The aim of this book is to inform and prepare healthcare professionals for the challenges posed by major incidents, so that they can act effectively in medical teams sent on humanitarian missions or into conflict zones. It offers a holistic and horizontal approach covering all stages of the disaster management cycle. The book is divided into 5 sections: section 1: prehospital emergency services; section ii: hospital response; section iii: management of incidents; section iv: after the disaster; and section v: evaluation, ethical issues, education and research. Healthcare providers will find essential information on the special medical considerations in both prehospital and hospital disaster settings, medical management of disaster response, recovery, mitigation and preparedness. The book offers an interdisciplinary and interprofessional approach, and was written by prominent researchers and experienced practitioners.
