Emergency and Trauma Care for Nurses and Paramedics

Kate Curtis, Trauma, Clinical Nurse Consultant, St George Hospital, Sydney, Australia
Clair Ramsden, Masters in Health Service Management. Masters in Health Care Ethics Area Director of Nursing Southern NSW Local Hospital Network, Queanbeyan Hospital

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.

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Published: November 2011

Imprint: Mosby

ISBN: 978-0-7295-3982-1

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

Emergency and Trauma Care for Nurses and Paramedics

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