Emergency and trauma care for nurses and paramedics
By: Kate Curtis, Clair Ramsden
Edition: 2e, Australian and New Zealand edition.
Publisher: Elsevier Australia
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Chatswood, NSW
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1454
ISBN-13: 9780729542050
Subjects: Emergency nursing; Handbooks, manuals; Emergency medical technicians; Traumatology; Hospitals; Emergency services; Emergency Nursing; Methods; Wounds and Injuries; Nursing; Nursing Assessment; Akutmedicin
Description: Emergency and Trauma Care for Nurses and Paramedics (Australian/NZ) by Kate Curtis and Clair Ramsden, introduces the student to emergency nursing and paramedicine, the principles of patient care, as well providing a thorough knowledge-base for practising emergency and trauma care and patient presentations.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: I. Overview of emergency care; title: Emergency nursing in Australia and New Zealand; title: Pre-hospital care overview in Australia and New Zealand: past, present and future; title: Clinical ethics for emergency healthcare; title: Emergency care and the law; title: Cultural considerations in emergency care; title: Management and leadership; title: II. Systems and clinical fundamentals; title: Professional development; title: Research for emergency care; title: Patient education and communication; title: III. Clinical concepts and systems; title: Scene assessment, management and rescue; title: Pre-hospital clinical reasoning, triage and communication; title: Major incident preparedness management; title: Triage and Emergency nurses; title: Patient assessment and essentials of care; title: Resuscitation; title: Stabilisation and transfer; title: Clinical skills; title: Minor injury and management; title: Pain management; title: Physiology and pathophysiology for emergency care; title: IV. Emergencies; title: Respiratory emergencies; title: Cardiovascular emergencies; title: Neurological emergencies; title: Gastrointestinal emergencies; title: Renal and genitourinary emergencies; title: Endocrine emergencies; title: Healthcare-associated Infections and communicable diseases; title: Environmental emergencies and Pandemics; title: Haematological emergencies; title: Toxicological emergencies; title: Envenomation; title: Dental, ear, nose and throat emergencies; title: Ocular emergencies and trauma; title: Gynaecological emergencies; title: Obstetric emergencies; title: Paediatric emergencies; title: Mental health emergencies; title: People with disabilities; title: The older person; title: Violence, abuse and assault; title: Alcohol, tobacco and other drug use; title: V. Major trauma; title: Overview of traumatic injury; title: Mechanisms of injury; title: Major trauma initial assessment and management; title: Traumatic brain injury; title: Faciomaxillary trauma; title: Thoracic and neck trauma; title: Abdominal and genitourinary trauma; title: Spinal trauma; title: Major orthopaedic and neurovascular trauma; title: Blast injury; title: Burns trauma; title: VI. End of life; title: Death and dying; title: Organ and tissue donation.