The Integrated Approach to Trauma Care

Trauma Care in Europe 1995.- Methods of Registration and Injury Severity Scoring.- Extrication and Immobilization of the Severe Trauma Victim: How It Is Done.- Early Intubation in Trauma Patients.- Early Ventilation in Trauma Patients.- Analgesia and Sedatives in Emergencies.- Causes of Shock in the Severely Traumatized Patient: Emergency Treatment.- Volume Infusion in Traumatic Shock.- End-Points of Resuscitation.- Standard Diagnostic Workup of the Severely Traumatized Patient.- Radiology in Chest Trauma Patients.- The Role of Ultrasound in the Management of Blunt Abdominal Trauma.- Diagnostic Procedures in Abdominal and Retroperitoneal Injury.- Diagnostic Procedures in Spine, Pelvic, and Extremity Injuries.- Anesthesiological Management of the Severely Traumatized Patient in the Operating Theatre.- Therapeutic Sequences in the Acute Period in Unstable Patients.- Surgical Procedures in the Stabilized Patient.- Monitoring and Treatment of Acute Head Injury.- Treatment of Abdominal Injuries.- Treatment of Extremity Injuries in Polytraumatized Patients: Timing of Osteosynthesis and Other Important Factors.- Prevention of General Complications: Hypothermia, Coagulation Disorders, Infection and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome.- Prevention of Local Complications.- The Severe Trauma Patient in the ICU.