Part 1 - Resuscitation and early management
Chapter 1 - Prehospital Careand mass casualty management, Wayne Smith, Cleeve Robertson, Robert Whitaker
Chapter 2 - Initial Assessment, George Oosthuizen, Andrew Nicol
Chapter 3 - Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, David Marshall, Andrew Nicol
Chapter 4 - Airway management, Gerald Dalbock, Ryan Fincham
Chapter 5 - Shock and fluid therapy, AndrACO Potgieter, Maeyane Steve Moeng
Chapter 6 - Blood transfusion therapy, Arthur Bird and Greg Bellairs
Chapter 7 - Emergency procedures, Elmin Steyn, A.J. Vlok
Chapter 8 - Practical aspects of abdominal exploration in the trauma patient, Sandie Thomson
Chapter 9 - Damage control surgery, Ken Boffard, Jonathan Karpelowsky, Elias Degiannis
Chapter 10 - Radiology, Steve Beningfield
Chapter 11 - Pain management, Luc Evenepoel
Chapter 12 - Nursing the trauma patient, Petra Brysiewicz, Tanya Heyns
Part 2 - Regional injuries and management
Chapter 13 - Head injuries, A.J. Vlok
Chapter 14 - Spinal Injuries, Michael Held
Chapter 15 - Maxillofacial and oral injuries, Suvir Singh
Chapter 16 - Ear and nasal injuries, Johannes Fagan
Chapter 17 - The injured eye, Colin Cook
Chapter 18 - Injury to the structures of the neck, Jenny Edge, Elmin Steyn
Chapter 19 - Cardiac injuries, Andrew Nicol
Chapter 20 - Blunt chest injuries, Douglas Bowley, Elias Degiannis, Martin Smith
Chapter 21 - Penetrating chest injuries, Douglas Bowley, Elias Degiannis, Martin Smith
Chapter 22 - Abdominal injuries, Jacques Goosen, Jeremy Loveland
Chapter 23 - Splenic injuries, Pradeep Navsaria
Chapter 24 - Liver trauma-Jake Krige
Chapter 25 - Pancreatic trauma, Jake Krige
Chapter 26 - Vascular trauma, Frank Plani
Chapter 27 - Urinary tract-Chris Heyns
Chapter 28 - Resuscitative management of pelvic fractures, Gordon Siboto, Sithombo Makumba
Chapter 29 - Crush injury and myoglobinaemia, Jan Pretorius
Chapter 30 - Hand injuries, Mike Solomons
Chapter 31 - Fractures and dislocations, Michael Held
Chapter 32 - Emergency care of survivors of sexual offences, Lorna J Martin, Marianne Tiemensma
Part 3 - High-risk patients
Chapter 33 - Trauma in the elderly, Basil Bonner
Chapter 34 - The injured child, Sebastian van As
Chapter 35 - Trauma in pregnancy, Sorin Edu and Leann Schoeman
Chapter 36 - HIV and trauma, Denis Allard, Graeme Meintjes
Part 4 - Specific mechanisms of injury and their management
Chapter 37 - Burns, Elbie van der Merwe, Roux Martinez
Chapter 38 - Barotrauma and decompression injury, Jonathan Rosental
Chapter 39 - Non-accidental trauma, Roux Martinez
Chapter 40 - Gunshot wounds and blast injuries, Herman du Plessis
Chapter 41 - Bites and toxic stings, Curt Minnie, Darryl Wood
Part 5 - Prevention and management of complications
Chapter 42 - Respiratory failure, Lance Michell
Chapter 43 - Accidental Hypothermia, Pradeep H Navsaria
Chapter 44 - Acute renal dysfunction, David JJ Muckart
Chapter 45 - Abdominal compartment syndrome, Philip Barker
Chapter 46 - Antibiotic use in trauma, Steve Oliver, Justyna Wojno
Chapter 47 - Nutritional support in trauma, Timothy Hardcastle
Chapter 48 - Psychological trauma, Gerrit van Wyk
Part 6 - Trauma-related issues
Chapter 49 - Scoring systems in trauma, David JJ Muckart
Chapter 50 - Medico legal aspects of trauma, Johan W van der Spuy
Chapter 51 - Brain death and organ donation, Alexia Michaelides