Managing dismounted complex blast injuries in military & civilian settings : guidelines and principles /: guidelines and principles. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Joseph M. Galante, Matthew J. Martin, Carlos J. Rodriguez, Wade Travis Gordon, editors.
• Editors: Galante, Joseph M; Martin, Matthew J; Roguez, Carlos J; Gordon, Wade Travis
• Contents: Intro; Contents; Contributors; 1: Introduction: Why We Do What We Do; Injury; Role 2 Care; Role 3; Role 4; Role 5; Outcome; Today; 2: Explosive Blasts: A Primer on a Multidimensional Mechanism of Injury; ABCs of Explosives; Injuries Following Explosive Blasts; Primary Blast Injuries; Secondary Blast Injuries; Tertiary Blast Injuries; Quaternary Blast Injuries; Dismounted Complex Blast Injury; Conclusions; References; 3: Initial Care of Blast Injury: TCCC and TECC; Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC); Tenets of TCCC; Care Under Fire; Tactical Field Care; Tactical Evacuation Care; TCCC Summary Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (TECC)Tenets of TECC; Direct Threat (Hot Zone); Indirect Threat (Warm Zone); Major Hemorrhage; Airway; Respiration; Circulation; Head Injury; Hypothermia; Everything Else; Evacuation Care (Cold Zone); Implementation of TECC; Conclusion; References; 4: MASCAL; Defining the Mission; Making Trauma Simple; Understanding Patient Movement, Treatment Personnel, and Space; The Biggest Bang for the Buck; The Triage Officer; Pitfalls of Choosing a Triage Officer; Triage Categories and Their Location; Emergent and Immediate; Delayed; Minimal; Expectant; Dead Understanding the Roles of the Command Group or Hospital LeadershipUnderstanding the Rate-Limiting Step; Mass Casualty Pitfalls; Chest X-Rays Only; ER Thoracotomy; Narcotic Administration; Communication; Lists; Suggested Reading; 5: Resuscitation; Introduction; Methods of Resuscitation; Resuscitation Fluids: Crystalloid and Colloid; Hypotensive Resuscitation; Damage Control Resuscitation; Whole Blood Resuscitation; Current Guidelines; Point-of-Care Management; Definitive Resuscitation; Considerations in Blast-Injured Patients; Conclusion; References 6: Damage Control Surgery in the Blast-Injured PatientDismounted Complex Blast Injury; Damage Control Principles; Damage Control Resuscitation; Approach to the DCBI Patient; Control of Hemorrhage; Thoracic Damage Control; Abdominal Damage Control; Orthopedic and Soft Tissue Injuries; Genitourinary Injuries; Preparation for Transfer; The "Direct to OR" Option for Blast-­Injured Patients; Summary; References; 7: Hemorrhage Control; Introduction; Presurgical Hemorrhage Control; Tourniquet Application; Surgical Hemorrhage Control; Upper Extremity Vascular Exposure and Control; Subclavian Artery Axillary ArteryBrachial Artery; Lower Extremity Exposures and Vascular Control; Iliac Vessels; Common Femoral Artery; Popliteal Artery; Aorta; Thoracic Aorta; Left Anterolateral Thoracotomy and Clamshell Thoracotomy (Bilateral Anterolateral Thoracotomy); Posterolateral Thoracotomy; Median Sternotomy; Thoracoabdominal Incision; Abdominal Aorta; Supraceliac Aorta; Visceral Segment; Infrarenal Aorta; Retroperitoneal Approach; Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta (REBOA); Background; Technique; Mechanics and Duration of Aortic Occlusion
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 617.1; Medicine; Explosions -- Physiological effect; Wounds and injuries -- Treatment; MEDICAL / Surgery / General; Explosions -- Physiological effect; Wounds and injuries -- Treatment; Medicine & Public Health; General Surgery; Traumatic Surgery; Medical -- Surgery -- General; Critical care surgery; Surgery; Trauma; General surgery; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319746722; 3319746723; 3319746715; 9783319746715
• Related ISBNs: 9783319746715
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed April 17, 2018).
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