Ballistic Trauma: A Practical Guide

✍ Scribed by John Breeze et al. (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2017
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 529
• Edition: 4
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This revised fourth edition provides a concise guide to the clinical and operational issues surrounding the management of the ballistic casualty. This book utilises the knowledge and experience acquired by those dealing with ballistic trauma on a regular basis to help those who manage these patients less regularly.

This book is a valuable reference tool for all medical and paramedical personnel involved in the care of patients with ballistic injury. It is especially relevant for consultants and senior trainees in surgery, anesthesia, and emergency medicine who are likely to be involved in the management of these unique injuries.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-ix
A Personal Experience (Benoît Vivien)....Pages 1-5
Firearms and Bullets (Jowan G. Penn-Barwell, Aimee E. Helliker)....Pages 7-20
Fragmenting Munitions (John Breeze, Arul Ramasamy)....Pages 21-28
Suicide Bombs (Piers Page, Johno Breeze)....Pages 29-33
The Effect of Projectiles on Tissues (Jowan G. Penn-Barwell, Tom Stevenson)....Pages 35-46
Personal Armour Used by UK Armed Forces and UK Police Forces (Eluned A. Lewis, Johno Breeze, Chris Malbon, Debra J. Carr)....Pages 47-62
Triage (Ed Barnard, Jamie Vassallo)....Pages 63-74
Prehospital Management of Ballistic Injury (Ravi Chauhan, Damian Keene)....Pages 75-85
Emergency Department Management (Jason Smith)....Pages 87-94
Radiology and Ballistic Trauma (David Gay, Iain Gibb)....Pages 95-109
Damage Control Resuscitation (Damian Keene)....Pages 111-124
Anaesthesia and Analgesia (Mark Davies, Jeyasankar Jeyanathan)....Pages 125-149
Damage Control Surgery and Ballistic Injury to the Trunk (David O’Reilly)....Pages 151-173
Management of Ballistic Trauma to the Head (Stuart A. G. Roberts)....Pages 175-199
Penetrating Ballistic Spinal Injury (Stuart Harrisson)....Pages 201-214
Ophthalmic Injury (Richard J. Blanch)....Pages 215-236
Ballistic Maxillofacial Trauma (Johno Breeze, Darryl Tong, Andrew Gibbons)....Pages 237-255
Penetrating Neck Injury (Johno Breeze, David Powers)....Pages 257-273
Management of Vascular Trauma (Claire Webster, Thomas C. König)....Pages 275-307
Ballistic Genitourinary Trauma (Angus Campbell, Davendra Sharma)....Pages 309-336
Ballistic Wound Management and Infection Prevention (Jowan G. Penn-Barwell, C. Anton Fries, R. F. Rickard)....Pages 337-345
Human Factors in Ballistic Trauma (Simon J. Mercer)....Pages 347-356
Management of Paediatric Trauma in an Austere Environment (William Tremlett, Johno Breeze, G. Suren Arul)....Pages 357-372
Ballistic Trauma in Pregnancy (Tracy-Louise Appleyard)....Pages 373-389
Managing Ballistic Injury in the NGO Environment. A Personal View (David Nott)....Pages 391-408
Forensic Aspects of Ballistic Injury (Jeanine Vellema, Hendrik Scholtz)....Pages 409-435
Critical Care for Ballistic Trauma (Andrew McDonald Johnston)....Pages 437-443
Transfer and Evacuation (Ian Ewington)....Pages 445-462
Soft Tissue Reconstruction (C. A. Fries, M. R. Davis, R. F. Rickard)....Pages 463-472
Skeletal Reconstruction (Daniel J. Stinner, David J. Tennent)....Pages 473-490
Amputation (Jowan G. Penn-Barwell, Jon Kendrew, Ian D. Sargeant)....Pages 491-503
Conflict Rehabilitation (Alex Scott, John Etherington)....Pages 505-523
Back Matter ....Pages 525-537

✦ Subjects

Traumatic Surgery