Lawrence M. Gillman, MD MMedEd FRCSC

Department of Surgery

University of Manitoba

Winnipeg, Canada

Sandy Widder, MD FRCSC FACS MHA MSc QIPS

Department of Surgery

University of Alberta

Edmonton, Canada

Michael Blaivas, MD

Professor of Medicine

School of Medicine

University of South Carolina

Columbia, SC USA

Department of Emergency Medicine

St. Francis Hospital

Columbus, GA USA

Dimitrios Karakitsos MD PhD DSc

Department of Internal Medicine

University of South Carolina, School of Medicine

Columbia, SC USA

Division of Critical Care, Department of Anesthesiology

Keck School of Medicine

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, CA USA

First-of-its-kind book on application of crisis resource management (CRM) principles to team dynamics during emergency trauma situations

Uniquely practical, comprehensive approach to damage control resuscitation

Key Points" at end of each chapter provide a check list of essential information

Conventional and point-of-care imaging of the trauma patient, including emerging techniques

Tips on creating a CRM curriculum

Self-assessment questions for each chapter

International experts in trauma, critical care, emergency medicine, nursing, respiratory therapy, and pre-hospital care (including NASA- and United States military-affiliated experts)

CONTENTS.- Dedication.- Foreword.- Preface.- Part 1: Trauma Team Preparation.- 1. The Genesis of Crew Resource Management: The NASA Experience.- 2. Crisis Resource Management Training in Trauma.- 3. Leadership Theories, Skills and Application.- 4. Teamwork and Communication in Trauma.- 5. Situational Awareness and Human Performance in Trauma.- Part 2: Trauma Team Design.- 6. Paramedical and Non-medical Personnel.- 7. Transport Medicine.- 8. Trauma Team Structure and Organization.- 9. Interprofessional Trauma Team Roles.- 10. The Trauma Bay Environment.- 11. Quality Improvement and Trauma Quality Indicators.- 12. Putting it all Together: Quality Control in Trauma Team Training.- Part 3: Trauma Resuscitation.- 13. Trauma Resuscitation.- 14. Damage Control Resuscitation.- 15. Damage Control¿From Principles to Practice.- 16. Trauma Team Decision Making.- 17. Emergency Critical Care Procedures.- Part 4: Specialized Trauma Populations.- 18.Trauma in the Pediatric Patient.- 19. Trauma in Pregnancy.- 20. Medical Comorbidities and Trauma.- Part 5: Emergency Ultrasound and Trauma Imaging.- 21. Basic Trauma Ultrasound.- 22. Trauma Ultrasound: Beyond the FAST Examination.- 23. Telemedicine and Future Innovations.- 24. Imaging in the Stable Trauma Patient.- Part 6: Tactical Emergency and Disaster Medicine.- 25. Disaster Medicine.- 26. The Multi-Casualty Trauma.- 27. Critical Incident Team Dynamics and Logistics.- 28. Terrorism and Urban Trauma.- 29. Tactical Emergency Medicine, Procedures and Point-of-Care Evaluation in Austere Environments.- 30. Trauma in Austere Environments.- Cold Injury and Hypothermia.- 31. War Zones and Biologic Warfare.- 32. Nuclear Injuries.- 33. Trauma and Surgical Capabilities for Space Exploration.- Part 7: Trauma Team Education.- 34. Designing a Simulation Curriculum.- 35. Designing Multidisciplinary Simulations.- 36. Constructive Debriefing for Trauma Team Education.-