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Principles and Practice
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Fourth Edition
Edited By
Renee Holleran, RN, PhD, CEN, CCRN, CFRN, CTRN, FAEN, Nurse Manager, Adult Transport Service, Intermountain Life Flight, Salt Lake City, UT
By
. Air & Surface Transport Nurses Associati
Description
Whether you?re caring for patients on the ground or in the air, this trusted, one-of-a-kind resource is an essential tool for your success
in transport nursing. The 4th edition has been extensively revised to keep you up to date with the latest technological advances and
help you meet the ever-changing needs of this critical nursing field. Comprehensive overviews familiarize you with the most common diseases
and injuries encountered in practice, accompanied by important management considerations to help you ensure the most effective communication
and the safest patient care in all transport settings.
Contents
Unit I. HISTORY AND THE CURRENT ROLE OF GROUND AND AIR TRANSPORT NURSES
1. History of Patient Transport
2.
Preparation for Practice
3. Certification
4. Members of the Transport Team
Unit II. GENERAL PRINCIPLES
OF PRACTICE
5. Transport Physiology
6. Extrication and Scene Management
7. Disaster Management
8.
Communications
9. Safety and Survival
Unit III. PATIENT CARE PRINCIPLES
10. Patient Assessment
and Preparation for Transport
11. Airway and Ventilation Management
12. Mechanical Ventilation
NEW!
13.
The Use of Technology During Transport
NEW!
14. Shock Management
Unit IV. TRAUMA
15.
General Principles of Trauma Management
16. Neurologic Trauma
17. Thoracic Trauma
18. Abdominal Trauma
19.
Orthopedic Trauma
20. Burn Trauma
Unit V. MEDICAL PROBLEMS
21. Neurologic Emergencies
22.
Cardiovascular Emergencies
23. Pulmonary Emergencies
24. Abdominal Emergencies
25. Infectious Diseases
Unit
VI. ENVIRONMENTAL EMERGENCIES
26. Cold-Related Emergencies
27. Heat-Related Emergencies
28. Diving Emergencies
29.
Toxicologic Emergencies
Unit VII. SELECTED PATIENT POPULATIONS
30. The Pregnant Patient
31.
The Neonatal Patient
32. The Pediatric Patient
33. Military Transport
NEW!
Unit
VIII. PATIENT CARE ISSUES
34. Research and Quality Management
35. Legal Issues
36. Ethical Issues
37.
The Family and Transport
Unit IX. MANAGEMENT
38. Marketing
39. Accreditation for Air and
Ground Medical Transport
40. Stress and Stress Management
APPENDIX
A. Post-Accident Resource
Document
B. Medical Condition List and Appropriate Use of Air Medical Transport
| Bibliographic details |
Hardbound, 848 pages, publication date: SEP-2009
ISBN-13: 978-0-323-05749-3
ISBN-10: 0-323-05749-7
Imprint: MOSBY
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Last update: 10 Sep 2009
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