Fast Facts for Trauma Nursing (eBook)

Dawn Carpenter, Alexander Menard (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: EPUB

2024 | 1., First Edition
300 Seiten
Springer Publishing Company (Verlag)
9780826160959 (ISBN)

Infos

Puts vital, streamlined information at your fingertips to promote lifesaving careThis concise resource delivers the specific knowledge nurses need in their daily practice to care for trauma patients safely and effectively. Fast Facts for Trauma Nursing provides a detailed overview of key trauma-related care issues while distilling critical elements of emergency and trauma care after resuscitation. Organized in a systems-based format, the book stresses evidence-based treatments and nursing interventions for best practice and patient care.The resource--written by experienced trauma nurse clinicians--focuses on the approach to and care of the trauma patient from arrival to the hospital through discharge. Included is a review of mechanism of injury issues and traumatic injuries, as well as the key elements of primary, secondary, and tertiary surveys. This new resource highlights the unique physiological and psychological needs of the trauma patient while considering how social determinants of health can bear on trauma in individuals. It also focuses on the maintenance of spinal precautions, preventing secondary brain injuries, and monitoring patients for complications of trauma, including acute kidney injury, adult respiratory distress syndrome, compartment syndrome and rhabdomyolysis.. With its clear narrative and easy-to-access design and format, this new book will appeal to all levels of nurses who care for trauma patients along with those studying for specialized trauma certification exams. Purchase includes online access via most mobile devices or computers. Key Features:Delivers--in quick-access format--information nurses can put to use immediatelyHighlights key trauma care knowledge and its practical applicationsOffers key guidelines of what and how to communicate with trauma care providersProvides an overview of specific requirements for hospitals to maintain trauma center status

Inhalt

Section I: General Trauma Principles

Chapter 1: Trauma Systems and Trauma Center Preparedness

Chapter 2: Risk Factors for Trauma

Chapter 3: Mechanism of Injury

Section II: Resuscitative Phase of Care

Chapter 4: Primary Survey

Chapter 5: Secondary Survey

Chapter 6: Tertiary Survey

Section III: Nursing Care by System/Injuries

Chapter 7: Neurologic Injuries and Care

Chapter 8: Head, Eyes, Ears, Nose, and Throat Injuries and Care

Chapter 9: Cardiovascular Injuries and Care

Chapter 10: Pulmonary Injuries and Care

Chapter 11: Gastrointestinal Injuries and Care

Chapter 12: Genitourinary and Gynecological Injuries and Care

Chapter 13: Musculoskeletal Injuries and Care

Chapter 14: Integumentary Injuries and Care

Section IV: Post-Resuscitative Phase of Care

Chapter 15: Triage, Admission, and Transfer Criteria

Chapter 16: Best Practices in the Care of Trauma Patients

Section V: Special Populations and Circumstances

Chapter 17: Elderly Trauma Patients

Chapter 18: Pregnant Trauma Patients

Chapter 19: Pediatrics

Chapter 20: Veterans

Chapter 21: Substance use and toxicology

Chapter 22: Disaster Readiness and Response

Section VII: Post Hospitalization

Chapter 23: Discharge and Follow-up

Chapter 24: Trauma Prevention

Section VIII: Answer Key

Chapter 25: Study Question Answers and Rationale

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.8.2024
• Reihe/Serie: Fast Facts
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege ► Fachpflege
• ISBN-13: 9780826160959 / 9780826160959