Trauma: Code Red - Companion to the RCSEng Definitive Surgical Trauma Skills Course

The Royal College of Surgeons- of England two-day -definitive surgical trauma skills course- is run by the authors. The course began in 1997 but a new syllabus has recently been put in place.The focus is on thoracic ,abdominal and vascular injuries, caused by both penetrating trauma, such as a knife, and ballistic trauma caused by guns.This Manual accompanies the course and it''s aim is to -demystify the body- and show how to control massive blood loss. Interventions, whether they be military or civilian, are descrbed in full, and techniques derived from the battlefield and world-wide hotspots in trauma -are exemplified within this book.