Essentials of Trauma Anesthesia

Preface; Part I. Core Principles in Trauma Anesthesia: 1. Trauma epidemiology, mechanisms of injury, and prehospital care Andreas Grabinsky; 2. Initial evaluation and management Tom Grissom; 3. Airway management Christian Diez and Albert Varon; 4. Shock resuscitation and fluid therapy Yvette Fouche and Roger Shere-Wolfe; 5. Vascular cannulation Shawn Banks and Albert Varon; 6. Blood component therapy and trauma coagulopathy Richard Dutton; 7. General anesthesia for trauma Michael Bassett and Charles Smith; 8. Regional anesthesia and acute pain management for trauma Ralph Gebhard and Sripad Rao; 9. Monitoring the trauma patient Richard McNeer and Albert Varon; 10. Echocardiography in trauma Ashraf Fayad; 11. Postoperative care of the trauma patient C. J. Kucik; 12. Chemical and other toxic exposures in trauma Joseph McIsaac and C. J. Kucik; Part II. Anesthetic Considerations for Trauma: 13. Anesthetic considerations for head trauma Armagan Dagan; 14. Anesthetic considerations for spinal cord trauma Armagan Dagan; 15. Anesthetic considerations for ocular and maxillofacial trauma Olga Kaslow; 16. Anesthetic considerations for chest trauma Brendan Astley and Charles Smith; 17. Anesthetic considerations for abdominal trauma Olga Kaslow; 18. Anesthetic considerations for musculoskeletal trauma Jessica Lovich and Charles Smith; Part III. Anesthetic Management in Special Trauma Populations: 19. Anesthetic management of the burn patient Edgar Pierre and Albert Varon; 20. Anesthetic management of the pediatric trauma patient Ramesh Ramaiah and Sam Sharar; 21. Anesthetic management of the geriatric trauma patient Olga Kaslow; 22. Anesthetic management of the pregnant trauma patient Nicholas Nedeff and Pertti Hakala; Index.