Managing Dismounted Complex Blast Injuries in Military & Civilian Settings: Guidelines and Principles - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3030090515 ISBN 13: 9783030090517

Publisher: Springer, 2019

Synopsis

This text is designed to present a comprehensive and state-of the-art approach to dismounted complex blast injuries. Sections address care of these patients from the point of injury through rehabilitation. The specific areas addressed include blast mechanics, stabilization and hemorrhage control at the point of injury, early resuscitation at local hospitals, a systematic approach to surgical care, and finally reconstruction and rehabilitation. Specific chapters focus on operative management of pelvic, abdominal, genitourinary, orthopedic, neurological and thoracic injuries. The authors of each chapter, are experts in treating DCBIs that have had direct hands-on experience through military deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan. Each chapter describes patient presentation and an algorithm outlining treatment with support from the literature. The text will conclude with three chapters. The first explores new advances in care that can be applied to these injuries. The second highlightsthe organization and team approach to care of these patients. Finally, the last chapter describes an actual case, cared for by the editors, that encompasses points from the chapters in the text. Extensive illustrations and flow diagrams are used throughout the text.

This text is specifically designed to be a “how to” guide for inexperienced military and civilian providers. The chapters are organized in a step-wise fashion that mirrors the patient’s course from point of injury through their hospital course. Combining authors’ experience with illustrations and algorithm diagrams creates a text that is easy to use as a reference text or basis of training for future military and civilian surgeons.

About this title

About the Author

Joseph M. Galante, MD, FACS

CDR, MC USNR

Vice Chair for Education

Division Chief, Trauma and Acute Care Surgery 

Trauma Medical Director

Associate Professor of Surgery

Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

University of California, Davis Medical Center

Sacramento, CA 

Matthew Martin, MD, FACS

Trauma Medical Director

Madigan Army Medical Center

Fort Lewis, Washington

Director of Trauma Informatics

Legacy Emanuel Medical Center

Portland, Oegon

Director of Trauma Informatics

Trauma and Emergency Surgery Service

Legacy Emanuel Medical Center

Portland, Oregon

Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA

Associate Professor of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Services, Bethesda, MD

Wade Gordon MD

Chief of the Orthopaedic Trauma Service

Department of Surgery

Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

Bethesda, MD 

Carlos J. Rodriguez, DO, MBA, FACS

CAPT, MC, USN

Division Chief Trauma Surgery / Surgical Critical Care

Associate Professor of Surgery, USUHS

Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

8901 Wisconsin Ave

Bethesda, MD 2

From the Back Cover

This text is designed to present a comprehensive and state-of the-art approach to dismounted complex blast injuries. Sections address care of these patients from the point of injury through rehabilitation. The specific areas addressed include blast mechanics, stabilization and hemorrhage control at the point of injury, early resuscitation at local hospitals, a systematic approach to surgical care, and finally reconstruction and rehabilitation. Specific chapters focus on operative management of pelvic, abdominal, genitourinary, orthopedic, neurological and thoracic injuries. The authors of each chapter, are experts in treating DCBIs that have had direct hands-on experience through military deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan. Each chapter describes patient presentation and an algorithm outlining treatment with support from the literature. The text will conclude with three chapters. The first explores new advances in care that can be applied to these injuries. The second highlightsthe organization and team approach to care of these patients. Finally, the last chapter describes an actual case, cared for by the editors, that encompasses points from the chapters in the text. Extensive illustrations and flow diagrams are used throughout the text.

This text is specifically designed to be a “how to” guide for inexperienced military and civilian providers. The chapters are organized in a step-wise fashion that mirrors the patient’s course from point of injury through their hospital course. Combining authors’ experience with illustrations and algorithm diagrams creates a text that is easy to use as a reference text or basis of training for future military and civilian surgeons.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3030090515
• ISBN 13: 9783030090517
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 311
• Editor: Galante Joseph M., Martin Matthew J., Rodriguez Carlos J., Gordon Wade Travis