Trauma, Repair and Recovery (Introducing Health Science) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0199237344 ISBN 13: 9780199237340

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2008

Synopsis

Traumatic injury is a leading cause of death and disability throughout the world and is likely to remain so in future years, particularly as road traffic increases.

Trauma, Repair and Recovery introduces the science of how the human body responds to trauma. The incidence of traumatic injury at a global level is considered, before using case studies to illustrate the nature of damage and repair and its impact on the people affected.

In particular this book focuses on the tissue-level biology of the human body, comparing and contrasting how different tissues are structured, and how they interact with each other during normal physiology. An understanding of this will allow the physical events following a traumatic injury to be illustrated in terms of the repair processes occurring within the body. Case studies follow patients through the course of diagnosis and assessment of damage, to treatment and long-term recovery.

Trauma can be mental as well as physical: occasionally the psychological harm is long-lasting, and for some people may be more disabling than the physical injury. The book explores the mechanisms that give rise to these distressing symptoms, and describes the treatments available.

Trauma, Repair and Recovery is accompanied by fully interactive DVD, which features a combination of video, photo, animation and graphics. Topics covered include 'Emergency care in traumatic injury', featuring footage from paramedic training; 'The functional anatomy of the leg', 'Tissue repair following trauma', and 'The long term effects of trauma'.

The Online Resource Center features:

For lecturers who are registered adopters of the book:
- Figures from the book in electronic format, available to download

For students:
- Access to ROUTES, a searchable internet database of online resources compiled by academic staff and subject-specialist librarians.

About this title

About the Author:

Dr. James Phillips joined the Open University as a Lecturer in Health Sciences at the end of 2004. Prior to this, James carried out research at the School of Pharmacy, University of London, examining the pharmacology of inflammation in the central nervous system. He is now involved in preparing and maintaining first and second year Health Science courses, and his research laboratory at the OU continues to investigate the biological mechanisms that underpin the response to traumatic injury of the peripheral nervous system and spinal cord.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0199237344
• ISBN 13: 9780199237340
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 118
• Editor: Phillips James