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