Key Clinical Topics in Trauma

Key Clinical Topics in Trauma presents a brand new addition to the Key Clinical Topics series. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the subject, comprising 100 carefully selected topics in alpha order that together provide an extensive understanding of the management of traumatic injuries. This collection of highly practical guides systematically addresses management techniques for a large number of clinical settings.

Edited by experienced specialists, with contributions from consultants who have recognised expertise in their field, this book provides an authoritative and up-to-date guide on the treatment of traumatic injuries. Designed to enable rapid access to core information, Key Clinical Topics in Trauma offers effective exam revision and the ideal quick reference for day-to-day practice.

• 100 topics presented in alpha order, from abdominal trauma to wrist and carpal injuries
• Effective exam revision for MCEM and FCEM candidates 
• Succinct coverage of trauma treatment modalities and complications
• Includes clinical photos and diagrams to improve understanding of concepts 
• Contributions from experienced specialists to ensure authoritative, accurate content

1. Abdominal trauma
2. Abnormal fracture healing
3. Acute respiratory distress syndrome
4. Aeromedical evacuation and retrieval
5. Anaesthesia
6. Analgesia
7. Ankle injuries
8. Antibiotic therapy and infection control
9. Anticoagulation and thromboembolism
10. Asphyxiation
11. Bariatric trauma
12. Blast trauma
13. Blood product (1:1:1) resuscitation
14. Blunt and penetrating cardiac trauma
15. Brachial plexus injuries
16. Brainstem death and organ donation
17. Burns
18. ABCDE resuscitation
19. Cervical spine injuries
20. Chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear environments and trauma
21. Commonly missed injuries
22. Compartment syndrome
23. Damage control resuscitation and surgery
24. Elbow injuries
25. Epidemiology of trauma
26. Fat embolism syndrome
27. Foot fractures – hind foot
28. Foot fractures – mid foot and fore foot
29. Fracture classifications
30. Fragility fractures
31. Genito-urinary trauma
32. Gunshot injuries
33. Hand injuries
34. High pressure injection injuries
35. Hip fractures and dislocations
36. Human and animal bites
37. Imaging in trauma – CT
38. Imaging in trauma – interventional radiology
39. Imaging in trauma – MRI
40. Imaging in trauma – ultrasound
41. Immediate trauma care in sport
42. Injuries of the thoracic, lumbar and sacral spine
43. Intraosseous access
44. Intravenous fluids – colloids
45. Intravenous fluids – crystalloids
46. Intravenous fluids – starches
47. Lethal triad
48. Long bone fractures
49. Lypholised plasma in trauma resuscitation
50. Maxillofacial and dental injuries
51. Metabolic response to trauma
52. Microbiological considerations
53. Mild traumatic brain injury
54. Moderate to severe brain injury
55. Mortality patterns
56. Near infrared spectroscopy
57. Neonatal trauma
58. Non-accidental injury
59. Nutrition in trauma and burns
60. Ophthalmic injury
61. Paediatric trauma
62. Pathological fractures
63. Pelvic trauma
64. Penetrating neck injury
65. Peripheral nerve injuries
66. Pregnancy and trauma
67. Prehospital blood product resuscitation
68. Progesterone in neurotrauma
69. Psychological aspects of trauma
70. Recombinant factor VIIa
71. Rehabilitation
72. Resuscitative balloon occlusion of the aorta
73. Road traffic collisions
74. Selective non-operative management of penetrating abdominal injuries
75. Sexual violence
76. Shock
77. Shoulder, clavicle and proximal humerus fractures
78. Soft tissue knee injuries
79. Spinal cord injury without radiological abnormality
80. Splintage
81. Systemic inflammatory response syndrome
82. Tertiary survey
83. Therapeutic hypothermia
84. Thoracic trauma
85. Topical haemostatic dressings
86. Tourniquets
87. Tranexamic acid
88. Traumatic cardiac arrest
89. Trauma scoring
90. Traumatic amputation
91. Triage
92. Vascular injuries
93. Viscoelastic assessment of coagulation in trauma
94. Wrist and carpal injuries

Sir Keith Porter MB BS FRCS(Ed) FRCS(Eng) FIMC RCS(Ed) FFSEM(UK) FCEM
Consultant and Professor of Clinical Traumatology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, UK

Ian Greaves MBChB FRCP FCOM RCSEd DTMeH DipMedEd
Consultant and Professor of Emergency Medicine, The James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, UK

Derek Burke MBChB FRCS(Ed) FRCS(Glas) FRCPCH FFAEM
Consultant and Professor of Paediatric Emergency Medicine Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, UK