The Handbook of Trauma is an invaluable resource for medical staff and students working in trauma centres or emergency rooms. Clearly presented for quick reference, the text offers practical guidelines, supported by drawings and other figures to explain the subject matter. The book is suitable for MBChB students taking courses in trauma and emergency medicine, as well as for students of programmes such as BTech in pre-hospital emergency care, MMed, FCS or MPhil. In addition, doctors, primary health care workers, nurses and emergency medical services personnel will find value in this clear and practical approach to trauma.

The handbook of trauma is an invaluable resource for medical staff working in trauma units or emergency rooms. The text is clearly presented for quick reference, with drawings and other figures to explain the subject matter. The second edition of the Handbook of trauma is fully updated to reflect advances and the latest guidelines in the field. It includes new chapters on the HIV patient in the emergency setting and nutrition for the injured patient. In addition, there is coverage of a broad spectrum of clinical situations in different settings.

The handbook of trauma provides much-needed surgical guidelines for rural doctors in southern Africa and other developing nations, where many doctors are young or newly-qualified, exposed to severe cases of trauma and entrusted early in their careers with high levels of responsibility which they are required to exercise often independently. In developed countries trauma is far less significant. As a result very few handbooks dedicated to trauma are available and those that are, usually published in developed countries, are not adequate for the different kinds of trauma that units in South Africa see every day. The book serves as a pocket reference for quick diagnosis, crisis management, treatment and referral in trauma units. It has been written for interns, doctors, and senior nurses in community service, and any doctor spending time in a trauma ward who wishes to stay informed of the latest developments.Medical students spend considerable time in trauma war ds during thei r degree, and this handbook is invaluable particularly for fifth and sixth year medical students for whom the book serves as a mini-textbook as well as a clinical manual, and in many cases replaces the notes given to students by trauma departments. It is a book no trauma unit should be without.