
Trauma Care
1st Edition
A Team Approach
Description
- An essential text providing a team-based structure for the delivery of optimum trauma care * Offers advice on how to get the best out of staff working in the unpredictable, often stressful environment of the trauma unit * Features real-life case studies focusing on the experience of the patient * Written by practising clinicians drawn from a variety of disciplines * Aimed at undergraduate students, practitioners in trauma and community care, and postgraduate specialists
Table of Contents
Part I The patient's experience of trauma: What is trauma?; Fracture healing and principles of fracture management; The physiological effects of trauma; The psychological effects of trauma; The causes and effects of trauma - the child; The causes and effects of trauma - the young adult; The causes and effects of trauma in mid life; The causes and effects of trauma - the older person; Part II The continuum of trauma care: The Injury Minimisation Programme for Schools; Pre-hospital assessment and treatment; The 'golden hour'; Principles of trauma care in intensive care; Complications of trauma; Rehabilitation; Trauma and mental health; Part III The needs of the injured person: Diagnostic investigations in trauma; The impact of trauma on the respiratory system; Pain management; Nutrition; Tissue Viability, wound assessment and infection control; Elimination; Hygiene and mouth care; Casts, splints and traction; Moving and handling; The consequences of altered body image following trauma; Communication - the foundation of successful care; Part IV Role clarification and teamwork: The role of the primary nurse in managing care; Physiotherapy following injury; The role of the occupational therapist in trauma care; Collaborative practice; Discharge planning; Part V Political, environmental and organizational issues: Trauma Centres or Trauma Systems?; Leadership in the context of acute care; Strategic and operational issues in service delivery; Creating the optimum learning environment; Risk Management; Legal Issues; The hospital series (poems for the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford).
Details
- No. of pages:
- 416
- Language:
- English
- Copyright:
- © Butterworth-Heinemann 2000
- Published:
- 1st July 2000
- Imprint:
- Butterworth-Heinemann
- Paperback ISBN:
- 9780750635028
About the Authors
Deborah Langstaff
Affiliations and Expertise
Service Delivery Unit Manager - Trauma Service, Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals Trust, Oxford, UK
Jane Christie
Affiliations and Expertise
Lecturer Practitioner, Trauma Service, Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals Trust, Oxford, UK
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