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Accident and emergency surgery

 

18.1     Introduction and epidemiology

18.2     Mechanisms of injury

18.3     Modern management of the injured

18.4     The Advanced Trauma Life Support approach     

18.5     Prehospital retrieval and management

18.6     Management in hospital

18.7     Emerging concepts and techniques

18.8     Multiple and mass casualties

18.9     Audit and quality assurance

18.10    Further reading