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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... improved access to emergency medical services , the expanded educational preparation of emergency medical technicians , the development of sophis- ticated communication systems ( including telemetry ) , and the use of more efficient ...
... improved cough . External tracheal stimula- tion by gentle pressure above the sternal notch can stimulate coughing . Gentle oropharyngeal stimulation with the end of a suction catheter or direct suction aspiration may be necessary when ...
... improved survival significantly . Reasons for the dramatic improvements in mortality after massive burns include advances in understanding of resuscitation , im- provements in wound coverage , better support of the hypermetabolic ...