TheManual of Trauma and Emergency Medicine is a new comprehensive and easy to use reference for the treatment, evaluation, and care of trauma and emergency patients. Going into greater detail than the Advanced Trauma Life Support guidelines, Manual of Trauma and Emergency Medicine moves decisively from initial presentation through the first 48 to 72 hours of emergency care. Vital information can be accessed promptly through quick reference treatment/diagnostic algorithms. Readers will find more in depth information including easy-to-read synopses of specific areas of penetrating and blunt traumas, as well as, commonly encountered surgical emergencies.