TOP KNIFE: The Art & Craft of Trauma Surgery

Author: Asher Hirshberg,
Publisher: tfm Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1903378923
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 242

Book Description
This book will help you take a badly wounded patient to the operating room, organize yourself and your team, do battle with some vicious injuries and come out with the best possible result. It is a practical guide to operative trauma surgery for residents and registrars, for general surgeons with an interest in trauma, and for isolated surgeons operating on wounded patients in military, rural or humanitarian settings. A surgical atlas may show you what to do with your hands but not how to think, plan and improvise. Here you will find practical advice on how to use your head as well as your hands when operating on a massively bleeding trauma patient. The first part of this book presents some general principles of trauma surgery. The second part is about trauma surgery as a contact sport. Here we show you how to deal with specific injuries to the abdomen, chest, neck and peripheral vessels. The single most important lesson we hope you will derive from this book is to always keep it simple because, in trauma surgery, the simple stuff works.

War Doctor

Author: David Nott
Publisher: Abrams
ISBN: 1683359062
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 363

Book Description
#1 International Bestseller: A frontline trauma surgeon tells his “riveting” true story of operating in the world’s most dangerous war zones (The Times). For more than twenty-five years, surgeon David Nott has volunteered in some of the world’s most perilous conflict zones. From Sarajevo under siege in 1993 to clandestine hospitals in rebel-held eastern Aleppo, he has carried out lifesaving operations in the most challenging conditions, and with none of the resources of a major metropolitan hospital. He is now widely acknowledged as the most experienced trauma surgeon in the world. War Doctor is his extraordinary story, encompassing his surgeries in nearly every major conflict zone since the end of the Cold War, as well as his struggles to return to a “normal” life and routine after each trip. Culminating in his recent trips to war-torn Syria—and the untold story of his efforts to help secure a humanitarian corridor out of besieged Aleppo to evacuate some 50,000 people—War Doctor is a heart-stopping and moving blend of medical memoir, personal journey, and nonfiction thriller that provides unforgettable, at times raw, insight into the human toll of war. “Superb . . . You are constantly amazed that men such as Nott can witness the extraordinary cruelties of the human race, so many and so foul, yet keep going.” —Sunday Times “Gripping and fascinating medical stories.” —Kirkus Reviews

Forgive and Remember

Author: Charles L. Bosk
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226924688
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 303

Book Description
The landmark study of how medical errors are managed among surgeons and other hospital staff—now in an updated edition with a new preface and epilogue. When it was first published, Forgive and Remember offered groundbreaking insight into the training and lives of young surgeons. It quickly emerged as the definitive sociological study on the subject. While medical errors are both inevitable and potentially devastating, Bosk found that they could be forgiven—as long as they were remembered and never repeated. In this second edition, Bosk reflects more than twenty years later on how things have changed, both in the medical profession and in sociology. With an extensive new preface, epilogue, and appendix by the author, this updated edition of Forgive and Remember is as timely as ever.

Vascular Trauma

Author: Norman M. Rich
Publisher: Saunders
ISBN:
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 712

Book Description
Covers injuries to the upper and lower extremities as well as the internal organs; discusses everything from initial care and diagnositc options, through the management of specific injuries and special problems, to dealing with complications; describes the newest diagnostic modalities (such as color flow Doppler and MR angiography) as well as the latest interventional techniques; and addresses specific challenges such as minimal vascular injuries, endovascular grafts, iatrogenic vascular trauma, vascular trauma associated with illicit drug use, and compartment syndromes.

Life on a Knife’s Edge

Author: Rahul Jandial
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0241461855
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 224

Book Description
'It's a brilliant book... There are lessons in every paragraph... Get it now.' Chris Evans 'Wonderous and wild. I loved this book' James Nestor, bestselling author of Breath 'Moving, raw and unflinching' Julia Samuel, bestselling author of This Too Shall Pass 'Incredible storytelling' Dr Rangan Chatterjee, bestselling author of Feel Better in 5 ____________________________________________________________________________ How do you carry on when things go deadly wrong? When Dr Rahul Jandial operated on Karina, an eleven-year-old girl whose spinal cord was splitting in two, he had to make an impossible decision. He followed his head over his gut and Karina was left permanently paralysed, altering both patient and surgeon's lives for ever. This decision would haunt Rahul for decades, a constant reminder of the fine line between saving and damaging a life. As one of the world's leading brain surgeons, Rahul is the last hope for patients with extreme forms of cancer. In treating them, he has observed humanity at its most raw and most robust. He has journeyed to unimaginable extremes with them, guiding them through the darkest moments of their lives. Life on a Knife's Edge is Rahul's poetic and beautifully written account of the resilience, courage and belief he has witnessed in his patients, and the lessons about human nature he has learned from them. It is about the impossible choices he has to make, and the fateful consequences he is forced to live with. From challenging the ethics of surgical practices, to helping a patient with locked-in syndrome communicate her dying wish to her family, Rahul shares his extraordinary experiences, revealing the depths of a surgeon's psyche that is continuously pushed to its limits.

Surgery A Competency-Based Companion E-Book

Author: Barry D. Mann
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
ISBN: 1455723916
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 809

Book Description
Designed to teach you to think like an experienced clinician, this unique resource places as much value on process as it does on content. A case-based organization hones in on the must-know differential diagnoses of the common surgical presentations. Its convenient pocket-sized format enables you to review the material on the go, and online access via Student Consult enhances your study of the material and exponentially boosts your reference power. Provides high-yield core information essential to surgical rotations in a portable, pocket-sized format. Uses a color-coded system that places the core surgical information in a framework of the ACGME Core Competencies. Offers self-assessment activities throughout to promote retention and application of knowledge, including access on line to your own competency-based portfolio tools and competency-specific learning modules (Vertical Reads). Features ACGME Core Competencies enabling you to integrate evidence based medicine, continual self-assessment, and cognizance of interpersonal skills into your daily routine. Includes features such as “Speaking Intelligently” and “Clinical Thinking” in each chapter to help you see the “big picture.” Organizes the most common and must-know surgical signs/symptoms and disorders by presentation, making reference simple. Presents “Teaching Visuals”—an interactive teaching device designed to reinforce visual concepts. Equips you to perform a more in-depth review of surgical topics with “Clinical Entities” that are referenced to top surgical references. Includes access to Student Consult at www.studentconsult.com, where you'll find the complete text and illustrations of the book online, fully searchable • "Integration Links" to bonus content in other Student Consult titles • M&M form • Self-Assessment Competency Log • Professors Pearls that provide cases with questions and annotated answers • Vertical Reads • and much more!

Technique in the Use of Surgical Tools

Author: Richard F. Romfh
Publisher: Prentice Hall
ISBN: 9780838588390
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 212

Book Description

The Trauma Manual

Author: Andrew B. Peitzman
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
ISBN: 9780781762755
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 828

Book Description
The thoroughly updated Third Edition of this popular and widely used pocket reference guides the trauma team through every aspect of patient care after injury and before, during, and after acute care surgery—from prehospital care, to resuscitation, treatment of specific organ injuries, priorities in intensive care, and management of special situations. Designed for rapid, on-the-spot information retrieval, this manual will be a staple reference in emergency departments and trauma centers. Flow charts, algorithms, sequential lists, and tables throughout facilitate quick clinical decision-making. More than 200 illustrations demonstrate specific injuries and procedures. Appendices include organ injury scales, tetanus prophylaxis recommendations, and frequently used forms.

The Surgical Review

Author: Paige M. Porrett
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
ISBN: 1451152981
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 1042

Book Description
Completely updated for its Third Edition, this book is a comprehensive review of the topics on the American Board of Surgery In-Training Examination (ABSITE), the certifying exam, and recertification exams. Chapters are co-authored by residents and attending physicians at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and integrate basic science with clinical practice. More than 300 illustrations complement the text. This edition's Table of Contents has been reorganized to match the current exam. The Key Concept summaries have been expanded and moved to the front of each chapter. Additional diagrams and tables have been included for quicker review.

War Surgery

Author: Christos Giannou
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Amputees
Languages : en
Pages : 364

Book Description
Accompanying CD-ROM contains graphic footage of various war wound surgeries.