title: Priorities in trauma management.
abstract: The overriding concern in trauma care is not only to minimize mortality, but to maintain a functional human being. Treatment should first be directed to preserve the brain and the cardiopulmonary viscera.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland.
authors.forename: D D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Trunkey
mesh_terms: D004630:Emergencies; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008889:Military Personnel; D012151:Resuscitation; D013997:Time Factors; D014857:Warfare; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*