**Preface XI**


Chapter 7 **Geriatric Trauma 115** Banu Arslan

Preface

The twenty-first century is witnessing a growing threat to human beings imposed by many sources, namely natural disasters, terrorism and other conflicts, warfare, and transportation accidents; all of which ignite the rise of major trauma incidents worldwide. This phenomen‐ on mandates physicians involved in trauma management to be prepared to evaluate, diag‐ nose, treat, and stabilize patients who have been exposed to some type of traumatic injuries. These injuries comprise a wide array of patients, from those ready to be discharged after a brief evaluation to those hardly viable after resuscitative attempts and life-saving opera‐ tions. The successful management of trauma depends on a working collaboration of emer‐ gency medicine, surgical disciplines, intensive care medicine, and virtually all ancillary services of a hospital to achieve and maintain homeostasis. Although technological advan‐ ces render many resuscitative techniques more easily available in most parts of the world, there is still space to improve trauma care, especially in exsanguination, hemorrhagic shock, heart and major vessel injuries, pelvic and long bone fractures, ultrasound use, blood prod‐

ucts transfusion, and resuscitation in general, which comprise the theme of the book.

This book is intended to increase awareness of the increased toll of major and multiple trau‐ mas and to help individual physicians be prepared for every situation in this context.

> **Ozgur Karcıoglu, M.D., Prof., FEMAT** Department of Emergency Medicine University of Health Sciences

Istanbul Education and Research Hospital

Department of Emergency Medicine

Fatih, Istanbul, Turkey **Prof. Hakan Topacoglu** Duzce University

Konuralp, Duzce, Turkey
