Whether you are a physician or surgeon with only occasional trauma duties, a resident rotating in trauma, or part of a full-time trauma team, this handbook will help keep your procedures and practices in line with the latest evidence-based guidelines. Included is current information for alternative airway management, ultrasound in the trauma setting, laparoscopic surgery in trauma, terrorism preparedness, damage control, the trauma systems quality improvement process, bedside procedures in the surgical intensive care unit, massive transfusion protocol, diagnosis of blunt cervical vascular injury, and much more.

无论你是仅会偶尔处理创伤事件的内科或外科医生，或是一位在创伤科轮转的住院医师，或是全职处理创伤的团队中的一员，这本手册都将帮助读者将其操作步骤和临床实践与基于症状确定的最新的指导方针保持一致。本书包含了备选的呼吸道管理方法，创伤定位的超声，创伤的腹腔镜手术，对于恐怖主义事件的准备，损伤控制，受损系统功能改善方案，等方面当前的信息，以及在外科重症监护病房里的操作规程，大量输血协议书，钝性颈部血管损伤的诊断，以及更多内容。

“I think the residents and the surgical faculty involved in the production of this handbook are to be congratulated. It is well done and is a worthwhile addition to the library of any department and to the personal library of any emergency physician or resident.”—Annals of Emergency Medicine, review of previous edition

* Presents an evidence- and experience-based guide to the evaluation and initial management of the trauma patient. * Provides a comprehensive but concise trauma reference you can carry in your pocket. * Consists of information direct from the residents on the frontlines at Parkland Memorial Hospital.

* Provides “Fast Facts” and “Pearls and Pitfalls” in each chapter that emphasize key points to help you find information quickly and easily. * Incorporates “Evidence” boxes highlighting evidence-based guidelines, when available, to help you make more rational judgments about the issues at hand. * Contains up-to-date coverage of timely issues in trauma and critical care including damage control, ultrasound, bedside procedures in the ICU, and terrorism preparedness. * Reflects the numerous advances made in trauma care since the last edition.