RT Book, Section A1 Wachsman, Ari M. A2 Go, Ronaldo C. SR Print(0) ID 1184389050 T1 Traumatic Brain Injury T2 Understanding Crisis in Critical Care YR 2022 FD 2022 PB McGraw Hill PP New York, NY SN 9781264258710 LK accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1184389050 RD 2024/03/28 AB Traumatic brain injury is a major public health problem both in the developed and developing world. Its effects can be measured both in its costs to society and its effects on individual survivors and their families. Sustained effort on the part of researchers as well as clinicians, and major technological advances over the last 5 decades have improved survival from major head trauma and allowed more patients to achieve meaningful neurologic recovery, primarily through improvements in recognition, medical imaging, post-trauma monitoring, and surgical therapeutics.1 Nevertheless, especially in the acute phase, the care of these patients is extremely resource intensive, highly complex, and is best served by a team of specialized clinicians in a dedicated neurocritical care unit. Management of traumatic brain injury (TBI) in a crisis situation—be it a mass casualty incident caused by a natural disaster, a terrorist attack, or any event which overwhelms a healthcare delivery system—adds an entirely different set of challenges to an already formidable problem.