Principles of Advanced Trauma Care

Chapter 1: Epidemiology of Injury/Trauma. Chapter 2: Injury Prevention and EMS. Chapter 3: Overview of Out of Hospital Trauma Management. Chapter 4: Psychosocial Aspects of Trauma. Chapter 5: Scene Assessment and Personal Safety. Chapter 6: Biomechanics of Trauma. Chapter 7: Assessment of the Traumatized Patient. Chapter 8: Trauma Scoring Systems. Chapter 9: Principles of Triage. Chapter 10: Pathophysiology of Shock. Chapter 11: Spinal Trauma. Chapter 12: Head and Neck Trauma. Chapter 13: Facial and Ocular Trauma. Chapter 14: Chest Trauma. Chapter 15: Abdominal and Genitourinary Trauma. Chapter 16: Extremity Trauma. Chapter 17: Crush Injury and Compartment Syndrome. Chapter 18: Burns. Chapter 19: Airway and Ventilatory Management in Trauma. Chapter 20: Principles of Spinal Immobilization. Chapter 21: Fluid Resuscitation. Chapter 22: Pneumatic Antishock Garment. Chapter 23: Hazardous Materials Injury. Chapter 24: Environmental Injuries. Chapter 25: Geriatric Trauma. Chapter 26: Trauma in Pregnancy. Chapter 27: Pediatric Trauma. Chapter 28: Complications of Trauma. Chapter 29: Medical Management During Extraction and Rescue. Chapter 30: Aeromedical Transport of the Traumatized Patient. Chapter 31: Trauma Management During Major Incident Response. Chapter 32: Tissue and Organ Donation. Chapter 33: Forensics in Trauma.