Overview
Includes a special section on post acute care
Written by well-known thought leaders from the best trauma centers in the country
Provides an essential source of practical information in treating the elderly trauma and emergency surgery patient
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Table of contents (54 chapters)
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Front Matter
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General Evaluation, Risk Assessment and Goals of Care (Trauma and Acute Care Surgery)
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Trauma: Prehospital Care (Fluids, Immobilization and Transport, Triage, OOH DNR and POLST)
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Emergency Medicine
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Orthopedic Injury
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About this book
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. Â 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 elderly 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.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Aurelio Rodriguez
Panamerican Trauma Society
Wexford, PA
USA
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Robert Barraco
Lehigh Valley Health Network
Allentown, PA
USAÂ
Rao R. Ivatury
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA
USA
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Geriatric Trauma and Acute Care Surgery
Editors: Aurelio Rodriguez, Robert. D Barraco, Rao R. Ivatury
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57403-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-57402-8Published: 06 April 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-09623-6Published: 08 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-57403-5Published: 21 March 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 486
Number of Illustrations: 45 b/w illustrations, 67 illustrations in colour
Topics: Traumatic Surgery, General Surgery