Orthopedics in Disasters: Orthopedic Injuries in Natural Disasters and Mass Casualty Events

589 Pages·2016·32.51 MB·English

by  Nikolaj Wolfson

Nikolaj Wolfson Editor
Alexander Lerner · Leonid Roshal Co-Editors
Orthopedics
in Disasters
Orthopedic Injuries in
Natural Disasters and
Mass Casualty Events
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Orthopedics in Disasters

Nikolaj Wolfson
Editor
Alexander Lerner (cid:129) Leonid Roshal
Co-Editors
Orthopedics in Disasters
Orthopedic Injuries in Natural

Disasters and Mass Casualty Events
Editor Co-Editors
Nikolaj Wolfson Alexander Lerner
Department of Orthopedics Department of Orthopedic Surgery
California Pacifi c Medical Center Bar Ilan Univ, Ziv Medical Ctr
San Francisco , CA Zefat
USA Israel
Leonid Roshal
Urgent Pediatric Surgery and Trauma
Clinical and Research Institute
Moscow
Russia
ISBN 978-3-662-48948-2 ISBN 978-3-662-48950-5 (eBook)
DOI 10.1007/978-3-662-48950-5
Library of Congress Control Number: 2016934601
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Foreword
T he reader of this treatise has the privilege of reviewing the most defi nitive
and complete analysis of trauma treatment extant. The particular discussion
of mass trauma and crisis management is special, all-inclusive, and current.
T his reference book will be a “must have selection” for all medical cen-
ters, trauma surgeons, and even general orthopedists around the world. The
editor-in-chief, Nikolaj Wolfson M.D., conceived, planned, and organized
this book, with input from his associate editors, Alex Lerner, M.D., and
Leonid Roshal, M.D. This compilation is a necessary addition to all previous
trauma studies. I know of no other trauma book that combines these particu-
lar qualities that can serve as a current review, handbook, resource book, as
well as a teaching tool.
Enjoy your discoveries, as you make a “trip” through this trauma and
large-scale crisis management guide, as I have. Also, make sure your area
trauma centers have a copy for their rapid reference source for this much
needed information.
Los Angeles , USA Chadwick F. Smith
January 5, 2016
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Chief Editor and Author
Nikolaj Wolfson MD, FRCSC, FACS, is an orthopaedic surgeon from San
Francisco, California.
His medical career started as a young military surgeon and from the battle-
fi eld it evolved into the fi eld of orthopaedic surgery.
After receiving MD from Sackler School of Medicine at Tel Aviv
University, he completed training in orthopaedic surgery at the University of
Western Ontario in London, Ontario, and a fellowship at the University of
Toronto in Canada. Following his academic practice in Canada and the USA,
in addition to a Chairmanship position at the Regional Trauma Center in
California, he is now in private practice at the California Pacifi c Medical
Center in San Francisco specializing in orthopaedic reconstruction, trauma,
and limb salvage surgery.
Dr. Wolfson’s involvement with disaster medicine started in 2010 when he
participated in disaster relief following the earthquake in Haiti. Working on
the ground as part of the University of Miami team and US Navy was a turn-
ing point in his professional views and commitments.
Shortly after the devastating tragedy in Haiti, he initiated and founded the
“Orthopaedics in Disasters” program at SICOT, the oldest international
orthopaedic organization, where he is on the Trauma Committee and is a
member of the Foundation Board. He has organized numerous national and
international courses on the subject of Orthopaedics in Disasters. Dr. Wolfson
is on the editorial board of a number of medical journals and NGOs.
“ I was fortunate to learn from the best, and am proud to be life-time stu-
dent of medicine.”
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