Geriatric Trauma and Acute Care Surgery (eBook)

Aurelio Rodriguez, Robert. D Barraco, Rao R. Ivatury (Herausgeber)

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2018 | 1st ed. 2018
XVI, 486 Seiten
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-57403-5 (ISBN)

Infos

The purpose of this book is to give providers of all levels a simple and essential source of practical information in treating the elderly trauma and emergency surgery patient. The Introduction instructs practitioners how to evaluate and assess risk including frailty and use this information in Goals of Care discussions to facilitate shared decision making so crucial to this population.

The individual chapters consist of best practices and care guidelines from some of the most well-known thought leaders and best trauma centers in the country across the spectrum from geriatricians to trauma and acute care surgeons and nurses.  Each chapter contains easy-to-read algorithms and references that the readers can use and adapt for their own setting. Chapters on Pre-hospital care will help guide EMS organizations and even systems in the right care and triage of the elderly. Each chapter also contains a Nursing Focus section for helpful nursing tips in caring

for the elderly with those injuries and problems. These sections make this book a must-have for any center looking to improve its care of the elderly patient or just trying to be sure its care is already the best it can be.

A special section on Post Acute Care will introduce the provider to the common issues surrounding particular disposition destinations for the elderly patient. This will facilitate discussions with families, case managers and facilities to help improve time to disposition.

Aurelio Rodriguez

Panamerican Trauma Society

Wexford, PA

USA

 

Robert Barraco

Lehigh Valley Health Network

Allentown, PA

USA

 

Rao R. Ivatury

Virginia Commonwealth University

Richmond, VA

USA

Inhalt

Section I: Introduction1 Rationale2 Systems Impact3 Comorbidities4 Goals of CareSection II: Trauma5 Background6 Prehospital Care7 Head Injury8 Spine Injury9 Orthopedic Injury10 Cardiothoracic Injury11 Abdominal Injury12 Urologic Injury13 Plastics/Skin and Soft Tissue Injury14 Thermal InjurySection III: Acute Care Surgery15 Background16 Common Abdominal Emergencies Section IV: Post-Acute Care17 Considerations in Disposition

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 21.3.2018
• Zusatzinfo: XVI, 486 p. 112 illus., 67 illus. in color.
• Verlagsort: Cham
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete
• Schlagworte: Cardiothoracic Injury • Extra-axial hematomas • Long Term Acute Care • Prehospital care • Thermal Injury • Thoracolumbar • trauma surgery
• ISBN-10: 3-319-57403-5 / 3319574035
• ISBN-13: 978-3-319-57403-5 / 9783319574035