Combat Radiology provides unique insights into a military radiologist’s role in the modern battlefield environment. Drawing on his recent experiences in Iraq, Col. Les Folio, a retired air force radiologist and flight surgeon with over twenty years of service, presents a comprehensive introduction to diagnostic imaging technology for the deployed military physician. Topics in the book include descriptions of imaging capabilities of hospitals in deployed military bases in combat zones; practical imaging techniques and terminology associatedwith penetrating/perforating blast and ballistic injuries; recent medical advances on the battlefield; and the changing role of imaging modalities in combat situations. Additionally, specific anatomic and pathologic imaging cases from combat situations are presented, including traumatic brain injury, chest, abdomen/pelvis, and skeletal trauma. Combat Radiology will appeal not only to military radiologists and surgeons, but also to civilian emergency radiologists and trauma physicians who encounter patients with ballistic and blast injuriesresulting from armed conflict, terrorism, and disaster situations. New data. Cutting-edge research. Combat medicine. INDICE: Deployment Preparation and Battlefield Challenges for the Radiologist. Echelons of Care: Radiology Capabilities and Staffing at Various Locations. Significant Medical Advances on the Battlefield. Imaging Advances in Deployed Combat Hospitals. Overview and Unique Terms of Deployed Military Combat Hospitals. Damage Control Radiology. Imaging Procedures and Protocols. Wound Ballistics: New Role of Imaging. Blast Injuries. Specific anatomic. pathologic concepts and cases. Traumatic Brain Injury: Severity Spectrum. Ocular Injuries. Spine. Chest. Abdomen. Severe Extremity Trauma, Amputations and Salvageability:Radiologists Role. Military Acronym Soup.
- ISBN: 978-1-4419-5853-2
- Editorial: Springer New York
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 250
- Fecha Publicación: 07/08/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés