Pediatric Trauma

David Wesson, MD, FACS, is Trauma Medical Director and Associate Surgeon-in-Chief, Texas Children’s Hospital, Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.Bindi Naik-Mathuria, MD, is Associate Trauma Medical Director, Texas Children’s Hospital, Assistant Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.Howard Irwin Pryor II, MD, FACS, is Trauma System Medical Director, Texas Children's Hospital, Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.

• Preface. Contributors. PART 1 TRAUMA SYSTEMS FOR CHILDREN. 1 Epidemiology of pediatric trauma. 2 Organizing the community for pediatric trauma. 3 Pediatric emergency preparedness. 4 Organizing the hospital for pediatric trauma care. PART II PRINCIPLES OF RESUSCITATION AND SUPPORTIVE CARE. 5 The ABCs of pediatric trauma. 6 Clearance of the cervical spine in children. 7 Imaging the injured child. 8 Point of care ultrasound in pediatric trauma. 9 Transfusion therapy. 10 Endovascular hemorrhage control. 11 Pediatric ICU management. 12 Nutritional support for the pediatric trauma patient. 13 Anesthesia for pediatric trauma. PART III SPECIFIC INJURIES. 14 Treatment of severe traumatic brain injury in pediatric patients: Evidence-based practice. 15 Pediatric facial trauma. 16 Burns. 17 Trauma from child abuse. 18 Pediatric Bites and Stings. 19 Vascular trauma. 20 Pediatric thoracic trauma. 21 Pediatric abdominal trauma. 22 Pediatric genitourinary trauma. 23.1 Pediatric orthopedic trauma: An overview of pediatric musculoskeletal trauma. 23.2 Pediatric orthopedic trauma: Spine and pelvis trauma. 23.3 Pediatric orthopedic trauma: Upper extremity fractures and dislocations. 23.4 Pediatric orthopedic trauma: Lower extremity fractures. 24 Pediatric hand trauma. 25 Overview on penetrating pediatric trauma. PART IV ADDITIONAL RESOURCES. 26 Rehabilitation of the child with injuries. 27 Communication with families. 28 Long-term outcomes in injured children. 29 Firearm injury and violence prevention opportunities at trauma centers. Index.