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01-08-2015 | Book and New Media Reviews
Anesthesia for Trauma: New Evidence and New Challenges
Corey S. Scher (Ed). Springer, 2014. ISBN 978-1-4939-0908-7
Author:
Doreen Yee, MD
Published in:
Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie
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Issue 8/2015
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Excerpt
Care of the severely injured trauma patient requires integrated care provided by a high-functioning trauma team. Anesthesiologists, with their attendant skill sets in airway management, resuscitation, and vascular access, are uniquely positioned to be essential members, if not leaders, of this team. These skills sets frequently need to be “modified or adapted” to the trauma population, which is a very heterogeneous group. Corey S. Scher, the editor of this book, attempts to provide the necessary information to achieve this end. …