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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...
Handbook of Robotic Surgery serves as a primer covering the main areas of knowledge in robotic surgery. This comprehensive book provides essential information on all aspects related to robotic surgery, from the present up to the future. The discussion presented in sections ranges from the historical background of robotic surgery up to more recent and future technological innovations such as remote controls, surgically distant collaboration, simulators, modern surgical robotics, fluorescence-guided surgery, and virtual reality. The book also contains sections dedicated to the safety conditions in surgery and patient protection, which will be suitable for surgeons, health professionals, biomed...
Story-telling has been an integral part of the hasidic movement from its inception. Stories about the hasidic leaders and their mystical powers attracted followers and maintained their devotion, and still do so today. This important work, based on analysis of all the published anthologies of such stories, presents them by theme and traces their origins. Originally published in Hebrew and expanded for this edition, it makes a fascinating contribution to the history of hasidism, of Hebrew literature, and of Jewish popular culture.
Enabling power: Health services act, 1976, ss. 14 (1), 16 (1). Issued: 20.8.80. Made: 8.8.80. Laid: 15.8.80. Coming into force: 8.9.80. Effect: S.I. 1977/644 & 1980/1192, revoked.
This comprehensive title presents an accessible overview of the state of the art in General Surgery and Surgical Specialties, an applied medical field that combines science, technical know how and manual dexterity. Written by leading experts from universities in various regions of Brazil and international partners, it discusses all surgical fields clearly and concisely, providing readers with fundamental insights that they can apply in their daily practice. Taking into consideration different local environments and resources, the book presents feasible diagnostic and treatment options, allowing clinicians to provide state of the art care in their given circumstances. As such, it offers a vital contribution to health care in developed countries as well as in remote areas. The book includes 95 chapters in a practical format. Intended for general physicians, medical students and residents in general surgery, as well as fellows in various surgical specialties, it is the first book combining complex theoretical and practical knowledge in a way that allows surgeons and non-surgeons alike to understand and quickly access information for their treatment decisions.
Preface : encountering the photographs -- Chronology of significant events -- Introduction : an archive of skin, an archive of kin -- Ocular experiments and unruly technologies of the body -- A criminal archive of skin -- Dressing the body : Laundry and the intimacy of care -- Dreaming in pictures : Queer kinship and subaltern family albums -- Epilogue : healing encounters at the settlement.