Ballistic Trauma : A Practical Guide

Ballistic Trauma: A Practical Guide provides a concise guide to the clinical and operational issues surrounding the management of the ballistic casualty. The book crystallises the knowledge and experience accrued by those dealing with ballistic trauma on a regular basis and extends this to those who have to manage these patients on an occasional basis only. It will attract significant international interest from Europe, and Australasia where the incidence of gunshot violence is equivalent to the UK and North America, and South Africa where ballistic injury is more frequently encountered. This book is aimed at all medical and paramedical personnel involved in the care of patients with ballistic injury. It will be especially relevant for consultants and senior trainees in surgery, anaesthesia and emergency medicine who are likely to be involved in the management of these unique injuries. It will be an essential reference for pre-hospital care providers and nurses working in the emergency room and intensive care. Military surgeons and medical and nursing staff on deployment in regions of conflict will find the book a valuable resource. The International Small Arms Situation: A Public Health Approach....Pages 3-30 Guns and Bullets....Pages 31-44 Bombs, Mines, Blast, Fragmentation, and Thermobaric Mechanisms of Injury....Pages 45-66 Ballistic Protection....Pages 67-90 Forensic Aspects of Ballistic Injury....Pages 91-121 Ballistic Trauma, Armed Violence, and International Law....Pages 122-134 Prehospital Care....Pages 137-150 Resuscitation and Anesthesia for the Ballistic Casualty....Pages 151-167 Clinical Ballistics: Surgical Management of Soft-Tissue Injuries—General Principles....Pages 168-179 Damage Control....Pages 180-208 Neck Injury....Pages 209-240 Thoracic Injury....Pages 241-269 Penetrating Genitourinary Trauma: Management by the Nonspecialist Surgeon....Pages 270-298 Abdomen and Pelvis....Pages 299-324 Management of Ballistic Trauma to the Head....Pages 325-347 Spinal Injury....Pages 348-355 Limb Injuries....Pages 356-380 Vascular Injury....Pages 381-395 Ballistic Trauma in Children....Pages 396-417 Injuries in Pregnancy....Pages 418-423 Burns....Pages 424-444 Intensive Care of the Trauma Patient with Ballistic Injuries....Pages 445-464 Imaging Triage for Ballistic Trauma....Pages 465-485 Training to Manage Ballistic Trauma....Pages 486-509 Hospital and System Assessment....Pages 513-526 Triage....Pages 527-534 Managing Ballistic Injury in the Military Environment: The Concept of Forward Surgical Support....Pages 535-540 Managing Ballistic Injury in the NGO Environment....Pages 541-565 Ballistic Missile Injuries in the Siege of Sarajevo 1992–1995....Pages 569-575 Vascular Injuries in the Groin....Pages 576-578 Conflict Surgery....Pages 579-584 Surgery in the Camps....Pages 585-591 Ballistics—Lessons Learned....Pages 592-593 African Education....Pages 594-595 The Role of Intensive Care in the Management of Ballistic Trauma in War....Pages 596-598 Survivors and Shooters....Pages 599-605 Rectal Examination Revisited....Pages 606-607 Where a Trauma Surgeon Can Go Ballistic?....Pages 611-626 "Ballistic Trauma: A Practical Guide provides a concise guide to the clinical and operational issues surrounding the management of the ballistic casualty. The book crystallizes the knowledge and experience accrued by those dealing with ballistic trauma on a regular basis and extends this to those who have to manage these patients on an occasional basis only." "This book is aimed at all medical and paramedical personnel involved in the care of patients with ballistic injury. It will be especially relevant for consultants and senior trainees in surgery, anesthesia and emergency medicine who are likely to be involved in the management of these unique injuries. It will be an essential reference for pre-hospital care providers and nurses working in the emergency room and intensive care. Military surgeons and medical and nursing staff on deployment in regions of conflict will find the book a valuable resource."--BOOK JACKET Edited By Peter F. Mahoney ... [et Al.] ; Project Coordinators Miranda Dalrymple And Cara Macnab ; With 161 Illustrations ; Foreword By Martin Bell. Rev. Ed. Of: Ballistic Trauma: Clinical Relevance In Peace And War. 1997. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Whether emergency room physicians, trauma surgeons, psychiatrists, pediatricians, or family doctors, physicians throughout the world bear witness to the terrible consequences of small arms on human health.