The Set-Back Dermal Suture
Synonym Print Section Listen Kantor suture, set-back suture Application Print Section Listen This technique is best used in areas under significant tension. The back, shoulders, and thighs are particularly amenable…
The Simple Buried Dermal Suture
Synonyms Print Section Listen Buried suture, subcuticular suture Application Print Section Listen This technique is best used in areas under moderate tension, and it remains the standard technique discussed in…
The Surgical Tray
Introduction Print Section Listen Before approaching a surgical repair, it is very helpful to have a working knowledge and appreciation of the appropriate surgical instruments and options for suture material…
Introduction
Introduction Print Section Listen For millennia, surgical and traumatic wounds have been closed with sutures and similar materials, yet it was only with the introduction of local anesthesia 130 years…
Critical Care Ultrasound
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Critical care ultrasound (CCUS) is an extension of the physical examination. The front-line clinician performs, interprets, and applies goal-directed examinations to rapidly diagnose and manage life-threatening…
Extracorporeal Life Support
DEFINITION OF EXTRACORPOREAL LIFE SUPPORT Print Section Listen Extracorporeal life support (ECLS), also known as extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), is an artificial form of cardiopulmonary support that allows the heart,…
Trauma and Warfare
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen This chapter discusses trauma resuscitation, burns, organ-specific trauma, chemical warfare, and biological warfare. RESUSCITATION Print Section Listen Trauma is the leading cause of death for those…
Toxicology
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Toxicology represent a clinical dilemma for clinicians worldwide and impart a diagnostic challenge, particularly in the intensive care unit (ICU) setting. A poisoned patient typically cannot…
Ethics, Death, and Organ Donation
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Ethics is a moral code of what we believe to be universally accepted principles of rightness and wrongness that influences our medical decisions. Ever-advancing technology and…
Hypothermia and Hyperthermia
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Normal body temperature changes during the course of the day and is regulated by the thermoregulatory center in the anterior hypothalamus. The normal temperature at 6…
