Injuries Books

This is an excellent resource for any Accident Investigator. There is alot of useful information pertaining to human behavior before, during, and after an accident

This is an awesome, expansive discussion specifically on the subject of tendons. In fact, it is the only book specifically on tendon that i have been able to find. Trying to locate specifics on tendon anatomy, physiology, pathology, and histology is very frustrating but this book collects it all into one place with excellent discussion, photos, and drawings. This is the kind of subject-specific anatomy and physiology book i think we need more of.

Human Walking is not a book intended to fuel architects' imaginations, but all the kinds of designers will profit with the clear, enlightening explanation given by those excellent authors, about that extraordinaire natural - and civilized, as it is explained - feat. When an architect designs a sidewalk (and you will be surprised by the inadequacy of the most common or official standards of that conspicuous class of objects), she / he does not have a hint about that dynamic phenomena named "human walking". We architects really use a static model of sidewalk use and experience - and people's needs -, and do not consider the huge variety of gaits, paces, strides, treads (the English language has dozens of denominations for this varied action) that people do perform graciously (awkwardly, lively, peacefully) as the most human of the humane movements. We walk all our lives long, walking is the destiny of human beings, as I have delightfully learned. I commend that book to designers, in order to know more deeply and soundly about a very important feature of urban life and form.

Dr. Richard Neubauer has created a must-read for all parents, family members and other caregivers of children with cerebral palsy or other brain injury. He has taken a complex medical subject and explained it such that people without specific medical training can understand. This book is equally suited to readers interested in learning more about either cerebral palsy or traumatic brain injury, with both topics handled well and without confusion. Cerebral palsy is a multi-factorial term for hypoxic brain injury in the peri-birth time period. i.e. in-utero or during the birth process, something causes the interruption of the normal blood supply and oxygen to the brain of the baby. The other type of brain injury in the young child is traumatic - e.g. near drowning, suffocation or motor vehicle/bicycle accident.

"Hyperbaric Oxygenation for Cerebral Palsy and the Brain-Injured Child" excels in meeting one of the most urgent needs of a parent with a recently injured child - the need for factual credible medical information. Dr. Neubauer includes a clear discussion of the underlying physiology of the brain and how it works, followed by the mechanics of cerebral plasy and brain injury that provides a solid foundation for later discussions related to treatment. He then introduces a new and sophisticated diagnostic technique called Single Photon Emission Computer Tomography (SPECT). SPECT scanning is of particular interest with regard to brain-injured children because it represents an opportunity to objectively access brain function in patients with cerebral palsy or brain injury - a capability that adds significant science to what might otherwise be simply anecdotal observations of patient improvement.

It is with this background that Dr. Neubauer provides readers with the foundation to understand the principle thesis of his book - that intermittent, high-dose oxygen administered as a drug directly addresses the pathophysiology of brain injury, leading to sometimes rearkable improvements in brain function and quality of life. He explains the medical basis for Hyperbaric Oxygenation Therapy (HBOT), along with a thorough discussion of why HBO can, and does in his opinion, fundamentally improve brain function in children with cerebral palsy or traumatic brain injury. Dr. Neubauer concludes with a pragmatic discussion of costs, insurance, acceptance by the medical community at large, and how to find a HBOT center that is skilled in the treatment of children with cerebral palsy or brain injury.

While this book is not intended as an academic discourse on the subject of cerebral palsy and traumatic brain injury, Dr Neubauer provides a realistic perspective that not every patient will respond to HBOT. He notes that each child is different and only 70-80% can be expected to respond favorably. This is why SPECT scan is stressed as an objective technique for the parents to realize whether there is any hope for their child. For example, if the SPECT scan does not improve after six months of treatment, the child is not likely to respond.

Lastly, the book also includes several examples of clinical success with various children, with perhaps the most compelling being Rebecca Nemeth written by her father. Mr. Nemeth shares his experience of fear and frustration, along with the hope and joy realized through the improved quality of life his daughter has experienced following HBOT.

"Hyperbaric Oxygenation for Cerebral Palsy and the Brain-Injured Child" promises to remain the defining book for parents for many years to come.

This review was written by Frederick S. Cramer, M.D.,President, XIV International Congress on Hyperbaric Medicine.

After reading this book, I found immediate encouragement from reading it, this book is a true inspiration to all those who are down with some disabilty, the author lifts your spirits and gets you motivated to reach out and try new ideas to achieve every day goals, but with new ideas for effort, and some humerous one also.

I think this book is certainly a must read for anoyone who suffers from a dibilitating illness, accident or for any friend of someone who also suffers from a illness.

This is a good overall guide for taking care of an opossum. I purchased this book/guide for my uncle who found an "abandoned" opossum at his back door. For its size, the book is extremely thorough in explaining: where do opossums come from (why are there so many "abandoned" opossums around), how to care for an opossum (health signs to watch out for), how to feed, how to set up a proper environment, etc.

This one has aged really well. Since tehre are very few well organized textbooks on imaging of neurotrauma on the market, it is indispensable to get this one. The text is excellent, plus you have lots of good images, even of conventional radiology cases. Nowadays there would be some more emphasis on MRTI but what you need is the organization of the text.

Janet Rife eloquently conveys her and her family's experiences in working to help her son Brian to recover from devastating traumatic brain injury. Girded by faith, Ms. Rife lays out the details of Brian's injury, his several close calls, and her and her son's persistent effort to regain the shattered dreams of a vivid teenager, beset by a severe and long term injury.

The only set of evidence-based recommendations by the CDC to justify bike helmet use for children and adults. Effective as a means to promote bike helmet laws

In this collection of 16 short stories, 3 feature Henry Tyler of the Foreign Office, 2 don't feature series characters, and the rest feature Inspector C.D. Sloan. His colleague, Inspector Harpe ('Happy' Harry, who's never seen anything to smile about in Traffic Division) gets his fair share of the stage.

"Blue Upright", "Cause and Effects", "Slight of Hand" - These 3 Henry Tyler mysteries can be found on the unabridged audio _Cause and Effects_, read by Edward Raleigh (see my review for details).

"Bare Essentials" - See my review of the audio collection of the same name.

"Devilled Dip" - Anthony (known as 'Ant'), as a professional pickpocket, doesn't take much stock in his wife's announcement that his horoscope says he'll be the life and soul of the day's events.

"Double Jeopardy" - While Sloan and Crosby are waiting for a report in the mortuary, Dr. Dabbe the pathologist tells one of his doctor father's stories, about an experimental high-fever treatment for VD (infecting the subject with malaria to sort of cancel things out) that very nearly went into the doctor instead of the patient...

"A Fair Cop" - This is really Happy Harry's case rather than Sloan's. A young nurse, coming off duty late one night, found herself being pursued by another driver for miles. (That story doesn't turn out quite the way you'll expect; very clever.) Now Harpe has 'chummie' locked inside a car, and wants Sloan (as CID) to tell him what the creep can be charged with, since the girl mercifully hasn't been hurt.

"The Hard Sell" - Harpe, meeting Sloan over tea and sandwiches in the police canteen, had to deal with a death by motorcar at the Calleshire Classic Car Club. A Jaguar being put through an engine test for a prospective buyer, with no one at the wheel, managed to kill a man. Sloan has to cross-examine Harry to get all the details.

"Her Indoors" - Leeyes is relaying a request to Sloan from the Assistant Chief Constable: he'd like Sloan's opinion, as a working detective, on an unnamed woman whose husband was murdered by her daughter's boyfriend. See if you can work out exactly who the ACC is asking about before Leeyes spells it out.

"Home is the Hunter" - Sloan and Crosby are sent to carry out an extradition order on Laura Vercollas, whose much older husband died in suspicious circumstances in a small-town hotel in France. If she didn't kill him, what happened?

"Lord Peter's Touch" - This was originally written for a book dedicated to *the* Lord Peter. As it happens, the 8 ringers at Almstone church in Calleshire are always called after the ringers in Sayers' _The Nine Tailors_, and one of the ringers was killed when his bell's stay broke, toppling the bell over its balance point and slamming the ringer on the other end of the rope into the ceiling. This story consists of Sloan's final report to Superintendent Leeyes; a friend of the Almstone rector's, substituting for (who else?) the ringer called William Thoday, seems to have worked out most of the case before Sloan even arrived.

"The Man Who Rowed for the Shore" - In an unusual twist, the viewpoint character is Norman Pace, who has just cleverly arranged the murder of his wife. He seems to have thought of everything, even timing matters so that her death and funeral arrangements happened while he was out of the country. The question is how Sloan will ever find out about it, let alone be able to prosecute, as Pace had his wife cremated and is about to scatter the ashes at sea.

"Memory Corner" - Crosby has just taken a call from Almstone University, asking the CID to please come around, because the caller just killed a man. (Sloan's first reaction is to call people in white coats instead). We're treated to the weirdest confession of a supposed murderer I've seen in a long time - is the guy crazy, or crazy like a fox?

"The Misjudgement of Paris" - Henry Molland has the most experience in among the candidates, but isn't likely to win in the final interviews for general manager (UK), being held in Paris to see how the candidates get along without support staff - the higher-ups think he's too old. Instead of having a stag night with the other candidates, he opts for breakfast with his daughter in the hotel on the morning of the final interview, which has unexpected consequences. Not a mystery, but entertaining.

"One Under the Eight" - Sir Paul Markham of Almstone is a distinguished scientist, working for a clandestine agency. (Sloan has some private, uncomplimentary comparisons with a nutter under the railway arches who also has problems with unnamed outside agencies.) Sir Paul's research was stolen the night before, and now the chief constable has been called in to help contain the problem - because only 3 members of the security agency could have tipped off whoever bypassed Sir Paul's security system. The question is, when did any of them have a chance to pass on the information, and how did they do it? They were at a wine-tasting exhibition all evening...

"Steady as She Goes" - After the sudden death of Anna Macmillan, Dr. Dabbe found she died of antimony poisoning. Her sister says the husband did it - but he shared the cocktails that were the last thing his wife had to drink, and both the husband and the sister have financial motives. How did the poison get into the victim, and when?