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From Resuscitation Through Rehabilitation
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Fourth Edition
By
Karen McQuillan, RN, MS, CCRN, CNRN, Clinical Nurse Specialist, R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
Mary Beth Flynn Makic, RN, PhD, CNS, CCNS, CCRN, Research Nurse Specialist/Educator, Assistant Professor, Adjoint, University of Colorado Hospital and University of Colorado at Denver, College of Nursing, Aurora, CO
Eileen Whalen, RN, BSN, MHA, Vice President, Trauma, Emergency and Perioperative Services, University Medical Center, Tucson, AZ
Description
Using the unique cycles of trauma framework, the 4th edition of this classic and highly acclaimed resource is thoroughly updated to bring
you comprehensive coverage of cutting-edge research findings and current issues, trends, and controversies in trauma nursing. Detailed
information guides you through all phases of care – from preventive care and the time of injury to the resuscitative, operative, critical,
intermediate, and rehabilitative stages. Timely discussions on emerging topics such as mass casualty and rural trauma/telemedicine keep
you up to date with the latest developments in the field. This practical, evidence-based reference is the most complete resource available
for both novice and experienced trauma nurses working in a variety of care settings.
Contents
PART I: General Concepts in Trauma Nursing
1. Evolution of the Trauma Cycle
2. Economic and Administrative
Issues in Trauma Care
3. Performance Improvement and Patient Safety in Trauma Care
4. Ethics in Trauma Nursing
5.
Legal Concerns in Trauma Nursing
6. Injury Prevention
7. Prehospital Care of the Trauma Patient
8. Trauma in Rural
Areas
9. Mass Casualty Incidents
10. Nursing Practice Through the Cycle of Trauma
11. Rehabilitation of the Trauma
Patient
PART II: Clinical Management Concepts
12. Mechanism of Injury
13. Shock and Multiple Organ
Dysfunction Syndrome
14. Initial Management of Traumatic Shock
15. Infection and Infection Control
16. Wound Healing
and Soft Tissue Injuries
17. Metabolic and Nutritional Management of the Trauma Patient
18. Analgesia, Sedation, and Neuromuscular
Blockade in the Trauma Patient
19. Psychosocial Impact of Trauma
PART III: Single System Injuries
20.
Traumatic Brain Injuries
21. Maxillofacial Injuries
22. Ocular Injuries
23. Spinal Cord Injuries
24. Thoracic
Injuries
25. Abdominal Injuries
26. Genitourinary Injuries and Renal Management
27. Musculoskeletal Injuries
PART
IV: Unique Patient Populations
28. The Pregnant Trauma Patient
29. Pediatric Trauma
30. Trauma in the Elderly
31.
Trauma in the Bariatric Patient
32. Burn Injuries
33. Substance Abuse and Trauma Care
34. The Organ and Tissue
Donor
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Hardbound, 992 pages, publication date: JUL-2008
ISBN-13: 978-1-4160-3772-9
ISBN-10: 1-4160-3772-1
Imprint: SAUNDERS
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Last update: 25 Nov 2009
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