Emergency war surgery: U. S. Armed Forces issue of NATO handbook, prepared for use by the medical services of NATO nations

Foreward......Page 1
Preface......Page 2
Prologue......Page 4
Acknowledgements......Page 6
Contents......Page 7
Ch1 General Considerations of Forward Surgery......Page 12
Ch2 Missile Caused Wounds......Page 17
Ch3 Burn Injury......Page 28
Ch4 Cold Injury......Page 39
Ch5 Blast Injuries......Page 48
Ch6 Chemical Injury......Page 52
Ch7 Mass Casualties in Thermonuclear War......Page 58
Ch8 Multiple Injuries......Page 71
Ch9 Shock & Resuscitation......Page 76
Ch10 Compensatory & Pathophysiological Responses to Trauma......Page 84
Ch11 Infection......Page 91
Ch12 Sorting of Casualties......Page 99
Ch13 Aeromedical Evacuation......Page 105
Ch14 War Surgery in the Division......Page 110
Ch15 Anesthesia & Analgesia......Page 116
Ch16 Wounds & Injuries of the Soft Tissues......Page 124
Ch17 Crush Injuries......Page 128
Ch18 Vascular Injuries......Page 130
Ch19 Wounds & Injuries of the Bones & Joints......Page 137
Ch20 Wounds & Injuries of Peripheral Nerves......Page 143
Ch21 Amputations......Page 145
Ch22 Craniocerebral Injury......Page 149
Ch23 Maxillofacial Wounds & Injuries......Page 155
Ch24 Wounds & Injuries of the Eye......Page 163
Ch25 Laser Injury of the Eye......Page 169
Ch26 Wounds & Injuries of the Ear......Page 172
Ch27 Wounds & Injuries of the Neck......Page 174
Ch28 Wounds & Injuries of the Chest......Page 177
Ch29 Wounds of the Abdomen......Page 183
Ch30 Reoperative Abdominal Surgery......Page 194
Ch31 Wounds & Injuries of the Genitourinary Tract......Page 198
Ch32 Wounds & Injuries of the Hand......Page 201
Ch33 Wounds & Injuries of the Spinal Column & Cord......Page 203
App A Glossary of Drugs......Page 214
App B Useful Tables......Page 219
Index......Page 221