Identification and Resuscitation of the Trauma Patient in Shock

✍ Scribed by Cocchi, Michael N.; Kimlin, Edward; Walsh, Mark; Donnino, Michael W.

• Book ID: 120429275
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 179 KB
• Volume: 25
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0733-8627
• DOI: 10.1016/j.emc.2007.06.001

✦ Synopsis

This article focuses on rapid diagnosis and treatment of the patient suffering from trauma-related shock, including early identification of patients at risk for occult hypoperfusion. Resuscitation strategies (delayed resuscitation, damage control resuscitation), end points of resuscitation, and the role of blood products and pro-coagulants for resuscitation are discussed.