(1) Trauma and Critical Care, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, Baltimore, MD, USA   KeywordsTracheaBronchusEsophagusTracheobronchialPenetrating injuryBlunt injuryNational Trauma Data BankInjury severity score (ISS)BronchoscopyAirway pressure release ventilation (APRV)Collar incisionThoracotomyEsophagoscopyContrast-enhanced esophagography…

Fig. 21.1 (a) AP compression fracture, (b) left lateral compression fracture, and (c) AP compression fracture with vertical shear extension. Table 21.1 Young and Burgess classification of pelvic fractures. AP…

, Kevin Jones1 and Jeffrey Rea1 (1) Trauma and Critical Care, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, Baltimore, MD, USA   KeywordsProceduresIntubationCricothyrotomyTube thoracostomyDiagnostic peritoneal lavageLocal wound explorationFAST examPneumothoraxHemothorax Intubation Intro Airway is…

(1) Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ, USA   KeywordsSpleenSplenectomySplenorrhaphyIncisional herniaSmall bowel obstructionSepsisHemorrhageSplenic infarction Introduction The spleen is one of the most commonly injured organs following blunt trauma….

(1) Trauma and Critical Care, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, Baltimore, MD, USA   KeywordsKidneyUreterBladderBlunt traumaPenetrating traumaCystogramComputed tomography (CT)CT cystogramPercutaneous nephrostomyStentFoley catheter drainageSurgical explorationGunshot woundsGrading scales Introduction Trauma to…

(1) Trauma and Critical Care, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, Baltimore, MD, USA   KeywordsAxillary artery exposureBrachial artery exposureInferior vena cava exposureIntra-abdominal aorta exposureIliac vessel exposureFemoral artery exposurePopliteal artery…

(1) Trauma and Critical Care, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, Baltimore, MD, USA   KeywordsPancreasDuodenumBlunt injuryPenetrating injuryREBOA catheterCentral retroperitoneal hematomaRetroperitoneal bile stainingPeritoneal fat saponificationPeritoneal fat necrosisPancreatic edemaLesser sac edemaEndoscopic…

(1) Division of Trauma and Critical Care, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, Baltimore, MD, USA   KeywordsLungTraumaResectionThoracotomyDamage controlTractotomyPneumonorrhaphyPulmonary hilar twistNon-anatomic pulmonary resectionIntrapericardial exposure Introduction A majority of patients with…

and Melanie Hoehn2 (1) Division of Vascular Trauma, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, USA (2) University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, USA…

and Sarah B. Murthi1 (1) Trauma and Critical Care, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, Baltimore, MD, USA   KeywordsPoint-of-care ultrasoundDopplerM-mode2DB-modePhysics of ultrasound Introduction Ultrasound has uses in heavily resourced as well…