TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Acute Care Surgery A1 - Griepentrog, John E. A1 - Lewis, Anthony J. A1 - Rosengart, Matthew R. A1 - Peitzman, Andrew B. A2 - Feliciano, David V. A2 - Mattox, Kenneth L. A2 - Moore, Ernest E. Y1 - 2020 N1 - T2 - Trauma, 9e AB - KEY POINTSAcute care surgery includes trauma, emergency general surgery, surgical critical care, elective general surgery, and surgical rescue.The need for expeditious source control is imperative whether we are dealing with a trauma patient with a ruptured spleen or the emergency general surgery patient with a perforated viscus.Treat the patient empirically. Determining a specific diagnosis or injury is not the immediate goal.Secure the airway, initiate fluid/blood resuscitation, and administer early broad-spectrum antibiotics if sepsis is in the clinical picture.In any critically ill patient, resuscitate the patient according to Advanced Trauma Life Support guidelines. SN - PB - McGraw Hill CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1175130688 ER -