- This thoroughly updated edition provides practical, reliable and easily understandable information for diagnosis and proper management of common surgical emergencies - A pocket reference book to guide the surgeons through every aspect of patient care who is brought in the emergency after injury for treatment of specific organs in intensive care and management of special situations - This portable quick-reference handbook gives practitioners a bedside refresher on every conceivable situation in the emergency surgery - The contributors present guidelines for assessing the injured and what care the injured person needs, helps in establishing priorities, allocating resources, and treatment without loss of vital time.show more