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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... initial fluid bolus given is generally 2 L of isotonic crystalloid . Patients who present with some degree of shock can be stratified over several response groups . The immedi- ate responders are those who have a complete response to ...
... Initial Family Responses to Crisis Family. experience with similar circumstances , and an initial ques- tion regarding whether the family has ever experienced anything of this nature or magnitude before may provide valuable initial ...
... initial , rapid assessment , what injuries are most likely to be present ? The total assessment is frequently completed after the initial resuscitation but always includes the initial datebase.7 INJURY DATABASE The injury database is ...