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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... blood loss . Applied blindly , these guidelines can result in excessive or inadequate fluid administration . For example , a patient with a crush injury to the extremity may have hypo- tension out of proportion to his or her blood loss ...
... blood have much less predictable platelet function . Platelet counts must be monitored closely . In general , platelets should be given if the platelet count is less than 100,000 / mm3 or if there is clinical evidence of ongoing ...
... blood evacuated on initial chest tube insertion 2. Continued bleeding of more than 200 ml / hr for 3 consecutive hours 3 . Bleeding of more than 150 ml / hr for 3 consecutive hours in an elderly patient 4. Any of the preceding in the ...