Ballistic trauma / James M. Ryan -- The sympathetic response to trauma / Rod Little -- Immune responses after trauma and haemorrhagic shock / Claude Martin -- Management of acute spinal injury / Matthew Fraser -- Rationale for direct brain cooling after head injury / Peter Andrew -- The role and value of imaging in acute spinal trauma / Evelyn Teasdale -- Prehospital care in trauma patients / Gareth Davies and David Lockey.