Concisely written, practical knowledge written by veterans of combat surgery

Richly illustrated with full color images illustrating difficult techniques and situations

Designed to provide the most necessary and practical knowledge needed by Surgeons working on the front lines

Includes supplementary material: [...]

CONTENTS

Part I. Before the Operating Room

Chapter 1. Tactical Combat Casualty Care

Frank K. Butler, Jr. and Russ S. Kotwal

Chapter 2. Combat Triage and Mass Casualty Management

Jayson D. Aydelotte, John J. Lammie, Joseph G. Kotora, Jr., Jamie C. Riesberg, and Alec C.

Beekley

Civilian Translation of Military Experience and Lessons Learned: Alec C. Beekley

Chapter 3. Initial Management Priorities: Beyond ABCDE

Daniel Grabo and Alec C. Beekley

Civilian Translation of Military Experience and Lessons Learned: Daniel Grabo

Chapter 4. Damage Control Resuscitation

Jacob R. Peschman, Donald H. Jenkins, John B. Holcomb, and Timothy C. Nunez

Civilian Translation of Military Experience and Lessons Learned: Donald H. Jenkins

Chapter 5. To Operate or Image? (Pulling the Trigger)

Matthew J. Martin and James W. Davis

Chapter 6. Ultrasound in Combat Trauma

Michael D. Perreault, Jason D. Bothwell, and Benjamin Harrison

Part II. To the Operating Room

Chapter 7. The Bowel: Contamination, Colostomies, and Combat Surgery

Robert B. Lim, Eric K. Johnson, and Scott R. Steele

Civilian Translation of Military Experience and Lessons Learned: Scott R. Steele

Chapter 8. Liver and Spleen Injury Management in Combat

Brian Eastridge, Lorne Blackbourne, Katherine M. McBride, and James R. Dunne

Civilian Translation of Military Experience and Lessons Learned: Katherine M. McBride

and James R. Dunne

Matthew T. Hueman and Thomas M. Scalea

Civilian Translation of Military Experience and Lessons Learned: Thomas M. Scalea

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Chapter 10. Operative Management of Renal Injuries

Carlos V. R. Brown and Joseph M. Galante

Civilian Translation of Military Experience and Lessons Learned: Joseph M. Galante

Chapter 11. Major Abdominal Vascular Trauma

Niten Singh, David R. King, and David V. Feliciano

Civilian Translation of Military Experience and Lessons Learned: David V. Feliciano

Chapter 12. To Close or Not to Close: Managing the Open Abdomen

Amy Vertrees, Craig D. Shriver, and Ali Salim

Civilian Translation of Military Experience and Lessons Learned: Ali Salim

Chapter 13. Dismounted Complex Blast Injury Management

Travis M. Polk, Matthew J. Martin, and Matthew J. Eckert

Chapter 14. Thoracic Approaches and Incisions

Jeffrey A. Bailey, Philip S. Mullenix, and Jared L. Antevil

Chapter 15. Lung Injuries in Combat

Matthew J. Martin, Michael S. Meyer, and Riyad Karmy-Jones

Civilian Translation of Military Experience and Lessons Learned: Riyad Karmy-Jones

Chapter 16. Diagnosis and Management of Penetrating Cardiac Injury

Daniel G. Cuadrado and Kenji Inaba

Civilian Translation of Military Experience and Lessons Learned: Kenji Inaba

Chapter 17. Thoracic Vascular Injuries: Operative Management in "Enemy" Territory

Joseph J. DuBose, Timothy K. Williams, and Benjamin W. Starnes

Chapter 18. Chest Wall and Diaphragm Injury

Civilian Translation of Military Experience and Lessons Learned: William B. Long

Chapter 19. Soft Tissue Wounds and Fasciotomies

Mark W. Bowyer, Peter Rhee, and Joseph J. DuBose

Brandon R. Horne, R. Judd Robins, and George Velmahos

Civilian Translation of Military Experience and Lessons Learned: George Velmahos

Chapter 21. Traumatic Amputations

Eric G. Puttler, Stephen A. Parada, Brandon R. Horne, R. Judd Robins, and James C. Krieg

Civilian Translation of Military Experience and Lessons Learned: James C. Krieg

Chapter 22. Peripheral Vascular Injuries

Civilian Translation of Military Experience and Lessons Learned: Charles J. Fox

Chapter 23. The Neck

Civilian Translation of Military Experience and Lessons Learned: Demetrios Demetriades

Chapter 24. Genitourinary Injuries (Excluding Kidney)

Jack R. Walter and Andrew C. Peterson

Chapter 25. Neurosurgery for Dummies

Civilian Translation of Military Experience and Lessons Learned: Alex B. Valadka

Chapter 26. Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurocritical Care

Stacy Shackelford, Peter Rhee, and Bellal Joseph

Civilian Translation of Military Experience and Lessons Learned: Bellal Joseph

Chapter 27. Spine Injuries

Matthew J. Martin, Ryan Gocke, and John G. DeVine

Civilian Translation of Military Experience and Lessons Learned: John G. DeVine

Chapter 28. Face and Head (Non-Ocular) Injury

Nici Eddy Bothwell

Chapter 29. Managing Eye Trauma in the Combat Environment

Morohunranti O. Oguntoye and Robert A. Mazzoli

Civilian Translation of Military Experience and Lessons Learned: Robert A. Mazzoli

Chapter 30. Burn Care in the Deployed Setting

Gary Vercruysse

Lucas P. Neff, Philip C. Spinella, Kenneth S. Azarow, and Mubeen A. Jafri

Civilian Translation of Military Experience and Lessons Learned: Kenneth S. Azarow and Mubeen A. Jafri

Part III. Postoperative Principles and Miscellaneous Topics

Chapter 32. The Combat Hospital ICU

Civilian Translation of Military Experience and Lessons Learned: Matthew J. Eckert

Chapter 33. Postoperative Resuscitation

Richard Nahouraii, Martin Schreiber, and Andrew C. Bernard

Civilian Translation of Military Experience and Lessons Learned: Andrew C. Bernard

Chapter 34. TEG/ROTEM Driven Resuscitation in Trauma

Hunter B. Moore, Eduardo Gonzalez, and Ernest E. Moore

Chapter 35. Monitoring

Jay A. Johannigman, Alec C. Beekley, and Timothy A. Pritts

Civilian Translation of Military Experience and Lessons Learned: Timothy A. Pritts

Chapter 36. Ventilator Management: A Practical Approach to Respiratory Failure in Combat

Casualties

Anita A. Shah, Paul B. Kettle, and Alexander S. Niven

Chapter 37. Practical Approach to Combat-Related Infections and Antibiotics

Heather C. Yun and Clinton K. Murray

Chapter 38. Patient Transfer, En-route Care, and Critical Care Air Transport Team (CCATT)

Raymond Fang

Chapter 39. The Homefront: Role 4 and 5 Care

Warren C. Dorlac and Carlos J. Rodriguez

Alexander L. Eastman and Matthew L. Davis

Chapter 41. Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (TECC): Principles and Practice
Geoff Shapiro, Babak Sarani, and E. Reed Smith

Chapter 42. Humanitarian and Local National Care

Matthew J. Eckert, James Sebesta, and Sherry M. Wren

Civilian Translation of Military Experience and Lessons Learned: Sherry M. Wren

Chapter 43. Expectant and End of Life Care in a Combat Zone

Robert M. Rush, Jr., Matthew J. Martin, and Christine S. Cocanour

Civilian Translation of Military Experience and Lessons Learned: Christine S. Cocanour

Chapter 44. Trauma System Development and the Joint Trauma System

Kirby R. Gross, Brian Eastridge, Jeffrey A. Bailey, and M. Margaret Knudson

Civilian Translation of Military Experience and Lessons Learned: M. Margaret Knudson

Chapter 45. The Next Generation of Hemorrhage Therapy

Vahagn Nikolian and Hasan B. Alam

Chapter 46. Resident Readiness and Training the Surgeon for Battlefield Care

Jennifer M. Gurney, Daniel W. Nelson, and C. William Schwab

Civilian Translation of Military Experience and Lessons Learned: C. William Schwab

Chapter 47. The Deployed Advanced Care Provider

Zaradhe M. S. Yach, Jonathan R. Van Horn, Matthew J. Eckert, and Matthew J. Martin

Civilian Translation of Military Experience and Lessons Learned: Matthew J. Martin

Chapter 48. Military Civilian Collaboration for National Preparedness During Peace and War

Kyle N. Remick, Eric Elster, and Raquel C. Bono

Chapter 49. Battlefield Resuscitation of the Future

Matthew J. Martin, Hasan B. Alam, and Jeremy G. Perkins

Chapter 50. Non-Conventional Forward Surgical Elements

Matthew J. Eckert, Matthew J. Martin, and Steven A. Satterly

Appendix A. Improvise, Adapt, Overcome: Field Expedient Methods in a Forward Environment

Appendix B. Burn Charts and Orders

Appendix D. "C" BNRE Primer for Surgeons