Management of Otolaryngic Trauma: Assessing Current Risks, Care Needs, and Evidence-Based Treatment

Management of trauma patients has always been an important part of the otolaryngologist ’s surgical and teaching mission. More recently, this mission has a significance that has grown. Past public health initiatives, including seat belt laws, automobiles equipped with airbags, and greater helmet use by bicyclists, have successfully decreased the rates and severity of many types of he ad and neck trauma. Current day risks now expose the public to trauma that should drive public health responses similar to those implemented decades ago that successfully addressed motor vehicle and transportation injuries.
Source: Otolaryngologic clinics of North America - Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Tags: Preface Source Type: research