Trauma Rehabilitation

Written by a multidisciplinary team of experts from the University of Washington/Harborview Medical Center, this volume is the first comprehensive clinical reference on trauma rehabilitation. The book brings together, in one concise, cohesive source, all the essential practical information from physiatry, orthopaedics, neurosurgery, general surgery, emergency medicine, rehabilitation nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech pathology, and prosthetics/orthotics.

Chapters cover traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, multiple musculoskeletal trauma, traumatic amputations, peripheral nerve injuries, and burns. Particular attention is given to early rehabilitation interventions during the acute phase. A chapter on special considerations for pediatric patients is also included.


Table Of Contents

Trauma Rehabilitation: An Introduction 1
Lawrence R. Robinson


Epidemiology of Trauma-related Disability 11
Lawrence R. Robinson and Paula J. Micklesen


Trauma Care Systems in the United States 19
Gregory J. Jurkovich and Charles N. Mock


Early Rehabilitation Interventions 33
Joyce S. Hedges, Lynn K.N. Krog, Tiffany G. Megargee, Melissa Porras-Monroe, and Ellen Foisie Robinson


Multiple Musculoskeletal Trauma 79
David B. Weiss


Rehabilitation after Traumatic Brain Injury 91
Kathleen R. Bell, Mary Pepping, and Sureyya Dikmen


Spinal Cord Injury 115
Diana D. Cardenas, Jeanne M. Hoffman, and Pam L. Stockman


Rehabilitation after Traumatic Lower Extremity Amputation 143
Joseph M. Czerniecki


Diagnosis and Rehabilitation of Peripheral Nerve Injuries 159
Lawrence R. Robinson and Elizabeth L. Spencer Steffa


Burns 181
Peter C. Esselman, Dana Y. Nakamura, and David R. Patterson


Chronic Pain Management in Patients with a History of Trauma 205
James P. Robinson and Mark P. Jensen


Management of Substance Abuse after Trauma 225
Charles H. Bombardier


Adjustment to Trauma 245
Dawn M. Ehde and Rhonda M. Williams


Quality Care Indicators for Trauma Rehabilitation 273
Pamela A. Palmer Smith and Barbara Beach


Special Consideration for Pediatric Patients with Disability Due to Trauma 291
Terry Massagli and Joyce M. Engel


Prevention of Disability Secondary to Trauma 313
David C. Grossman

Index 323