Medical Principles of Hemostasis: Just Give Me the Nuts and Bolts! -- Surgical Principles of Hemostasis: Ideas Worth Considering -- Endovascular Management of Hemorrhage: Playing Video Games -- Head and Neck Hemorrhage: What Do I Do Now? -- Major Pulmonary Hemorrhage: Breathing Underwater -- Cardiac Hemorrhage: Treatment of the Bleeding Heart -- Thoracic Vascular and Great Vessel Hemorrhage: Big Red and Big Blue -- Abdominal Vascular Hemorrhage: More than Just Clamp and Sew -- Liver Trauma Hemorrhage: The Bleeding Won’t Stop! -- Liver Resection Hemorrhage: Prevention is the Key! -- Liver Transplantation Hemorrhage: Taking Bleeding to Another Level -- Pancreas Resection and Pancreatitis Hemorrhage: Taking Years Off Your Life -- Pancreas Trauma Hemorrhage: So Much Trouble from this Small Organ -- Genitourinary and Splenic Hemorrhage: We’re Important Organs Too! -- Pelvic Trauma Hemorrhage: How Do We Stop Bleeding in that Space? -- Vascular Damage Control Techniques: What Do I Do When All Else Fails? -- Extremity Trauma Hemorrhage: More than Just a Tourniquet -- Endoscopic Hemorrhage: This is Even Harder than the Laparoscope! -- Laparoscopic Hemorrhage: Do We Have to Open? -- Hemorrhage in Prehospital and Extreme Environments: We Can’t Just  Go Home -- Hemorrhage in the Critical Care Environment: Do We Have to Go Back to the OR?

This volume provides a concise yet comprehensive review of techniques for stopping ongoing hemorrhage in all areas of the body. The text discusses open surgical techniques and minimally invasive (percutaneous, endoscopic, radiologic, laparoscopic) approaches, as well as techniques appropriate to pre-hospital settings, such as “on the scene”, ambulance, and the battlefield. The techniques and tips are delivered in a detailed, yet simple and straight-forward manner so that readers are more readily able to replicate these concepts in the face of ongoing, life-threatening hemorrhage. Written by experts in the field, Treatment of Ongoing Hemorrhage: A Practical Guide is a valuable resource for surgeons, trainees, and any physician who works within the emergency department or upon critically ill patients.