Accidental Death and Disability

Committee on Trauma and Committee on Shock, Division of Medical Sciences, National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council

• 1 Front Matter; 2 Preface; 3 Contents; 4 Introduction; 5 The Magnitude of the Problem; 6 Accident Prevention; 7 Emergency First Aid and Medical Care; 8 The Development of Trauma Registries; 9 Hospital Trauma Committees; 10 Convalescence, Disability, and Rehabilitation; 11 Medicolegal Problems; 12 Autopsy of the Victim; 13 Care of Casualties Under Conditions of Natural Disaster; 14 Research in Trauma; 15 Specific Recommendations; 16 References