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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... measures of function done at the time of admission to and discharge from a rehabilita- tion program , followed by measures at 6 months and 1 year after discharge . Postdischarge interval measurements are used to document functions that ...
... measures are a reflection of the body's energy storage ( fat ) . Precise measurements for TSF are essential because ... measures ) are indicators of skeletal muscle protein mass . These measures cannot be used on edematous patients ...
... measure patients who are unable to sit or stand upright . Even when measures are obtained , they are difficult to apply because standard tables for evaluating anthropometric data have not been developed for the trauma population . In ...