Geriatric trauma and acute care surgery / Aurelio Rodriguez, Robert. D Barraco, Rao R. Ivatury, editors.
2018
RD93.5.A35
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Title
Geriatric trauma and acute care surgery / Aurelio Rodriguez, Robert. D Barraco, Rao R. Ivatury, editors.
ISBN
9783319574035 (electronic book)
3319574035 (electronic book)
9783319574028
3319574035 (electronic book)
9783319574028
Published
Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2018.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource : illustrations
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-319-57403-5 doi
Call Number
RD93.5.A35
Dewey Decimal Classification
617.100846
Summary
The purpose of this book is to give providers of all levels a simple and essential source of practical information in treating the elderly trauma and emergency surgery patient. The Introduction instructs practitioners how to evaluate and assess risk including frailty and use this information in Goals of Care discussions to facilitate shared decision making so crucial to this population. The individual chapters consist of best practices and care guidelines from some of the most well-known thought leaders and best trauma centers in the country across the spectrum from geriatricians to trauma and acute care surgeons and nurses. Each chapter contains easy-to-read algorithms and references that the readers can use and adapt for their own setting. Chapters on Pre-hospital care will help guide EMS organizations and even systems in the right care and triage of the elderly. Each chapter also contains a Nursing Focus section for helpful nursing tips in caring for the eld erly with those injuries and problems. These sections make this book a must-have for any center looking to improve its care of the elderly patient or just trying to be sure its care is already the best it can be. A special section on Post Acute Care will introduce the provider to the common issues surrounding particular disposition destinations for the elderly patient. This will facilitate discussions with families, case managers and facilities to help improve time to disposition.
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Includes index.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Section I: Introduction
Rationale
Systems Impact
Comorbidities
Goals of Care
Section II: Trauma
Introduction
Trauma
Prehospital Care
Head Injury
Spine Injury
Orthopedic Injury
Cardiothoracic Injury
Abdominal Injury
Urologic Injury
Plastics/Skin and Soft Tissue Injury
Thermal Injury
Section III: Acute Care Surgery
Background
Common Abdominal Emergencies
Section IV: Post-Acute Care
Considerations in Disposition.
Rationale
Systems Impact
Comorbidities
Goals of Care
Section II: Trauma
Introduction
Trauma
Prehospital Care
Head Injury
Spine Injury
Orthopedic Injury
Cardiothoracic Injury
Abdominal Injury
Urologic Injury
Plastics/Skin and Soft Tissue Injury
Thermal Injury
Section III: Acute Care Surgery
Background
Common Abdominal Emergencies
Section IV: Post-Acute Care
Considerations in Disposition.