Accident and emergency medicine

This practical and generously illustrated text presents the current concepts regarding the management of the mangled extremity, including microsurgery, vascular surgery, free tissue, nerve, hand, and replantation surgery.

This book is devoted to COVID-19 associated coagulopathy, one of the main determinants of mortality.

Quality and Safety in Anesthesia and Perioperative Care offers practical suggestions for improving quality of care and patient safety in the perioperative setting.

This book covers all aspects of modern techniques used in the rapidly developing field of adult critical care echocardiography, 3D transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography, myocardial tissue velocity and deformation assessment, and contrast echocardiography.

This book assesses the main features of COVID-19 from a clinical point of view, based on observations made during the disease epidemic in Northern Italy, one of the most affected areas in the world (the region has been the epicenter of the global pandemic for more than a month), and the first region outside China facing overwhelming numbers of cases.

This book, now in its second edition, has become a classic in clinical studies of trauma.

Student retention continues to be a vexing problem for all colleges and universities.

A care bundle is a group of specific, non-prescriptive, evidence-based components that, when performed collectively and reliably, have been established to improve patient outcomes.

Memory and Sexual Misconduct: Psychological Research for Criminal Justice investigates the veracity of memories of sexual misconduct and the factors that may influence accurate recall, and fundamentally assesses whether psychological science can help the criminal justice system in determining which accusations are likely to be accurate, and which are not.

Represents the vast experience of the world''s leading experts in field hospital deployment in disasters and conflicts.

This revised and expanded second edition presents the most recent evidence-based facts on perioperative fluid management and discusses fluid management from basic sciences to clinical applications and the patients' outcomes.

This book examines the impact of outsourcing on the field of technical communication.

During the last decade a multitude of studies concerning the dynamic changes in cerebral blood flow (CBF), cerebral metabolic rate of oxygen (CMRO2), and intracranial pressure (ICP) in the acute phase after head injury have been published.

This book is a detailed practical guide to the use of ventricular assist devices and total artificial hearts to provide mechanical circulatory support (MCS) in patients with end-stage heart failure.

The Handbook of Trauma, Traumatic Loss, and Adversity in Children is a developmentally oriented book rich with findings related to child development, the impact of trauma on development and functioning, and interventions directed at treating reactions to trauma.

A Counselor's Introduction to Neuroscience is a guidebook to neurobiology that is customized for counselors' unique goals and requirements.

This book is an unparalleled source of cutting-edge information on every aspect of rescue, trauma management, and fracture care in the polytrauma/multiple injured patient.

Through exploring complex suffering in the writings of Aminatta Forna, Isabel Allende and Anuradha Roy, Women Writing Trauma in the Global South dismantles conceptual shortcomings and problematic imbalances at the core of existing theorizations around psychological trauma.

This practically oriented book illustrates and reviews the imaging appearances of the common and unusual complications that may occur after upper gastrointestinal endoscopy, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), colonoscopy, polypectomy, stricture dilatation, and stent placement.

"e;Meeting the Needs of Our Clients Creatively: The Impact of Art and Culture on Caregiving"e; is an important new work which integrates traditional understandings of care of the dying and bereaved with the use of arts and other forms of cultural creativity in therapy and funeralization.

The intensive care unit (ICU) is a specialised hospital ward where the 'sickest-of-the-sick' patients, often with life-threatening illness, receive around-the-clock monitoring and life support.

An understanding of current trauma imaging concepts is essential for all medical personnel involved in the care of trauma patients where the outcome may depend on a rapid assessment of the nature and severity of injuries, allowing appropriate medical management and surgical or non-surgical intervention.

Trauma surgery has increasingly become a specialized field inspired by different principles and philosophy.

The second edition of a comprehensive guide to the management of perinatal emergencies to improve maternal and neonatal health.

This textbook represents a complete manual for Orthopaedic Practitioners undertaking the FRCS part 1 written exam in Trauma and Orthopaedics.

Samuel Beckett and trauma is the first book that specifically addresses the question of trauma in Beckett, taking into account the recent rise of trauma studies in literature.

This book explains the chemistry of Organophosphorus compounds (OPs), their mechanism of toxicity and the history of OPs from their initial discovery to the development of new compounds such as Novichoks.

Die Rettungswissenschaft tritt als eine neue Disziplin an und fordert ihren Platz innerhalb der Wissenschaftsgemeinschaft.

Orientierung für den komplexen Prozess der Traumabehandlung- Neuer Ansatz für die Arbeit mit traumatisierten Patienten- Erläutert das Vorgehen durch Fallbeispiele- Schulen übergreifendes Konzept zur gezielten Vorgehensweise in der TherapieMit ihrem neuartigen Ansatz zeigt die Autorin, dass die Wiederherstellung der durch Traumata zerstörten Selbst- Strukturen nur in der Beziehung möglich ist.

Building on the foundations of Restorative Yoga for Ethnic and Race-Based Stress and Trauma by Gail Parker, this workbook offers a range of self-care practices that strengthen the psychological immune system, increase resilience, and support post-traumatic growth.

Psychological resilience has emerged as a highly significant area of research and practice in recent years, finding applications with a broad range of different groups in many settings.

Through rich and research-grounded clinical applications, Using Superheroes and Villains in Counseling and Play Therapy explores creative techniques for integrating superhero stories and metaphors in clinical work with children, adolescents, adults and families.

This book focuses on endovascular methods for resuscitation and trauma management.

Einsatzmöglichkeiten des Neuromonitorings in der klinischen Anästhesie und Intensivmedizin sind Thema dieses Bandes.

This bestselling resource has successfully prepared thousands of ER nurses to provide safe, effective, and high-quality care to their patients.

The second edition of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine spans three volumes, with major sections dedicated to specific organ systems.

Acute management of children with liver disease and liver transplantation has rapidly evolved over the last two decades due to worldwide availability of complex liver surgery and liver transplantation.

Epidural opioids are widely used in the management of post-operative pain.

Ärzte und andere Fachpersonen müssen im klinischen Alltag mit Angehörigen oft Gespräche führen über lebensbedrohliche Verletzungen, Prognose von Krankheiten oder die Mitteilung über den Tod eines Familienmitgliedes meist ohne darauf vorbereitet worden zu sein.

This book provides an in-depth and complete guide explaining how to incorporate the strategic dialogue and strategic communication methods into the debriefing after the scenario, characteristics that make it unique.

This book covers point of care ultrasound (POCUS) in a practical, problem oriented and illustrated manner.

For nearly three decades, Sandra Bertman has been exploring the power of the arts and belief--symbols, metaphors, stories--to alleviate psychological and spiritual pain not only of patients, grieving family members, and affected communities but also of the nurses, clergy and physicians who minister to them.

Clinical cardiologists are encountering an important challenge in the caring of families with inherited cardiac diseases.

The first international symposium on brain edema was held in Vienna/ Austria in 1965 followed by altogether eight meetings since.

Its not just health professionals in Emergency Departments that need to communicate effectively under difficult conditions involving time pressure, high stress, and conflict.