Trauma: Code Red (Paperback)

Paperback. The Royal College of Surgeons of England two-day definitive surgical trauma skills course is run by the authors. The course began in 1997 but a new syllabus has recently been put in place.The focus is on thoracic ,abdominal and vascular injuries, caused by both penetrating trauma, such as a knife, and ballistic trauma caused by guns.This Manual accompanies the course and it's aim is to demystify the body and show how to control massive blood loss. Interventions, whether they be military or civilian, are descrbed in full, and techniques derived from the battlefield and world-wide hotspots in trauma are exemplified within this book. Trauma Surgery is the last great frontier of general surgery. Only a well-trained and experienced trauma surgeon will venture into any trauma territory ,be it neck, chest, abdomen, pelvis and limbs, no matter what the danger of massive haemorrhage. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.