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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... method , the New Injury Severity Score ( NISS ) , enhances ISS by including all the most serious injuries , not just the most serious in one body area . These new methods need to be tested and validated on a large scale before they ...
... method is strongly recommended for patients who are critically ill and is required for those who are continuously fed into the small bowel . This method helps to minimize gastric complications such as nausea , cramping , and diar- rhea ...
... method of pain control , especially with patients not candi- dates for epidural or intravenous PCA . Research now supports the use of epidural over intravenous PCA for optimal pain relief and better outcomes for patients with thoracic ...