Resuscitation and Anesthesia for Wounded Men: The Management of Traumatic Shock

This small volume, with its excellent format, consists of a compilation of 10 published articles written by the author during his period as consultant in resuscitation and anesthesia in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations during the last World War. Emphasis is placed on the patient's care during the critical period between the time the enemy's missile strikes until the surgeon repairs the wound. Although the background of this book is wholly military, the fundamental principles involved are the same as those that apply to the care of traumatic injuries in civil practice. This book is divided into four sections which deal with the mental and physical state of wounded men; physiologic derangements in the wounded found on forward hospital admission; treatment of wounded men, and anesthesia for the wounded. A comprehensive index is included. Differences in the care of the wounded during World War I and World War II are