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Emergency and Trauma Care is written for Australian emergency care providers including paramedics, emergency nurses, pre-hospital care providers, nurse practitioners, general practice nurses and allied health practitioners including occupational therapists and physiotherapists who are caring for trauma patients.
This book follows the patient journey from pre-hospital to definitive care. Using a body systems approach, each chapter provides comprehensive coverage of all aspects of adult and paediatric emergencies. Implications for clinical practice is supported by chapters of professional practice, clinical skills, research, evidence-based practice, and legal, ethical and cultural issues. Clinical assessment, physiology, management and rationale for intervention of common and not so common emergency presentations are provided, with each chapter providing clear and relevant examples for both Paramedics and Nurses.
Emergency and Trauma Care brings together a team of highly respected clinical practitioners and academics to deliver the most up-to-date text dealing with the practical procedures and evidence experienced by emergency and trauma care providers every day.


Contents:

Section 1 Overview of emergency care

Chapter 1: Emergency nursing and the practice environment

Chapter 2: Pre-hospital care overview in Australia and New Zealand

Section 2 Professional practice

Chapter 3: Clinical ethics for emergency healthcare

Chapter 4: Emergency care and the law

Chapter 5: Cultural considerations in emergency care

Chapter 6: Management and leadership

Section 3 Systems and clinical fundamentals

Chapter 7: Professional development

Chapter 8: Research for emergency care

Chapter 9: Patient education

Chapter 10: Scene assessment, management and rescue

Chapter 11: Pre-hospital clinical reasoning, triage and communication

Chapter 12: Major incident preparedness management

Chapter 13: Emergency nursing triage

Chapter 14: Patient assessment and essentials of care

Chapter 15: Resuscitation

Chapter 16: Stabilisation and transfer

Chapter17: Clinical skills

Chapter18: Minor injury and management

Chapter19: Pain management

Chapter 20:Physiology for emergency care

Section 4 Emergencies

Chapter 21:Respiratory emergencies

Chapter 22: Cardiovascular emergencies

Chapter 23: Neurological emergencies

Chapter 24:Gastrointestinal emergencies

Chapter 25: Renal and genitourinary emergencies

Chapter 26: Endocrine emergencies

Chapter 27: Infectious and communicable diseases

Chapter 28: Pandemics and environmental emergencies

Chapter 29: Haematological emergencies

Chapter 30: Toxicological emergencies

Chapter 31: Envenomation

Chapter 32: Dental, ear, nose and throat emergencies

Chapter 33: Ocular emergencies and trauma

Chapter 34: Gynaecological emergencies

Section 5 Unique populations

Chapter 35: Obstetric emergencies

Chapter 36: Paediatric emergencies

Chapter 37: Mental health emergencies

Chapter 38: People with disabilities

Chapter 39: The older person

Chapter 40: Violence, abuse and assault

Chapter 41: Alcohol, tobacco and other drug use

Section 6 Major trauma

Chapter 42: An overview of trauma

Chapter 43: Mechanisms of injury

Chapter 44: Major trauma initial assessment and management

Chapter 45: Traumatic brain injury

Chapter 46: Faciomaxillary trauma

Chapter 47: Thoracic and neck trauma

Chapter 48: Abdominal and genitourinary trauma

Chapter 49: Spinal trauma

Chapter 50: Major orthopaedic and neurovascular trauma

Chapter 51: Blast injury

Chapter 52: Burns trauma

Section 7 End of life

Chapter 53: Death and dying

Chapter 54: Organ and tissue donation


PRODUCT DETAILS

ISBN-13: 9780729539821
Publisher: Elsevier (Mosby)
Publication date: November, 2011
Pages: 1520
Weight: 652g
Availability: Not available (reason unspecified)
Subcategories: Accident & Emergency Medicine, Nursing
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