Includes bibliographical references and index.

History of trauma care -- Epidemiology -- Injury prevention -- Trauma systems, triage and transport -- Injury severity scoring and outcomes research -- Trauma outcomes -- Kinematics of trauma -- Prehospital care -- Trauma care in mass casualty incidents -- Rural trauma -- Initial assessment and management -- Airway control -- Management of shock -- Transfusion, autotransfusion, and blood substitutes -- Emergency department thoracotomy -- Diagnostic and interventional radiology -- Surgeon-performed ultrasound in trauma and surgical critical care -- Anesthesia -- Infection -- The brain -- Injury to the eye -- Face -- Management of acute neck injuries -- Injury to the vertebrae and spinal cord -- Indications for and techniques of thoracotomy -- Chest wall and lung -- Esophagus, trachea, and bronchus -- Trauma to the heart -- Thoracic great vessel injury -- Indications for and techniques of laparotomy -- Injury to the diaphragm -- Liver and biliary tract -- Injury to the spleen -- Stomach and small bowel -- Duodenum and pancreas -- Colon and rectum -- Abdominal vascular injury -- Pelvic fractures -- Genitourinary trauma -- Reproductive system trauma -- Trauma damage control -- Upper extremity injury -- Lower extremity -- Peripheral vascular injury -- Alcohol and drugs -- Pediatric trauma -- Geriatric trauma -- Family and youth violence -- Wounds, bites, and stings -- Burns and radiation injuries -- Temperature-associated injuries and syndromes -- Organ procurement for transplantation -- Reconstructive surgery after trauma -- Rehabilitation -- Modern combat casualty care -- Weapons of mass destruction -- Genetic influence on response and outcome -- The convergence of trauma, medicine, and the law -- Acute care surgery -- Principles of critical care -- Bleeding and coagulation complications -- Cardiovascular failure -- Respiratory insufficiency -- Gastrointestinal failure -- Acute renal failure -- Nutritional support and electrolyte management -- The immune response -- Multiple organ failure.