The Emergency Medicine Trauma HandbookPages: 400, Specialty: Emergency Med, Publisher: Cambridge, Publication Year: 2020, Cover: Paperback, Dimensions: 157x234x17mm Trauma is a leading cause of death and disability around the world, and the leading cause of death in those aged under forty five years. Conditions such as airway obstruction, hemorrhage, pneumothorax, tamponade, bowel rupture, vascular injury, and pelvic fracture can cause death if not appropriately diagnosed and managed.