Includes bibliographical reference and index.

The trauma epidemic --- Mechanism of injury --- Triage --- Pre-hospital care --- Trauma systems, centres and teams --- Patient assessment --- Trauma physiology and metabolism --- Catastrophic haemorrhage --- Airway management --- Thoracic trauma --- Shock management --- Damage control surgery --- Head injury --- Maxillofacial trauma --- Ophthalmological trauma --- Spinal injuries --- Abdominal and genitourinary trauma --- Vascular trauma --- Musculoskeletal trauma --- Radiology --- Infection in trauma --- Injuries in children --- Trauma in women --- Trauma in the elderly --- Firearms, ballistics and gunshot wounds -- Blast injuries --- Injuries due to burns and cold --- CBRN and the trauma victim --- Care of the obese trauma patient --- Analgesia and anaesthesia --- Intensive care management of major trauma --- Patient transfer --- Psychological aspects of trauma --- Rehabilitation after trauma --- Trauma scoring systems and their application --- Transplantation organ donation