Comprehensive in scope and content, Prehospital Trauma Care (PTC)
covers all aspects of emergency medicine-triage assessment and
treatment, anesthesia, intensive care, psychiatry, health and
military disasters, burns, shock, and surgery. Written by over 70
distinguished international experts representing Australia,
Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany,
Iceland, Israel, Italy, Japan, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland,
Portugal, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK, and the USA.
Considering geographic and cultural perspectives in trauma care,
Prehospital Trauma Care explores -demographics and mechanisms of
injury in PTC -organization of PTC in developed countries worldwide
-the hierarchy of the prehospital trauma team and crew-resource
management -features of initial patient care from advanced airway
management to state-of-the-art fluid resuscitation and prevention
of hypothermia, including provision of adequate analgesia
-specialized approaches to blunt and penetrating trauma -treating
special groups such as the traumatized child and the entrapped
patient, as well as specific situations, including chemical
injuries and hypothermia -transport and extraordinary challenges
such as rural areas, mass attendance events, terrorism, and VIP
protection -and much more. Promoting an efficient trauma chain of
survival and a secure continuum of care, Prehospital Trauma Care is
essential reading for emergency medicine and critical care
physicians, anesthesiologists, surgeons, pediatricians, sports
medicine specialists, air and ground transport nurses, paramedics,
emergency medical technicians, and all related medical specialists
with an interest in trauma care.
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