Trauma Surgery Essentials: Emergency Management

Time is of the essence in the effective management of trauma patients, requiring quick evaluation, immediate lifesaving procedures, and definitive treatment of a wide variety of injuries. Trauma Surgery Essentials: A Must-Know Guide to Emergency Management has been written and designed to provide need-to-know information in a visually appealing, easy-to-read format. Expert trauma surgeon Dr. Anil K. Srivastava has identified the essential trauma surgery facts and procedures you must know, based on authoritative textbooks, practice guidelines, and current peer-reviewed journals, and compiled all of this information into a handy guide, ideal for quick reference at the point of care.

• Covers the emergent evaluation and management of trauma patients and the emergency management of specific injuries.
• Uses an easy-to-digest, bullet-point format to convey information in a way that’s easy to follow and understand.
• It contains dozens of full-color illustrations that focus on surgical anatomy and surgical procedures, as well as numerous algorithms that aid in surgical decision-making.
• A valuable resource for medical students, trainee surgical residents, trauma surgery fellows, general surgeons, trauma surgeons, ER physicians, midlevel providers, and other non-surgical physicians interested in managing trauma patients.