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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813376603321

Autore

Hodgetts T. J

Titolo

Trauma rules 2 [[electronic resource] ] : incorporating military trauma rules / / Tim Hodgetts and Lee Turner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, Mass. ; ; Oxford, : Blackwell Pub., 2006

ISBN

1-4443-2724-0

1-281-32101-X

9786611321017

0-470-75733-7

0-470-75729-9

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (160 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

TurnerLee <1966->

HodgettsT. J

Disciplina

617.1

Soggetti

Wounds and injuries - Treatment

Critical care medicine

Intensive care units

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Rev. ed. of: Trauma rules. 1997.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 134-140) and index.

Nota di contenuto

TRAUMA RULES 2: INCORPORATING MILITARY TRAUMA RULES; Contents; Contributors; Preface to the second edition; Preface to the first edition; The primary directives; Preparation; Approach to the patient; Initial assessment and resuscitation; Investigation and definitive care; The last rule Death is the only certainty in life; Reader's rule; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Trauma Rules 2 retains its lively and fun presentation to help you remember the essential principles of trauma care and feel confident about handling and treating patients appropriately in the first hours of injury. Thoroughly expanded and updated, and now including military trauma rules, the second edition of this popular pocket book now offers:70 easy-to-memorize rules covering the important aspects of trauma careclear, authoritative explanations and instructive illustrationsthe three principal stages of trauma management: approach to the patient, initial assessment an