Preface

Rates of traumatic incidences have increased throughout the world. Economic burden and healthcare costs are also on the rise, with morbidity and mortality rates heightened unacceptably, especially in the developing countries. This trend can be easily attributed to a recent upsurge in terrorist assaults, warfare in general (including individual arming), disasters, and mass-transportation accidents. In response, healthcare personnel directly in charge of trauma management are pressurized to evaluate, diagnose, treat, and stabilize patients who have been exposed to some type of physical traumatic injury, as well as associated psychological and sociological suffering. Trauma resuscitation should comprise a collaboration of emergency medicine, surgical disciplines, intensive care medicine, and other ancillary services of the healthcare system. Trauma management is not confined to a "technical repair" of the injuries specific to body parts, but encompasses an integrative approach of resuscitation, restoration of the victim's homeostasis, and physiological and psychological support for the general welfare of both the individual and the community, which comprise the theme of this book. This book is intended to cover important aspects of trauma diagnosis and management of resultant injuries.

> **MD, FEMAT Ozgur Karcioglu** Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Health Sciences, Istanbul Education and Research Hospital, Fatih, Istanbul, Turkey

**MD, FEMAT Müge Günalp Eneyli** Ankara University School of Medicine, Turkey

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Section 1

Prehospital Management

of Trauma and Triage

## Section 1
