The highlights of the book are: Burden of trauma  Role of anesthesiologist in acute trauma care  Initial approach to trauma patients Anesthetic and critical care management in specific trauma situations such as, traumatic brain injury, thoracic trauma, cardiac trauma, spine trauma, musculoskeletal trauma and abdominal trauma Principles of damage control surgery and damage control resuscitation  Massive transfusion protocols Regional anesthesia with special emphasis on ultrasound-guided nerve blocks Brain death and organ donation