Front Line Extremity and Orthopaedic Surgery

Pre-hospital and en-route care.- Combat triage and mass casualty management.- Initial management and priorities.- Damage control resuscitation - Blast injuries.- Foot and ankle injuries.- Tibia fractures.- B.K. amputations.- Vascular injuries of the lower extremity.- Use of fasciotomies of the lower extremity.- Distal femur fractures.- A.K. amputations.- Femur fractures.- Pelvic injuries and hip dislocations.- Hand injuries.- Arm and forearm Injuries.- Shoulder girdle injuries.- Upper extremity vascular injuries.- Spinal fractures.- Burns and extremity fractures.

Lawrence B. Bone, M.D., is an orthopaedic surgeon and Professor and Chairman of Orthopaedic Surgery at the State University of New York at Buffalo, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Erie County Medical Center, Buffalo, N.Y. Dr. Bone is a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Army Reserves; he has served as chief of orthopaedics with a Forward Surgical Team (FST) in Afghanistan and is chief of the 1st FST out of New York. Dr. Bone first received his board certification from the American Board of General Surgery in 1979 and from the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery in 1988. He has served on the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery and the American Association for Surgery of Trauma and is a Past President of the Orthopaedic Trauma Association. Dr. Bone has been a visiting professor at numerous universities and medical schools both within the United States and overseas. He is a past Section Editor - Orthopaedics for the Journal of Trauma and is a member of the editorial boards of Bone and Joint Diseases and the Archives of Orthopaedics & Trauma Surgery. He has published widely and has given more than 100 presentations at national and international meetings.