Wounds, Bites, and Stings
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Wounds, whether created electively or as a result of traumatic injury, are an integral component of the surgical patient thus understanding the pathways and mechanisms of…
Organ Donation from Trauma Patients
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Solid organ transplantation remains the only lifesaving option for an increasing number of patients. Transplantation is now the treatment of choice for end-stage kidney, liver, pancreas,…
Rehabilitation
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen The goal of rehabilitation is to maximize an individual’s physical, cognitive, and psychological recovery from a disease, injury, or traumatic event. An interdisciplinary team of professionals…
Genomics and Acute Care Surgery
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Outcomes after traumatic injury, perhaps more than in any other surgical disease, have improved through standardization of care. Nevertheless and despite seemingly ideal care, unexpected outcomes…
The Geriatric Patient
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen According to census projections, the elderly population in the United States, defined as age more than 65 years, is experiencing the largest growth in history. Members…
Trauma Thoracotomy: General Principles and Techniques
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen The chest takes up one-fourth of the total body mass and is therefore often subjected to injury during trauma from any etiology. Currently, in the United…
Trauma, Medicine, and the Law
TRAUMA, MEDICINE, AND THE LAW Print Section Listen The complexity of the interactions of the medical and legal profession has increased in both complexity and number with each passing year….
Temperature-Related Syndromes: Hyperthermia, Hypothermia, and Frostbite
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Humans as homeothermic mammals must maintain a stable internal body temperature within narrow range to allow function of enzymes within this narrow range. Regional and seasonal…
Social Violence
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Trauma care is, by definition, tertiary prevention or treatment. Understanding the root causes of the injury may aid in better comprehension and treatment of the trauma…
Genitourinary Trauma
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Genitourinary injury occurs in 2–5% of all trauma patients and in at least 10% of patients with abdominal trauma, emphasizing the need for a close collaboration…
