Introduction, Background, and Science -- The International Small Arms Situation: A Public Health Approach -- Guns and Bullets -- Bombs, Mines, Blast, Fragmentation, and Thermobaric Mechanisms of Injury -- Ballistic Protection -- Forensic Aspects of Ballistic Injury -- Ballistic Trauma, Armed Violence, and International Law -- Clinical Care -- Prehospital Care -- Resuscitation and Anesthesia for the Ballistic Casualty -- Clinical Ballistics: Surgical Management of Soft-Tissue Injuries—General Principles -- Damage Control -- Neck Injury -- Thoracic Injury -- Penetrating Genitourinary Trauma: Management by the Nonspecialist Surgeon -- Abdomen and Pelvis -- Management of Ballistic Trauma to the Head -- Spinal Injury -- Limb Injuries -- Vascular Injury -- Ballistic Trauma in Children -- Injuries in Pregnancy -- Burns -- Intensive Care of the Trauma Patient with Ballistic Injuries -- Imaging Triage for Ballistic Trauma -- Training to Manage Ballistic Trauma -- Resource Limited Situations -- Hospital and System Assessment -- Triage -- Managing Ballistic Injury in the Military Environment: The Concept of Forward Surgical Support -- Managing Ballistic Injury in the NGO Environment -- Expert Tutorials and Hard Lessons -- Ballistic Missile Injuries in the Siege of Sarajevo 1992–1995 -- Vascular Injuries in the Groin -- Conflict Surgery -- Surgery in the Camps -- Ballistics—Lessons Learned -- African Education -- The Role of Intensive Care in the Management of Ballistic Trauma in War -- Survivors and Shooters -- Rectal Examination Revisited -- And Finally -- Where a Trauma Surgeon Can Go Ballistic?.

Ballistic Trauma: A Practical Guide provides a concise guide to the clinical and operational issues surrounding the management of the ballistic casualty. The book crystallizes the knowledge and experience accrued by those dealing with ballistic trauma on a regular basis and extends this to those who have to manage these patients on an occasional basis only. This book is aimed at all medical and paramedical personnel involved in the care of patients with ballistic injury. It will be especially relevant for consultants and senior trainees in surgery, anesthesia and emergency medicine who are likely to be involved in the management of these unique injuries. It will be an essential reference for pre-hospital care providers and nurses working in the emergency room and intensive care. Military surgeons and medical and nursing staff on deployment in regions of conflict will find the book a valuable resource.