The Trauma Handbook of The Massachusetts General Hospital -- Contents -- Contributing Authors -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- I Organizational Issues -- A Brief History of Trauma Surgery -- Trauma Systems and Injury Severity Scoring -- Prehospital Care and Transport -- Organization of the Emergency Department and Trauma Team -- Disaster Planning -- II Immediate Care -- Initial Evaluation and Resuscitation: Primary Survey and Immediate Resuscitation -- The Trauma Airway -- Secondary Survey Evaluation of the Trauma Patient -- Unique Critical Care Issues Related to Trauma -- Transfusion and Coagulation Issues in Trauma -- Initial Evaluation and Management of the Burn Patient -- Trauma Anesthesia -- Prevention Strategies: Thromboembolic Complications, Alcohol Withdrawal, Infection and Gastrointestinal Bleeding -- III Evaluation and Management of Specific Injuries -- Nervous System 1: Head Injury -- Nervous System 2: Spinal Cord and Peripheral Nerve Injuries -- Evaluation and Acute Management of Maxillofacial Trauma -- Ocular and Adnexal Trauma -- Neck Injuries -- Chest Trauma 1: Chest Wall, Pleural Space, and Lung Parenchyma -- Chest Trauma 2: Tracheobronchial and Esophageal Injuries -- Chest Trauma 3: Blunt and Penetrating Injuries to the Heart and Central Vessels -- Vascular Trauma 1: Cervicothoracic Vascular Trauma -- Vascular Trauma 2: Abdominal Vascular Injuries -- Vascular Trauma 3: Peripheral Vascular Injuries -- Abdominal Trauma 1: Diagnostic Techniques -- Abdominal Trauma 2: Diaphragm and Abdominal Wall -- Abdominal Trauma 3: Hepatic and Biliary Tract Injuries -- Abdominal Trauma 4: Splenic Injuries -- Abdominal Trauma 5: Injuries to the Pancreas and Duodenum -- Abdominal Trauma 6: Hollow Viscus Injuries -- Abdominal Trauma 7: Damage Control and the Abdominal Compartment Syndrome -- Genitourinary Trauma.

Orthopedic Trauma 1: Spine Fractures -- Orthopedic Trauma 2: Pelvic Fractures -- Orthopedic Trauma 3: Extremity Fractures -- Hand Injuries -- Techniques of Soft Tissue Reconstruction -- IV Special Considerations -- Pediatric Trauma 1: Resuscitation and Initial Evaluation -- Pediatric Trauma 2: Definitive Care -- Considerations in the Pregnant Woman -- Geriatric Trauma -- Trauma Radiology -- Organ and Tissue Procurement in Trauma -- Psychiatric Issues in Trauma -- Rehabilitation of the Trauma Patient -- Medicolegal Considerations and Duties -- Subject Index.