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 Principles and Practice
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Third Edition
By
Renee Holleran, RN, PhD, CEN, CCRN, CFRN, CTRN, FAEN, Nurse Manager, Adult Transport Service, Intermountain Life Flight, Salt Lake City, UT
. Air & Surface Transport Nurses Association
Description
The official publication of the Air & Surface Transport Nurses Association, this comprehensive and timely text is the standard reference
for flight nurses and other health professionals involved in medical transportation. Its new title reflects the role and presence of
not only flight or air nurses, but also that of surface transport nurses. The contemporary, collaborative focus in each unit emphasizes
the role of all team members. Each clinical chapter consistently covers epidemiology, anatomy and physiology and/or pathophysiology,
and specific conditions – with case studies and notes for assessment and treatment
Audience
Flight, emergency, or military nurses in training or in practice; paramedics and other health care professionals involved in air and ground transport
Contents
UNIT I: HISTORY AND THE CURRENT ROLE OF GROUND AND AIR TRANSPORT NURSES NEW!
1. History of Patient Transport NEW!
2. Preparation for
Practice NEW!
3. Certification NEW!
4. Members of the Transport Team NEW!
5. Research and Quality Management NEW!
UNIT II: GENERAL PRINCIPLES
OF PRACTICE
6. Transport Physiology
7. Extrication and Scene Management
8. Disaster Management
9. Communications
10. Safety and Survival
UNIT III: PATIENT CARE PRINCIPLES
11. Patient Assessment and Preparation for Transport
12. Airway and Ventilation Management
13. Shock
Management
UNIT IV: TRAUMA
14. General Principles of Trauma Management
15. Neurologic Trauma
16. Thoracic Trauma
17. Abdominal Trauma
18. Orthopedic Trauma
19. Burn Trauma
UNIT V: MEDICAL PROBLEMS
20. Neurologic Emergencies
21. Cardiovascular Emergencies
22. Pulmonary
Emergencies
23. Abdominal Emergencies
24. Infectious Diseases
UNIT VI: ENVIRONMENTAL EMERGENCIES
25. Cold-Related Emergencies
26. Heat-Related
Emergencies
27. Diving Emergencies
28. Toxicologic Emergencies
UNIT VII: SELECTED PATIENT POPULATIONS
29. The Pregnant Patient
30.
The Neonatal Patient
31. The Pediatric Patient
UNIT VIII: PATIENT CARE ISSUES NEW!
32. Legal Issues NEW!
33. Ethical Issues NEW!
34.
The Family and Transport NEW!
UNIT IX: MANAGEMENT
35. Marketing
36. Accreditation for Air and Ground Medical Transport NEW!
37. Stress
and Stress Management
APPENDIX
Bibliographic & ordering Information
Hardbound, 784 pages, publication date: OCT-2002
ISBN-13: 978-0-323-01701-5
ISBN-10: 0-323-01701-0
Imprint: MOSBY
029/241
Last update: 14 Jun 2008
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