Updated from the 2013 edition, this volume reflects lessons learned from recent US involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan, and represents state-of-the-art principles and practices of forward trauma surgery. Expertly addresses the appropriate medical management of blast wounds, burns, and multiple penetrating injuries, as well as other battle and non-battle injuries. Topics include triage, hemorrhage control, airway/breathing, shock and resuscitation, anesthesia, infections, critical care, damage control surgery, face and neck injuries, soft-tissue injuries, ocular injuries, head injuries, extremity fractures, thoracic injuries, amputations, abdominal injuries, pediatric care, and more. A new chapter provides Tactical Combat Casualty Care guidelines. Significant updates were also made to the blood collection and transfusion chapters. Other products produced by the U.S. Army, Borden Institute can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/agency/borden-institute

This 4th revision of this popular Borden Institute reference on emergency surgery includes everything from war wounds to anesthesia, even covering gynecologic and pediatric emergencies, making this a must-have medical reference for civilian emergency medical personnel as well as military doctors and nurses. Contents Front Matter Chapter 1: Weapons Effects and War Wounds Chapter 2: Roles of Medical Care (United States) Chapter 3: Mass Casualty and Triage Chapter 4: Aeromedical Evacuation Chapter 5: Airway/Breathing Chapter 6: Hemorrhage Control Chapter 7: Shock, Resuscitation, and Vascular Access Chapter 8: Anesthesia Chapter 9: Soft Tissue and Open Joint Injuries Chapter 10: Infections Chapter 11: Critical Care Chapter 12: Damage Control Surgery Chapter 13: Face and Neck Injuries Chapter 14: Ocular Injuries Chapter 15: Head Injuries Chapter 16: Thoracic Injuries Chapter 17: Abdominal Injuries Chapter 18: Genitourinary Tract Injuries Chapter 19: Gynecologic Trauma and Emergencies Chapter 20: Wounds and Injuries of the Spinal Column and Cord Chapter 21: Pelvic Injuries Chapter 22: Extremity Fractures Chapter 23: Amputations Chapter 24: Injuries to Hands and Feet Chapter 25: Vascular Injuries Chapter 26: Burns Chapter 27: Environmental Injuries Chapter 28: Radiological Injuries Chapter 29: Biological Warfare Agents Chapter 30: Chemical Injuries Chapter 31: Pediatric Care Chapter 32: Care of Enemy Prisoners of War/Internees Chapter 33: Battlefield Transfusions Chapter 34: Compartment Syndrome Chapter 35: Battlefield Trauma Sytems Chapter 36: Emergency Whole Blood Collection Envoi Appendix 1: Principles of Medical Ethics Appendix 2: Glasgow Coma Scale Appendix 3: Department of Defense Trauma Registry Abbreviations and Acronyms Significant Military Medical Terms Product Manufacturers Index

This book offers an accessible introduction to the U.S. military as an institution and provides insights into the military’s structure and norms. Designed for undergraduate students, the book offers an interdisciplinary overview of America’s armed forces through three critical lenses. First, it introduces the military’s constitutional and historical context. Second, it presents concise factual information chosen for its relevance to the military’s structures, procedures, norms, and varied activities. Finally, it intersperses these facts with debates, theories, and questions to spark student interest, class discussion, and further research. The text is written for the beginner but covers complex topics such as force structure and the defense budget. With contributions informed by both scholarly approaches and long military careers, the book will prepare students for further studies in international relations, civil-military relations, or U.S. foreign policy. It also encourages critical thinking, elucidating an institution that undergraduates and other civilians too often perceive as both baffling and above reproach. This book will be of much interest to students of the U.S. military, civil-military relations, U.S. politics, and public policy.

Accompanying CD-ROM contains graphic footage of various war wound surgeries.

This 4th revision of this popular Borden Institute reference on emergency surgery includes everything from war wounds to anesthesia, even covering gynecologic and pediatric emergencies, making this a must-have medical reference for civilian emergency medical personnel as well as military doctors and nurses. Contents Front Matter Chapter 1: Weapons Effects and War Wounds Chapter 2: Roles of Medical Care (United States) Chapter 3: Mass Casualty and Triage Chapter 4: Aeromedical Evacuation Chapter 5: Airway/Breathing Chapter 6: Hemorrhage Control Chapter 7: Shock, Resuscitation, and Vascular Access Chapter 8: Anesthesia Chapter 9: Soft Tissue and Open Joint Injuries Chapter 10: Infections Chapter 11: Critical Care Chapter 12: Damage Control Surgery Chapter 13: Face and Neck Injuries Chapter 14: Ocular Injuries Chapter 15: Head Injuries Chapter 16: Thoracic Injuries Chapter 17: Abdominal Injuries Chapter 18: Genitourinary Tract Injuries Chapter 19: Gynecologic Trauma and Emergencies Chapter 20: Wounds and Injuries of the Spinal Column and Cord Chapter 21: Pelvic Injuries Chapter 22: Extremity Fractures Chapter 23: Amputations Chapter 24: Injuries to Hands and Feet Chapter 25: Vascular Injuries Chapter 26: Burns Chapter 27: Environmental Injuries Chapter 28: Radiological Injuries Chapter 29: Biological Warfare Agents Chapter 30: Chemical Injuries Chapter 31: Pediatric Care Chapter 32: Care of Enemy Prisoners of War/Internees Chapter 33: Battlefield Transfusions Chapter 34: Compartment Syndrome Chapter 35: Battlefield Trauma Sytems Chapter 36: Emergency Whole Blood Collection Envoi Appendix 1: Principles of Medical Ethics Appendix 2: Glasgow Coma Scale Appendix 3: Department of Defense Trauma Registry Abbreviations and Acronyms Significant Military Medical Terms Product Manufacturers Index

Trauma to the eye and associated structures account for a significant number of combat-related injuries, and combat ocular trauma has steadily risen in frequency over the last century. Ophthalmology in Military and Civilian Casualty Care comprehensively examines the accommodations and modifications that must be made in order to treat such ocular traumas in a military setting. Created by ophthalmology experts actively serving in the military at various levels, this book is designed to improve ophthalmic casualty outcomes across military settings. A history of military ophthalmology serves as the opening chapter, setting the stage for subsequent chapters examining the intricacies and advancements of damage control ophthalmology, prehospital care of combat eye injuries, neuro-ophthalmic manifestations of trauma, and further severe ocular conditions. Later chapters explore the preventative and proactive efforts to reduce and treat combat-related ocular trauma by developing “eye armor” for the American infantry and military-affiliated ophthalmic surgical missions. Complete with high-quality color illustrations and figures, this unique book will serve as an invaluable, practical reference for military physicians, military ophthalmologists, ophthalmology professors, residents, and fellows interested in combat medicine and eye trauma.