- 1 The Combat Environment: Preparation for Deployment.
- 2 Echelons of Combat Casualty Care and Associated Imaging Resources.
- 3 Blast and Ballistics: Types, Background, Terminology.
- 4 Introduction to Imaging of Penetrating/Perforating Blast and Ballistic Injuries.
- 5 Significant Medical Advances on the Battlefield and the Changing Roles of Imaging.
- 6 Imaging Thresholds of Salvageability of Life, Limb, and Eyesight.
- 7 Imaging Traumatic Brain Injury On and Off the Battlefield.
- 8 Chest Imaging in a Battlefield Hospital.
- 9 Abdomen and Pelvis Imaging in Iraq.
- 10 Skeletal Trauma in Iraq.
- Index.
The reader of this text has a ringside seat to the unique imaging theater fashioned from the special medical demands of war. Dr. Folio shares many concepts that can be used in their entirety or adapted to the world of civilian trauma. Radiologists and other physicians, technologists, nurses, and ancillary medical support personnel caring for patients with penetrating and severe blunt force injury in their practices will benefit from reading this text.
Of course, the focus of this book is the imaging presentation of a variety of ballistic and blast injuries typical of battlefield wounding. An improved understanding of the medical effects and anatomic pathology created by ballistic missiles in all body regions is provided. The importance and methodology of establishing injury tracts through the body in deciding management are emphasized.
There are several chapters that discuss issues more generally applicable to major trauma on the home front. Many issues relevant to Emergency-Trauma Imaging are considered in this book.
- What “shortcuts” can be used to adequately image the major blunt force and penetrating trauma patient without sacrificing the accuracy of diagnosis?
- How are imaging protocols tailored to allow fast interpretation and transfer of vital information?
- How do we best integrate Radiology into the trauma team to assist in optimal triage and subsequent patient care?
- What are the major indications for advanced imaging applications such as volume rendering and CT angiography in a mass casualty setting?
- How best are technologists trained and supervised to perform rapid studies of optimal image quality?
- How are standardized reporting formats used to consistently provide reports containing all necessary information?
- What types of standard equipment modifications might be of value to more rapidly and efficiently image these patients?
Besides discussing the various technical issues in obtaining and interpreting battlefield images, Dr. Folio, who has a wealth of military medical experience, tells the reader a story of what it is like to serve as a military radiologist in this very demanding and stressful environment, but while also serving with a medical team at the height of collaboration and uniformity of purpose.
Book Details
- Hardcover: 250 pages
- Publisher: Springer; 1st edition (August 5, 2010)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1441958533
- ISBN-13: 978-1441958532
- Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches
List Price: $99.00