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A surgeon, Freeark studied what helped seriously injured people survive. What he found was contrary to medical care at the time: severely injured patients needed to be taken not to the closest hospital, but rather "it had to be the right hospital for their care," says Dr. Anthony Barbato, president and CEO of Loyola University Health System. Freeark created the first trauma center, at Chicago's Cook County Hospital, in 1965. It set the model for trauma centers, which spread across the nation to save thousands of lives. In 1970 Freeark moved to Loyola, where he adapted helicopter rescue techniques from the Vietnam war for civilian use. "Giving helicopters emergency equipment and making them large enough to accommodate physicians and nurses made it possible to have treatment begin in the field," Barbato said. "He was one of the giants of American medicine." Dr. Freeark died December 12 from liver problems. He was 79. From This is True for 17 December 2006 Suggestions for further reading:
 By: Hirshberg Asher List Price: $45.00 Amazon Price: $40.50 Editorial Review: This book will help you take a badly wounded patient to the operating room, organize yourself and your team, do battle with some vicious injuries, and come out with the best possible result. It is a practical guide to operative trauma surgery for residents and registrars, for general surgeons with an interest in trauma, and for isolated surgeons operating on wounded patients in military, rural, or humanitarian settings. A surgical atlas may show you what to do with your hands - but not how to think, plan, and improvise. Here you will find practical advice on how to use your head as well as your hands when operating on a massively bleeding trauma patient.  List Price: $54.95 Amazon Price: $54.95 Editorial Review: The thoroughly updated Third Edition of this popular and widely used pocket reference guides the trauma team through every aspect of patient care after injury and before, during, and after acute care surgery--from prehospital care, to resuscitation, treatment of specific organ injuries, priorities in intensive care, and management of special situations. Designed for rapid, on-the-spot information retrieval, this manual will be a staple reference in emergency departments and trauma centers. Flow charts, algorithms, sequential lists, and tables throughout facilitate quick clinical decision-making. More than 200 illustrations demonstrate specific injuries and procedures. Appendices include organ injury scales, tetanus prophylaxis recommendations, and frequently used forms.  By: Juan A. AsensioDonald D. Trunkey List Price: $139.00 Amazon Price: $120.77 Editorial Review: Heres a unified evidence-based approach to problems encountered in trauma and critical care surgical situations. Comprehensive and concise, it is ideal for a quick overview before entering the operating room or ICU, or as a review for board certification or recertification. Be prepared for the unexpected with practical, concise coverage of major surgical problems in trauma and critical care. Get expert practical and up-to-date guidance on ventilator management, damage control, noninvasive techniques, imaging, infection control, dealing with mass casualties, treating injuries induced by chemical and biological agents, and much more. Find the information you need quickly and easily through numerous illustrations, key points boxes, algorithms, and tables.  By: Regina Sara Ryan List Price: $14.95 Amazon Price: $14.95 Editorial Review: Once surgery is done, healing begins. After Surgery: Wellness in Recuperation helps readers survive, even thrive, during the necessary "downtime" in recuperating from surgery, trauma or illness. Filled with down-to-earth advice and wisdom, this book empowers readers to take an active role in their own recuperation, proving that they hold the key to how well and how quickly their healing is done. Whether readers are bedridden at home or in the hospital, for a few days, weeks or even months, this is the one guide they need to create a more balanced and productive recovery. A lifesaver for anyone recuperating from surgery, it follows a clear, reader-friendly wellness approach in addressing the following: * Managing and reducing pain Coping with fear, anger, frustration and other unexpected emotions Inspiration for renewed life during and after recovery Becoming an active participant in your own healing Dealing with well-meaning visitors, and caregivers and more.  By: Ernest E. MooreKenneth L. MattoxDavid V. Feliciano List Price: $49.95 Amazon Price: $42.46 Editorial Review: An ideal companion from the authors' of Trauma, 4/e, this concise pocket manual is a quick reference to the most common diseases and disorders encountered by the trauma surgeon. Through the use of diagnostic and treatment algorithms, the companion gives the surgeon fast access to the appropriate surgical procedure. |
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