Special Considerations in Trauma Care

Dr Amit Agrawal completed his neurosurgery training from the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India, in the year 2003. Dr Agrawal is a professional with over 18 years of rich experience in research and development, as well as teaching and mentoring in the field of neurosurgery. He has attended and participated in many international and national level symposiums and conferences and delivered lectures on vivid topics. He has published more than 750 articles in the medical field covering various topics in various national and international journals. His expertise is in identifying training needs, designing training modules and executing the same while working with limited resources. Presently he is working at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh (India). Dr Rakesh Kumar Mishra did his MBBS from Armed Forces Medical College. Pune, India. Following MBBS, he served in Indian Air Force for a brief period in various capacities. He then did MCH in neurosurgery from the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, India,. He has extensive experience in medical research and neurosurgery research, and academic activities. He is currently working as Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, India. He has published several articles and contributed several chapters in the books. Dr Ajay Halder is working as Associate Professor in Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhopal, India. He is spearheading a team dealing with high-risk obstetrics and gynecology cases at the institute. He has designed and executed several research projects and at present working mainly on cancer screening in women and high-risk obstetrics. He has several publications in high impact journals and books to his credit.

1. Epidemiology of trauma and injuries.- 2. Laboratory Investigations in trauma patients.- 3. Radiology and imaging in trauma patients.- 4. Neuroimaging and Its Application in the Diagnosis and Early Prognostication of TBI.- 5. Airway management in acute trauma.- 6. Anaesthetic considerations.- 7. Craniocerebral injuries.- 8. Trauma to the Skull Base.- 9. Temporal Bone Fractures.- 10. Facial trauma.- 11. Trauma to Neck.- 12. Battered baby syndrome: Diagnosis and management.- 13. Military Injuries - Special Considerations.- 14. Algorithm for the management of craniocerebral injuries.- 15. The Paradigm Shift in the Incidence of Post Trauma Complications.- 16. Intracranial Pressure monitoring in TBI patients.- 17. Decompressive craniectomy for severe TBI CSF dynamics, cerebral perfusion and cognitive outcome.- 18. Decompressive craniotomy in children.- 19. Post-traumatic stress disorders.- 20. Rehabilitation aspects in trauma patients.- 21. Community integration and Holistic Rehabilitation for traumatic brain injuries.