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This chapter discusses the medical and nursing management of trauma patients from their initial assessment in the emergency department to their subsequent management in the critical care unit. Each section of the chapter covers a specific area of trauma and describes its underlying physiology, management, and associated complications. Injuries discussed include spinal, head, chest, cardiovascular, genitourinary, renal, abdominal, pelvic, musculoskeletal, burn injury, hypothermia, and drowning. Major complications, such as fat embolism syndrome, compartment syndrome, and rhabdomyolysis, are described in detail. The chapter also discusses the management of major haemorrhage and the complications of massive blood replacement therapy. |
