BookMatthew Martin, Alec Beekley, editors.
Contents:
Prehospital and enroute care
Combat triage and mass casualty management
Initial management priorities: beyond ABCDE
Damage control resuscitation
To operate or image?: pulling the trigger
Ultrasound in combat trauma
The bowel: contamination, colostomies, and combat surgery
Liver and spleen injury management in combat (old school)
Pancreatic and duodenal injuries (sleep when you can ...)
Operative management of renal injuries
Major abdominal vascular trauma
To close or not to close: managing the open abdomen
Choice of thoracic incision
Lung injuries in combat
Diagnosis and management of penetrating cardiac injury
Thoracic vascular injuries: operative management in "enemy territory"
Chest wall and diaphragm injury
Soft tissue wounds and fasciotomies
Extremity injuries and open fractures
Mangled extremities and amputations
Peripheral vascular injuries
The neck
Geritourinary injuries (excluding kidney)
Neurosurgery for dummies
Spine injuries
Face, eye, and ear injuries
Burn care in the field hospital
The pediatric patient in wartime
The combat ICU team
Postoperative resuscitation
Monitoring
Ventilator management: a practical approach to respiratory failure in combat casualties
Practical approach to combat-related infections and antibiotics
Stabilization and transfer from the far forward environment
Humanitarian and local national care
Expectant and end of life care in a combat zone.