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- Practical Emergency Resuscitation and Critical Care
- Practical Emergency Resuscitation and Critical Care
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Section 1 General Critical Care
- Section 2 Infectious Disease Emergencies
- Section 3 Neurological Emergencies
- Section 4 Cardiovascular Emergencies
- Section 5 Respiratory Emergencies
- Section 6 Gastrointestinal Emergencies
- Section 7 Renal Emergencies
- Section 8 Hematology–Oncology Emergencies
- Section 9 Endocrine Emergencies
- Section 10 Environmental Emergencies
- Section 11 Trauma
- 47 General Trauma Principles
- 48 Severe Traumatic Brain Injury
- 49 Neck Trauma
- 50 Thoracic Trauma
- 51 Solid Organ Abdominal Trauma
- 52 Severe Pelvic Trauma
- 53 Soft Tissue Injury
- 54 Burn Resuscitation
- Section 12 End of Life
- Index
47 - General Trauma Principles
from Section 11 - Trauma
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 November 2023
- Practical Emergency Resuscitation and Critical Care
- Practical Emergency Resuscitation and Critical Care
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Section 1 General Critical Care
- Section 2 Infectious Disease Emergencies
- Section 3 Neurological Emergencies
- Section 4 Cardiovascular Emergencies
- Section 5 Respiratory Emergencies
- Section 6 Gastrointestinal Emergencies
- Section 7 Renal Emergencies
- Section 8 Hematology–Oncology Emergencies
- Section 9 Endocrine Emergencies
- Section 10 Environmental Emergencies
- Section 11 Trauma
- 47 General Trauma Principles
- 48 Severe Traumatic Brain Injury
- 49 Neck Trauma
- 50 Thoracic Trauma
- 51 Solid Organ Abdominal Trauma
- 52 Severe Pelvic Trauma
- 53 Soft Tissue Injury
- 54 Burn Resuscitation
- Section 12 End of Life
- Index
Summary
Optimal initial management of the trauma patient during the first several hours after injury offers the best chance of a good outcome. Patient management consists of rapid primary survey, resuscitation of vital functions, a more detailed secondary assessment, diagnostic tests to ascertain the extent of traumatic injury and finally, the initiation of definitive care.
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- Practical Emergency Resuscitation and Critical Care , pp. 507 - 515Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023