Essentials of Trauma Anesthesia

Covering the most important topics in trauma anesthesia, this updated edition provides anesthesiology trainees and practitioners with a practical basis for managing trauma patients. Many recent advances in trauma care are identified, including paradigm shifts in the management of bleeding and coagulopathy, new neuromuscular blockade and anticoagulant reversal drugs, and updated clinical practice guidelines. This volume provides a concise, practical review of the essential elements in the care of the severely injured trauma patient, including emergency airway management, fluid and blood resuscitation, monitoring, coagulation therapy, regional and general anesthesia, and perioperative care. Edited by two of the most experienced trauma anesthesiologists in the United States, with chapters written by experts from leading US and Canadian trauma centers with the highest and most varied caseload of critically injured patients, Essentials of Trauma Anesthesia identifies new trends in surgery and anesthesiology practices that impact on the management of trauma patients.

Albert J. Varon is Miller Professor and Vice Chair for Education in the Department of Anesthesiology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, and Chief of Anesthesiology as the Ryder Trauma Center, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami. He is a Fellow of the American College of Anesthesiologists and the American College of Critical Care Medicine.

Charles E. Smith is Professor of Anesthesia at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, and Attending Anesthesiologist in the Department of Anesthesiology at the MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland. He is board certified in Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography and is editor of Trauma Anesthesia, 2nd edition (Cambridge, 2015).