This book meets the need for a detailed resource that focuses on the unique challenges encountered in pediatric trauma and its clinical management. Short practically oriented chapters describe how to successfully treat a range of injuries across a variety of anatomical areas. Emphasis is placed on accounting for the injury mechanism providing recommendations on rapid assessment, initial stabilization and management strategies.

Pediatric Trauma Care - A Practical Guide, comprehensively covers how to approach treating pediatric trauma patients suffering with a variety of injuries. Therefore, it is an ideal resource for all medical professionals who encounter these patients in their day-to-day practice.

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Alfred Kennedy is a pediatric surgeon at Janet Weis Childrens Hospital, Geisinger Hospital in Danville, PA. He is the Trauma Director of the Level 2 Pediatric Trauma Center at Geisinger. He is also the Division Chair for Pediatric General and Thoracic Surgery. He has a robust clinical experience in both trauma surgery as well as community/rural pediatric surgery. He is board certified in Pediatric Surgery and General Surgery and a member of the American Pediatric Surgical Association Committee on Trauma.
Romeo Ignacio is currently a Clinical Professor of Surgery at the University of California San Diego and an attending pediatric surgeon at Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego. He serves as the Trauma Medical Director and Surgical Director of the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego. During his 24 years in the U.S. Navy, he has gained vast experience in trauma training and surgical education. He is an active member of various national surgical organizations and a leader of multiple subcommittees.
Robert Ricca is a pediatric surgeon at Prisma Health, Greenville Memorial Hospital, a Level 2 Pediatric Trauma Center in South Carolina. He currently serves as the Trauma Medical Director. He recently retired from the United States Navy after 24 years of service where he deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. He has served in numerous leadership positions in the Navy. He is board certified in Pediatric Surgery, Surgical Critical Care and General Surgery and is an active member of multiple national surgical organizations.

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