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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Duckworth, Melanie P
• Iezzi, Anthony
• O'Donohue, William T

Titel

Motor vehicle collisions : medical, psychosocial, and legal consequences [electronic resource]

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Description based upon print version of record.
• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• FRONT COVER; MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISIONS: MEDICAL, PSYCHOSOCIAL, AND LEGAL CONSEQUENCES; COPYRIGHT PAGE; CONTENTS; PREFACE; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; SECTION I: SCOPE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISIONS; CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 2 PREDICTORS OF MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISIONS; Complications in Evaluating Predictors of Motor Vehicle Collisions; Alcohol; Fatigue; Youth, Gender, and Inexperience; Personality; Old Age; Distraction; Conclusions; SECTION II: MANAGING THE IMMEDIATE AFTERMATH OF MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISIONS
• CHAPTER 3 ASSESSMENT OF PHYSICAL INJURY, ACUTE PAIN AND DISABILITY CONSEQUENT TO MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISIONSArrival in the Emergency Department; Assessment of MVC-Related Injuries; Primary Survey; Secondary Survey; Type of MVC; Frontal Impact; Lateral Impact; Rear Impact; Rotational and Rollover Impact; Initial Pain Evaluation; CHAPTER 4 TREATMENT OF PHYSICAL INJURY, ACUTE PAIN AND DISABILITY CONSEQUENT TO MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISIONS; Introduction; Etiology; Mechanism of Injury and Associated Injury Patterns; Assessment; History and Physical Examination; Laboratory and Radiographic Evaluation
• Injuries by Anatomic RegionHead Injury; Maxillofacial and Mandibular Injury; Thoracic Injury; Abdominal Injury; Pelvic Fracture; Musculoskeletal Injury; Spine and Spinal Cord Injury; Comorbid Conditions; Special Issues; CHAPTER 5 EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT TRAUMA: THE IMMEDIATE AFTERMATH OF MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISIONS; Clinical Description; Theoretical Models; From Health to Injury; From Injury to Impairment; From Impairment to Functional Limitations; Quality of Life; Assessment and Management; Resuscitation: Simultaneous Assessment and Management; History of the Injury Event; Primary Survey
• Secondary SurveyPsychological Assessment in the ED; Prognosis: Beyond the ED; Physical Outcomes: Injury Scoring Systems - Prediction of Survival; Psychological and Functional Outcomes; Discharge Disposition; Referral for Follow-up Care; Co-morbid Conditions; Underlying Physical Co-Morbidities; Previous Psychological Disorders and Underlying Psychological Co-Morbidities; Special Issues; Considerations across the Lifespan - Children; Considerations across the Lifespan - Older Adults; Considerations for the Adequate Management of Pain
• Considerations for Assessing Social and Cultural Status in an ED SettingConsiderations about Injured Patients with Substance Misuse; Considerations on Teamwork in ED Resuscitation; Summary; CHAPTER 6 ACUTE STRESS DISORDER CONSEQUENT TO MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISIONS; Clinical Description; Theoretical Basis of ASD; Incidence of ASD; Relationship between ASD and PTSD; Cognitive Factors in ASD; Biological Processes; Predictors of ASD; Assessment of ASD; Treatment of ASD; Structuring Therapy; Special populations; Mild Traumatic Brain Injury; Pain; The Future of ASD
• SECTION III: MANAGING THE CONSEQUENCES OF MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISIONS IN THE PRIMARY CARE SETTING
• This book is a comprehensive review of the motor vehicle collision (MVC) experience and includes chapters relevant to the assessment and treatment of multiple consequences of MVC involvement, including medical, psychosocial, and legal difficulties. The book is designed to be accessible to both clinicians and researchers interested in the study of MVCs and in the management of MVC-related problems. The aim of this book is to capture the MVC experience from a multidisciplinary perspective, This book will serve as a necessary reference for physicians, rehabilitation specialists, allied me
• English