Trauma Care: Initial Assessment and Management in the Emergency Department (Essential Clinical Skills for Nurses)

The often complex problems of the trauma patient present many challenges to front line emergency staff. Multiple injuries involving many systems of the body require careful and timely prioritisation and intervention in the emergency department. Trauma Care provides emergency nurses with a practical guide to the systematic assessment and management of trauma patients, equipping them with the clinical knowledge and practical skills necessary to initially assess and care for the trauma patient in the emergency department trauma environment. Trauma Care explores the concept of trauma assessment, focusing on patient priorities and interprofessional trauma team working. Individual chapters look at the essential assessment and management issues for each system of the body and specific age related complications. Emphasis is placed on key patient priorities, with acknowledgement to the common pitfalls in initial trauma care. This text will be essential for all emergency nurses, and those working in the emergency department. Cover ......Page 1 Contents......Page 6 Contributors......Page 7 Foreword......Page 8 Preface......Page 9 Acknowledgements......Page 10 1: Mechanism of Injury......Page 12 2: Initial Assessment and Resuscitation of the Trauma Patient......Page 35 3: Head Injuries......Page 64 4: Thoracic Trauma......Page 86 5: Spinal Injuries......Page 111 6: Abdominal Injuries......Page 132 7: Pelvic Injuries......Page 149 8: Extremity Trauma......Page 165 9: Burns......Page 184 10: Paediatric Trauma......Page 205 11: Trauma in Older People......Page 228 12: Trauma in Pregnancy......Page 242 13: Trauma-related Deaths......Page 256 Index......Page 286 "Trauma Care explores the concept of trauma assessment, focusing on patient priorities and interprofessional trauma team working. Individual chapters look at the essential assessment and management issues for each system of the body and specific age related complications. Emphasis is placed on key patient priorities, with acknowledgement to the common pitfalls in initial trauma care. This text will be essential for all emergency nurses, and those working in the emergency department."--BOOK JACKET Mechanism of injury Initial assessment and resuscitation of the trauma patient Head injuries Thoracic injuries Spinal injuries Abdominal injuries Pelvic injuries Extremity trauma Burns Paediatric trauma Trauma in older people Trauma in pregnancy Trauma related deaths.