War Zones and Biological Warfare
Level I (i.e., point of injury) Combat medic General physician Physician assistant Level II (i.e., forward surgical team) Combat medic Nurse Surgeon Anesthesiology provider Level III (i.e., combat support hospital)…
Trauma in Austere Environments: Cold Injuries and Hypothermia
Fig. 30.1 Osborne J wave. Illustration courtesy of Jason E. Roediger, CCT, CRAT. Used under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published…
Tactical Emergency Medicine, Procedures, and Point-of-Care Evaluation in Austere Environments
Fig. 29.1 A tactical emergency physician equipped with a medical pack, portable ultrasound machine, body armor, and weaponry Physicians performing emergency care in a non-tactical, austere setting still benefit from…
The Trauma Bay Environment
Fig. 10.1 Photograph of the physical layout of a typical trauma bay. A bed is shown in the center of the room. A monitoring display, IV poles, and a wall-mounted…
Trauma Team Structure and Organization
Specialty area Typical component members Trauma team leader Qualified attending physician or surgeon Trauma surgery Attending trauma surgeon General surgery Junior and senior resident Orthopedic surgery Junior +/− senior resident…
The Multi-casualty Trauma
Fig. 26.1 Multi-casualty trauma patient identification and triage tag utilizing a color code to indicate the level of care needed based on the Simple Triage and Rapid Treatment (START) system….
Quality Improvement and Trauma Quality Indicators
Measure Description Trauma examples Structure Measures of the static characteristics of the individuals providing care (e.g., education, certification) and the settings where care is provided (e.g., equipment, staffing levels) –…
Disaster Medicine
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016Lawrence M. Gillman, Sandy Widder, Michael Blaivas MD and Dimitrios Karakitsos (eds.)Trauma Team Dynamics10.1007/978-3-319-16586-8_25 25. Disaster Medicine Michelangelo Bortolin1, 2, 3 and Gregory R. Ciottone1, 4 (1) The Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Fellowship in…
Interprofessional Trauma Team Roles
Fig. 9.1 The tension triangle The complexity of a team’s mind-set is further exacerbated when the membership of the trauma team changes and/or the patient condition changes [9]. The concepts…
Telemedicine and Future Innovations
Fig. 23.1 US trauma system coverage. Shading denotes helicopter or ambulance transport within 1 h of a level I/II trauma center. Carr BG, Branas CC. TraumaMaps.org Trauma Center Maps. University…
