Oxford Desk Reference: Major Trauma

The Oxford Desk Reference: Major Trauma is the missing link between basic trauma management and advanced specialist care. Advanced Trauma Life Support courses have revolutionised trauma care in the last 3 decades, but there is little advice for the key decision makers in trauma care once the primary and secondary surveys are complete. This volume is a practical and evidence-based desk reference, giving a comprehensive walk-through from the initial phases of injury, through key decision-making in the resuscitation room, to surgical principles and rehabilitation. Including chapters on damage control, ballistic and blast injuries, and bariatric trauma, this text covers all the main areas of trauma care necessary for the trauma specialist in the 21st Century. The Oxford Desk Reference emphasises practical help but also covers the evidence and science behind trauma management. It includes the most up-to-date guidance from national bodies making recommendations for trauma care, using an international team of contributing authors. This book will become an essential tool for everyday use in the management of trauma.

Jason Smith qualified in medicine from Newcastle University in 1992, and has since pursued a career as a Medical Officer in the Royal Navy. He underwent training in emergency medicine in London, Plymouth and Sydney, before being appointed as a Consultant in Derriford Hospital, Plymouth. He is a Senior Lecturer in the Academic Department of Military Emergency Medicine, Royal Centre for Defence Medicine, and has extensive operational trauma experience in Iraq and Afghanistan. His current research interests include pain in emergency patients and the management of blast injuries.

Ian Greaves qualified at the University of Birmingham Medical School in 1986. He trained in General Medicine and Emergency Medicine, joined the British Army and was appointed Consultant in 1997. He was appointed to Visiting Professor in Emergency Medicine at the University of Teesside in 2002. He is author or editor of several books and numerous chapters and papers on Emergency Medicine, Trauma and Pre-hospital Care. He is Chairman of the Research Committee, Member of the Speciality Advisory Board and Member of the Management Board of the Faculty of Pre-hospital Care.

Keith Porter is a Consultant Trauma Surgeon and an Immediate Care Practitioner. Qualifying originally in London but doing much of his higher surgical training in the West Midlands, he was originally appointed Consultant Trauma Surgeon at the Birmingham Accident Hospital in 1986. With changes in hospital practice he is now Senior Trauma Surgeon at University Hospital Birmingham. He is also an active immediate care practitioner working both in urban practice in Birmingham and also in rural practice in Hereford & Worcester. He is the Medical Director of the West Midlands Central Accident Resuscitation (CARE) team and actively involved in both the delivery of pre-hospital care and education within the region.

1. Introduction, Paul Middleton
2. Pre-hospital emergency care, Steven Bland
3. Initial assessment, Ian Higginson and Simon Horne
4. The trauma team, Jason Smith
5. Airway management in trauma, Jeremy Henning and Ian Hunter
6. Assessment of breathing - thoracic injuries, David Wise, Dane Chalkley and Karim Ahmed
7. Circulation and shock, Paul Hunt and Fiona Hunt
8. Head injuries, Mark Wilson
9. The role of radiology in trauma, Otto Chan
10. Tertiary survey, Geertje Govaert and Scott K. D'Amours
11. Spinal injuries, Michael J. H. McCarthy
12. Abdominal trauma, Mansoor Khan and Jeffrey Garner
13. Pelvic trauma, Keith Porter and Matt O'Meara
14. Limb injuries, Arul Ramasamy and Jon Clasper
15. Crush injuries, Daniel Henning
16. Vascular trauma, Nigel Tai and Stella Smith
17. Eye trauma, Robert A. H. Scott
18. Maxillofacial trauma, Neil Mackenzie and Andrew Gibbons
19. The role of damage control surgery in multi-trauma patients, Michael Walsh
20. Paediatric trauma, Lee Wallis
21. Trauma in pregnancy, Cino Bendinelli and Michael Sugrue
22. Burn injuries, Steven Jeffery
23. Penetrating trauma, Michael Walsh
24. Blast and ballistic injury, Jeffrey Garner
25. Chemical, biological, and radiation injuries, Steven Bland
26. Critical care issues in trauma, James Ryan, Scott McGregor and Steven Bonner
27. Trauma retrieval, Paul Middleton
28. Psychological aspects of trauma, David Alexander and Susan Klein
29. Rehabilitation after trauma, Alan Mistlin
30. Commonly missed injuries, Henry Guly
31. Research in trauma, Erica Caldwell
32. Bariatric trauma, Dan Deakin
33. Major incidents, Darren Walter