Jan19
Posted by Dr. Ashwini Gaurav on Thursday, 19th January 2023
What is Trauma?Trauma is that the injuries suffered when an individual experiences a blunt force or a penetrating injury. You will also hear trauma named as “major trauma.” Many trauma patients are the victims of car crashes, stabbings, and gunshot wounds. Trauma may also be caused by falls, crush type injuries, and pedestrians being struck by a car.
Traumatic injuries can affect internal organs, bones, the brain, and therefore the other soft tissues of the body. No area of the body is resistant to trauma, but trauma can range from minor (hitting your finger with a hammer) to major (being hit by a car traveling at a high rate of speed or fall off of a building).
What do we do in Trauma Surgery?
In the case of severe trauma like a car crash and fall off from a building the surgery team not only includes trauma surgeons but also general surgeons, orthopedic surgeons, vascular surgeons, and other surgeons as needed. The trauma includes not only surgeons but also paramedics, nurses, anesthetists, respiratory therapists, radiographers.
Trauma physicians are highly trained to diagnose and stabilize patients who are having traumatic injuries. They have to address things in a particular order. We have to fix which of the patient’s injuries need treatment first.
Usually, the first stop the bleeding.
Then, they eliminate any contamination threat to the wounds.
Next, whether the patient is stable enough for immediate surgery or if the patient should be sent to the intensive care unit (ICU).
Traumatic injuries often include the following:
Spine fractures and spinal cord injury
Sudden amputation
Traumatic brain injury (TBI)
Crush injury
Acoustic trauma
Broken or dislocated jaw
Concussion
Skull fracture
Severe cuts and puncture wounds
Cost of Trauma Surgery
Dr. Ashwini Gaurav is a well-known orthopedic doctor and trauma surgeon in Patna. We, not only understand the complexity of major trauma but also treat them with an advanced treatment approach.
The cost of trauma surgery depends upon the patient’s medical condition. We provide the Best and Affordable Trauma / Fracture Surgery services in Patna. Feel free to contact us, we are always there to serve you.