TRAUMA SYSTEMS. Development of Trauma Systems. Trauma Center Organization and Verification (chapter online at www.ExpertConsult.Inkling.com). Injury Severity Scoring: Its Definition and Practical Application (chapter online at www.ExpertConsult.Inkling.com). Role of Alcohol and Other Drugs in Trauma (chapter online at www.ExpertConsult.Inkling.com). Role ofTrauma Prevention in Reducing Interpersonal Violence (chapter online at www.ExpertConsult.Inkling.com). Trauma Scoring (chapter online at www.ExpertConsult. Inkling.com). Results of the Medical Strategy for Military Trauma in Colombia. PREHOSPITAL TRAUMA CARE. Influence of Emergency Medical Services on Outcome at Trauma Center. Field Triage in the Military Arena (chapter online at www. ExpertConsult.Inkling.com). Field Triage in the Civilian Arena (chapter online at www. ExpertConsult.Inkling.com). Prehospital Airway Management: Intubation, Devices, and Controversies. Prehospital Fluid Resuscitation: What Type, How Much, and Controversies. Civilian Hospital Response to Mass Casualty Events. INITIAL ASSESSMENT AND RESUSCITATION. Airway Management: What Every Trauma Surgeon Should Know, Fram Intubation to Cricothyroidotomy. Resuscitation Fluids. Resuscitative Thoracotomy.Focused Assessment with Sonography for the Trauma Patient. Andrés M. Rubiano, Glyn Estebanez, and Aurelio Rodríguez. Role of Radiology in Initial Trauma Evaluation. Interventional Radiology: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Roles. Endpoints of Resuscitation. HEAD AND CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURIES. Traumatic Brain Injury: Pathophysiology, Clinical Diagnosis, and Prehospital and Emergency Center Care Traumatic Brain Injury: Imaging, Operative and Nonoperative Care, and Complications. Spine: Spinal Cord Injury, Blunt and Penetrating, Neurogenic and Spinal Shock. MAXILLOFACIAL AND OCULAR INJURIES. Maxillofacial Trauma. Trauma to the Eye and Orbit. NECK INJURIES. Penetrating Neck Injuries: Diagnosis and Current Management. Blunt Cerebrovascular Injuries. THORACIC INJURIES. Pertinent Surgical Anatomy of the Thorax and Mediastinum. Thoracic Wall Injuries: Ribs, Sternal, and Scapular Fractures; Hemothoraces and Pneumothoraces. Diagnostic and Therapeutic Roles of Bronchoscopy and Video-Assisted Thoracoscopy in the Management of Thoracic Trauma. Pulmonary Contusion and Flail Chest. Tracheal and Tracheobronchial Tree Injuries. Operative Management of Pulmonary Injuries: Lung-Sparing and Formal Resections. Complications of Pulmonary and Pleural Injury. Cardiac Injuries.