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Editors: Kristi L. Koenig, MD; and Carl H. Schultz, MD Publisher: Cambridge University Press – 764 pages Book Review by: Nano Khilnani The importance of this book cannot be overemphasized. While the focus of this book is on how to save lives from natural disasters, the world has recently witnessed numerous manmade intentional disasters in the form of terrorist attacks in which thousands of people have been killed. The knowledge we have gained on how to save the lives of victims of natural disasters is also applicable to saving lives after accidents and terrorist attacks. This does not mean...

Editors: Christi L. Koenig, MD; and Carl H. Schultz, MD Publisher: Cambridge University Press – 667 pages Book Review by: Nano Khilnani Disaster medicine has evolved over the decades. Although not offered in medical schools as a specialty, it requires the close, coordinated efforts of specialists from disparate and often unrelated fields to effectively handle a mass disaster or emergency to save the lives of as many people as possible. “Today, we know these diverse disciplines must work seamlessly together and are essential for disaster preparedness, response, mitigation and recovery,” writes Dr. Richard Carmona, a trauma surgeon and the...

Editors: Eric Legome, MD and Lee W. Schockley, MD Publisher:  Cambridge University Press – 720 pages Book Review by: Nano Khilnani Most books on trauma are written from a surgical perspective, the editors – Dr. Eric Legome and Dr. Lee W. Shockley – point out in the Preface to this book. But many trauma patients are first treated by doctors trained in trauma care and management in emergency departments of hospitals, where urgent attention to, and quick and correct treatment of, their specific injury and condition is critical in saving their lives. This book presents the many anatomic locations...

Editor: Paul S. Auerbach, MD, MS, FACEP, FAWM Publisher: Elsevier Mosby – 2,277 pages Book Review by: Nano Khilnani Wilderness Medicine is a relatively new field with probably not many practitioners. Many medical specialists in other fields handle emergencies and non-emergency situations that occur in various wilderness or outdoor settings on land, air, and sea.  Some of these specialties are: cardiovascular medicine, dermatology, emergency and trauma medicine, environmental medicine, infectious disease medicine, mountain medicine, orthopedics, pulmonary medicine, and tropical medicine. Dr. David R. Shlim, a practitioner in wilderness medicine, who wrote the Foreword to this book and is author...

Editors: Alan David Kaye, MD; Richard D. Urman, MD; and Charles J. Fox III, MD Managing Editor: Elyse M. Cornett, PhD Publisher:  Cambridge University Press – 376 pages Book Review by: Nano Khilnani This very wide-ranging book provides an extensive survey of all the matters and issues that need to be addressed and implemented when setting up a new operating room or enhancing an existing one, including providing a strategy of leadership for this facility, ensuing that it operates with economic viability, adequately managing it for optimum anesthesia service for surgeries, compassionate, professional, and highly-skilled nursing care, and very...