Trauma, Burns and Drowning

Canonical Reading Material for the Exam Candidate
Oh's Intensive Care manual: Chapter 74 (pp. 755) Severe and multiple trauma by James A Judson and Li C Hsee Chapter 75 (pp. 762) Severe head injuries by John A Myburgh and Manoj K Saxena Chapter 76 (pp. 777) Faciomaxillary and upper-airway injuries by Cyrus Edibam and Hayley Robinson Chapter 77 (pp. 784) Chest injuries by Ubbo F Wiersema Chapter 78 (pp. 795) Spinal injuries by Sumesh Arora and Oliver J Flower Chapter 79 (pp. 807) Abdominal and pelvic injuries by Colin McArthur and Pieter HW Lubbert Chapter 80 (pp. 817) Submersion by Cyrus Edibam and Tim Bowles Chapter 81 (pp. 821) Burns by David P Mackie and Jacqueline EHM Vet Chapter 82 (pp. 829) Thermal disorders by Stephen W Lam and Richard Strickland Chapter 83 (pp. 844) Electrical safety and injuries by Lester AH Critchley Chapter 85 (pp. 861) Ballistic injury by Michael C Reade and Peter D (Toby) Thomas Chapter 110 (pp. 1133) Paediatric trauma by Kevin McCaffery Summaries and discussions of trauma-related topics from Life in the Fast Lane are made available as a list of links in the Resources section.

Emergency Management of Severe Trauma
Primary secondary and tertiary survey
Causes of shock in the trauma patient
Radiology in trauma
The pregnant trauma patient
The morbidly obese trauma patient

Specific Injuries and Complications of Polytrauma
Base of skull fracture
Abdominal compartment syndrome
Penetrating neck injury
Fat embolism syndrome
Traumatic asphyxia
Gas embolism
Blast injury

Techniques in Trauma Management
Management options for haemorrhage from pelvic fractures
Permissive hypotension in haemorrhagic shock
Haemostatic resuscitation and massive transfusion
Damage control surgery
Positioning and immobilisation of the trauma patient
Resuscitative thoracotomy
Resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta

Thermal Injuries and Drowning
Emergency management of severe burns
Fluid resuscitation for the burns patient
Airway burns and smoke inhalation injuries
Physiologic consequences of burns
Heat stroke
Hypothermia
Immersion submersion and drowning
Electrical injuries

Systemic Analgesia and Regional Anaesthesia
Regional anaesthesia in the critically ill
Analgesic techniques for multiple rib fractures
Advantages and disadvantages of regional anaesthesia in ICU

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