Trauma Nursing: From Resuscitation Through Rehabilitation, Volume 777Saunders, 2002 - 881 pages This "classic" in it's field provides detailed instruction on how to respond during all phases in the cycle of trauma care: from resuscitation through the operative, critical, intermediate, and rehabilitation phases. Like the first two editions, this new edition utilizes this unique cycle of trauma framework to describe the science, current issues, trends, and controversies of trauma care. This format offers the reader an easy to follow organization of material describing the patient's therapeutic needs. Three new chapters address performance improvement in trauma care, injury prevention, and prehospital care of the trauma patient. New, relevant material has been added and content updated throughout to reflect current research-based findings. This text will serve as an excellent reference for the novice and experienced trauma nurse practicing in a variety of settings. - Comprehensive and in-depth coverage of trauma nursing issues. -- New chapter on performance improvement in trauma car |
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... become an increasingly important segment of injury care . Several principles are important to maximize functional outcome and survival of this special subset of patients . The presenta- tion of injured geriatric patients differs from ...
... become involved in the resuscitation , the less space there is for the staff to function , and the environment becomes more chaotic and cluttered . These factors increase the probability of contamination . In nonemergent settings the ...
... become thinner and darken , eventually clearing to normal appearance . If symptoms of infection become evident , sputum cultures and chest films are required . Fluid Administration . There remains considerable de- bate over the ...