Impact of trauma on society.- Economic aspects of trauma care.- Evidence based otthopaedic trauma care.- Inflammatory changes and coagulopathy multiply injured patients.- Pathophysiology of polytrauma.- Head injuries - neurosurgical and orthopaedic strategies.- Soft tissue injuries.- Chest trauma - classification and influence on the general management.- Abdominal injuries - indications for surgery.- Management of pelvic ring injuries.- Urological injuries in polytrauma.- Fracture management.- Mangled extremity: management in isolated extremity injuries and in polytrauma.- Management of spine fractures.- The elderly polytrauma patient.- General management in elderly: preoperative and ICU.- Polytrauma in young children.- Fracture management in pregnancy.- Open fractures - initial management.- Vascular injuries: Indications for stents, timing of vascular and orthopaedic surgery.- Management of articular fractures.- Nerve injuries in the face of adjacent fractures.- Outcome after primary amputation injuries, subtotal amputation injuries, and severe open fractures with nerve injuries.- High energy injuries caused by penetrating trauma.- Management of traumatic bone defects.- Acute soft tissue and bone infections.- Treatment of osteomyelitis, acte and chronic.- Management of malunions and nonunions in patients with multiple injuries.- Psychological squelae after severe trauma.- Outcome after extremity injuries.- Outcome pelvis and spine.