Trauma Team Dynamics

This is the first book exploring the unique dynamics created by a multidisciplinary trauma team and how crisis management strategies can improve teamwork and communication and, potentially, improve patient resuscitation outcomes. 

Crisis resource management (CRM) is integral to the way that we manage ourselves, team members, and patients during emergency situations.  It is essentially the ability to translate knowledge of what needs to be done into effective actions during a crisis situation.  Building on the revolutionary American College of Surgeons Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS®) course, Trauma Team Dynamics illustrates the integration of the principles of CRM to team dynamics throughout the resuscitation -from the scene, through pre-hospital care and transport, to the trauma bay, and finally to definitive care and beyond.    

The editors and contributors are international experts in trauma, critical care, emergency medicine, nursing, respiratory therapy, and pre-hospital care and include NASA- and United States military-affiliated experts.  Trauma Team Dynamics is intended for use as both a day-to-day clinical resource and a reference text, and includes self-assessment questions as well as guidance on CRM curriculum design and implementation.

Lawrence M. Gillman, MD MMedEd FRCSC           

Department of Surgery

University of Manitoba

Winnipeg, Canada

Sandy Widder, MD FRCSC FACS MHA MSc QIPS

Department of Surgery

University of Alberta

Edmonton, Canada

Michael Blaivas, MD

Professor of Medicine

School of Medicine

University of South Carolina

Columbia, SC   USA

Department of Emergency Medicine 

St. Francis Hospital

Columbus, GA   USA

Dimitrios Karakitsos MD PhD DSc

Department of Internal Medicine

University of South Carolina, School of Medicine

Columbia, SC   USA

Division of Critical Care, Department of Anesthesiology

Keck School of Medicine

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, CA   USA