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The Golden Hour is a well-established concept in emergency medicine, related to the critical period of one hour after an injury, accident or trauma. This term implies that the mortality rates increase substantially if efficient care is not provided within 60 minutes after the trauma. This book is intended as a practical manual in Trauma Care within the context of the golden hour, addressing all trauma types and all body parts. Readers will find essential decision-making algorithms and protocols with commentary for traumas, along with easily accessible information on how to treat patients in a very practical and handy fashion. Furthermore, the content is presented in a didactic way suitable f...
Drawing on the experience and knowledge of master world-renowned trauma surgeons, Current Therapy of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, 3rd Edition, offers a comprehensive summary of optimal treatment and post-operative management of traumatic injuries. Ideally suited for everyday use, this practical, concise reference highlights the most important aspects of urgent surgical care, from damage control to noninvasive techniques to chemical and biological injuries. A focus on the surgical techniques required to manage even the most complex injuries makes it both an excellent resource for quick review before entering the operating room and a valuable review tool for board certification or recert...
Complex abdominal wall hernias and complex abdominal wall defects, including stomas or the complications associated with any of the above, are common and challenging for surgeons. The lack of high quality evidence leaves surgeons without clear guidance regarding the selection of technique or material to be used when treating these serious problem. Surgery of Complex Abdominal Wall Defects has been written to provide this guidance. It covers the surgical anatomy of the abdominal wall, pathology of abdominal wall defects, such as hernias, enterocutaneous or entero-atmospheric fistulae, indications for, and surgical techniques used to, reconstruct the abdominal wall. In addition, through a numb...
This text aims to provide a comprehensive review of general emergency surgery, the branch of medicine that treats patients presenting to the hospital with a wide variety of emergency conditions. It includes a section focusing on clinical aspects, management, logistics, patient cohorts and perioperative considerations in the context of general emergency surgery and trauma. Other sections describe various conditions and diseases in specific anatomical structures to enable readers to easily find the information they need. Written and edited by international experts and opinion leaders in the field, this book is a valuable reference resource for general and emergency surgeons, trauma surgeons, emergency physicians and nurses. It will also be of interest to residents, students and all other healthcare professionals involved in the management of emergency surgical patients.
Telemental Health in Resource-Limited Global Settings is a collaborative edited book that aims to introduce the reader to experiences of using the technology in providing mental health care, education and Capacity building approaches in resource limited settings around the globe. The book includes experiences from Africa, India, the Middle East, and resource-limited communities in Australia and the USA. This book will enrich the reader's understanding of the state of TMH globally, and challenges facing this application.
Provides a unified evidence-based approach to problems encountered in trauma and critical care surgical situations, with expert practical and up-to-date guidance on ventilator management, damage control, noninvasive techniques, imaging, infection control, dealing with mass casualties, treating injuries induced by chemical and biological agents, and much more.
To cut costs and maximize profits, hospitals in the United States and many other countries are outsourcing such tasks as cleaning and food preparation to private contractors. In Cleaning Up, the first book to examine this transformation in the healthcare industry, Dan Zuberi looks at the consequences of outsourcing from two perspectives: its impact on patient safety and its role in increasing socioeconomic inequality. Drawing on years of field research in Vancouver, Canada as well as data from hospitals in the U.S. and Europe, he argues that outsourcing has been disastrous for the cleanliness of hospitals—leading to an increased risk of hospital-acquired infections, a leading cause of seve...
Myers (psychiatry and behavioral sciences, U. of Washington School of Medicine) and Turvey (psychiatry, U. of Iowa College of Medicine) introduce the telemental health (TMH) model for treating mental disorders in rural and other patients with poor access to care. Following an overview of trends supporting the broader adoption of TMH, contributors discuss demographic changes and professional shortages that contribute to the problem, and solutions that TMH offers through videoconferencing, social networking, mobile applications, and eHealth. They treat clinical, ethical, technical, and business aspects of delivering TMH services. The work includes case studies, documentation templates, a glossary, directory of Telehealth Resource Centers, and websites. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
Beira do Campo – Urgências e Emergências no Esporte trazem ao leitor uma completa sequência de informações e ensinamentos destinados a profissionais que desejam ter um complemento na formação médica, em especial na parte esportiva e médico-esportiva. É uma obra completa, que tem em seus editores médicos que dedicaram e dedicam a sua carreira ao tratamento das lesões esportivas em atletas das mais diversas modalidades esportivas e que compartilham as experiências e os conhecimentos adquiridos na participação dos maiores eventos esportivos, como Jogos Olímpicos, Jogos Paralímpicos, Copas do Mundo e Jogos Pan-Americanos. Aspectos básicos, como fisiologia, anatomia funcional,...
PREFACIO Los temas tratados en este libro, Trauma, cirugía de urgencia y cuidados intensivos, plantean un reto importante por muchas razones. Obviamente, sería inapropiado tratar de analizarlas en el prefacio. Me gustaría, sin embargo, alertar al lector sobre algunos aspectos básicos que reflejan el perfil del acceso a la salud ofrecido a la población de los países involucrados y las características de la atención médica proporcionada. El trauma sigue siendo un reto en todos los países de América, y particularmente en América Latina, donde los homicidios son extremadamente frecuentes y afectan, especialmente, a la población más joven. Todas las iniciativas para dar a conocer el...