Emergency War Surgery

Provides specific guidelines & general principles governing the management of 100 randomly selected battle casualties. Covers 8 types of wounds or injuries: missile-caused wounds, burn injury, cold injury, blast injuries, chemical injury, mass casualties in a thermonuclear war, & multiple injuries.

Also: response of the body to wounding; general considerations of wound management; & regional wounds & injuries.

Glossary of drugs with national nomenclatures, & other useful tables.

Over 60 drawings & tables.

Comprehensive!