LEADER 03670nam 22004935 450 001 9910300282403321 005 20250609110748.0 010 $a3-319-57403-5 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-319-57403-5 035 $a(CKB)4100000002891983 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5436561 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-319-57403-5 035 $a(PPN)225552639 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5595816 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000002891983 100 $a20180321d2018 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aGeriatric Trauma and Acute Care Surgery /$fedited by Aurelio Rodriguez, Robert. D Barraco, Rao R. Ivatury 205 $a1st ed. 2018. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2018. 215 $a1 online resource (453 pages) 311 08$a3-319-57402-7 327 $aSection I: Introduction -- Rationale -- Systems Impact -- Comorbidities -- Goals of Care -- Section II: Trauma -- Introduction -- Trauma -- Prehospital Care -- Head Injury -- Spine Injury -- Orthopedic Injury -- Cardiothoracic Injury -- Abdominal Injury -- Urologic Injury -- Plastics/Skin and Soft Tissue Injury -- Thermal Injury -- Section III: Acute Care Surgery -- Background -- Common Abdominal Emergencies -- Section IV: Post-Acute Care -- Considerations in Disposition. 330 $aThe purpose of this book is to give providers of all levels a simple and essential source of practical information in treating the elderly trauma and emergency surgery patient. The Introduction instructs practitioners how to evaluate and assess risk including frailty and use this information in Goals of Care discussions to facilitate shared decision making so crucial to this population. The individual chapters consist of best practices and care guidelines from some of the most well-known thought leaders and best trauma centers in the country across the spectrum from geriatricians to trauma and acute care surgeons and nurses.  Each chapter contains easy-to-read algorithms and references that the readers can use and adapt for their own setting. Chapters on Pre-hospital care will help guide EMS organizations and even systems in the right care and triage of the elderly. Each chapter also contains a Nursing Focus section for helpful nursing tips in caring for the eld erly with those injuries and problems. These sections make this book a must-have for any center looking to improve its care of the elderly patient or just trying to be sure its care is already the best it can be. A special section on Post Acute Care will introduce the provider to the common issues surrounding particular disposition destinations for the elderly patient. This will facilitate discussions with families, case managers and facilities to help improve time to disposition. 606 $aTraumatology 606 $aSurgery 606 $aTraumatic Surgery$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/H59125 606 $aGeneral Surgery$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/H59044 615 0$aTraumatology. 615 0$aSurgery. 615 14$aTraumatic Surgery. 615 24$aGeneral Surgery. 676 $a617.100846 702 $aRodriguez$b Aurelio$4edt$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 702 $aBarraco$b Robert. D$4edt$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 702 $aIvatury$b Rao R$4edt$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910300282403321 996 $aGeriatric Trauma and Acute Care Surgery$91751156 997 $aUNINA