• ISBN13: 9780443250279
• Binding: Paperback
• Subject: N/A
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Publisher Imprint: Elsevier
• Publication Date: December 10, 2025
• Pages: 560
• Original Price: USD 76.99
• Language: English
• Edition: 4 ed
• Item Weight: 570 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): Surgery / General

An ideal resource for physicians, surgeons, residents, and medical students with trauma and critical-care responsibilities, The Parkland Trauma Handbook, Fourth Edition provides current guidance direct from those on the frontlines at Parkland Memorial Hospital. This portable handbook presents an evidence- and experience-based guide to the evaluation and initial management of the trauma patient, keeping you up to date with key topics and new approaches in this fast-changing field.

• Provides a comprehensive yet concise trauma reference you can carry in your pocket
• Highlights evidence-based guidelines, when available, to help you make rational decisions about the issues at hand
• Contains all-new chapters on Pre-hospital Triage, Emergency Procedures in Trauma Bay, Rib Fractures and Pain Management, Palliative and End-of-Life Care, Trauma-Informed Care, Special Considerations and Special Populations, ECMO in Trauma, and Vascular Trauma and Endovascular Approaches
• Presents current best practices on alternative airway management, ultrasound in the trauma setting, laparoscopic surgery in trauma, terrorism preparedness, damage control, the trauma systems quality improvement process, bedside procedures in the surgical intensive care unit, massive transfusion protocol, diagnosis of blunt cervical vascular injury, and much more
• An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text and figures, with the ability to search, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud

Dultz, Linda A.: - Linda A. Dultz is Assistant Professor of Surgery, Program Director, UT Southwestern Surgical Critical Care Fellowship, Medical Director, Parkland Hospital, Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Division of General and Acute Care Surgery, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.

Lunardi, Nicole: - Nicole Lunardi is a Surgical Resident at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.

Park, Caroline: - Caroline Park is Assistant Professor of Surgery, Associate Program Director of the Surgical Critical Care Fellowship program, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.