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.

Preface ix
Disclaimer x
1 General Approach to Traumatic Injuries
1 (16)
Ryan O'Halloran
Kaushal Shah
2 Trauma Airway
17 (25)
Colin Kaide
Andrew King
3 Transfusion in Trauma
42 (14)
Brit Long
4 Trauma in Pregnancy
56 (12)
Michael D. April
R. Erik Connor
5 Pediatric Trauma
68 (9)
Manpreet Singh
Timothy Horeczko
6 Geriatric Trauma
77 (10)
Matthew R. Levine
7 Head Trauma
87 (18)
Brit Long
8 Facial Trauma
105 (17)
Norah Kairys
Zachary Repanshek
9 Eye Trauma
122 (22)
Brandon Morshedi
John D. Pemberton
R. Grant Morshedi
Brit Long
10 Cervical Spine Trauma
144 (10)
Katja Goldflam
11 Thoracolumbar Trauma
154 (10)
Terren Trott
12 Neck Trauma
164 (11)
Christopher B. Colwell
13 Pulmonary Trauma
175 (18)
Manpreet Singh
Dennis Kim
14 Cardiac Trauma
193 (20)
Brit Long
15 Abdominal and Flank Trauma
213 (19)
Michael Gottlieb
16 Genitourinary Trauma
232 (17)
E. Liang Liu
17 Peripheral Vascular Injury
249 (11)
Richard Slama
Mike Jackson
18 Pelvic Trauma
260 (13)
Michael K. Abraham
19 Upper Extremity Trauma
273 (16)
Kristen Kann
20 Lower Extremity Trauma
289 (18)
Ryan LaFollette
Jeffery Hill
21 Burns and Electrical Injuries
307 (15)
Ashley Brady
22 Procedural Sedation and Analgesia in Trauma
322 (12)
Steven G. Schauer
Jason F. Naylor
23 Commonly Missed Traumatic Injuries
334 (13)
Matthew Greer
Brian T. Wessman
Index 347