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Emergency Care and Closure
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Third Edition
By
Alexander Trott, MD, Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH
Description
The revised and updated new edition covers all of the major clinical issues surrounding the care and closure of wounds and lacerations,
including basic and complex wound care, anatomy, wound healing, infiltration anesthesia, cleansing, irrigation, choice of suture materials,
consultations, and more. It provides clear, concise guidance on everything from the patient's arrival in the ED to discharge and follow-up
care. And, more than 445 detailed illustrations?over 130 new to this edition?depict techniques for wound care and offer step-by-step
guidance.
Audience
Emergency Physicians, Family Physicians, Emergency Nurses, EMS
Contents
1. Emergency Wound Care: An Overview
2. Patient Evaluation and Wound Assessment
3. Anatomy of Wound Repair
4. Surface
Injury and Wound Healing
5. Wound Care and the Pediatric Patient
6. Infiltration and Nerve Block Anesthesia
7. Wound
Cleansing and Irrigation
8. Instruments and Suture Materials
9. Decisions Before Closure?Timing, Debridement, Consultation
10.
Basic Laceration Repair: Principles and Techniques
11. Complex Wounds: Advanced Repair Techniques
12. Special Anatomic
Sites
13. The Hand
14. Tissue Adhesives and Alternate Wound Closure
15. Bite Wounds
16. Common Wound Care
Problems
17. Minor Burns
18. Cutaneous and Superficial Abscesses
19. Complicated and Chronic Wounds
20. Wound
Dressing and Bandaging Techniques
21. Tetanus Immunity and Antibiotic Wound Prophylaxis
22. Suture Removal and Wound Aftercare
| Bibliographic details |
Hardbound, 352 pages, publication date: FEB-2005
ISBN-13: 978-0-323-02307-8
ISBN-10: 0-323-02307-X
Imprint: MOSBY
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Last update: 10 Sep 2009
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