Trauma nursing
Subtitle: from resuscitation through rehabilitation
Contributors: McQuillan, Karen A
Edition: 3rd ed. / Karen A. McQuillan ... [et al.]
Publisher: Saunders
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 881
Subjects: Wounds and injuries -- Nursing
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: value: Ch. 1. Evolution of the trauma cycle; value: Ch. 2. Economic issues in trauma care; value: Ch. 3. Administrative issues in trauma care; value: Ch. 4. Performance improvement in trauma care; value: Ch. 5. Legal concerns in trauma nursing; value: Ch. 6. Ethics in trauma nursing; value: Ch. 7. Injury prevention; value: Ch. 8. Prehospital care of the trauma patient; value: Ch. 9. Nursing practice through the cycle of trauma; value: Ch. 10. Trauma rehabilitation - Ch. 11. Mechanism of injury; value: Ch. 12. Shock and multiple organ dysfunction syndrome; value: Ch. 13. Initial management of traumatic shock; value: Ch. 14. Infection and infection control; value: Ch. 15. Wound healing; value: Ch. 16. Metabolic and nutritional management of the trauma patient; value: Ch. 17. Analgesia, sedation, and neuromuscular blockade in the trauma patient; value: Ch. 18. Psychosocial impact of trauma; value: Ch. 19. Traumatic brain injuries; value: Ch. 20. Maxillofacial injuries; value: Ch. 21. Ocular injuries; value: Ch. 22. Spinal cord injuries; value: Ch. 23. Thoracic injuries; value: Ch. 24. Abdominal injuries; value: Ch. 25. Genitourinary injuries and renal management; value: Ch. 26. Musculoskeletal injuries; value: Ch. 27. Soft tissue injuries; value: Ch. 28. The pregnant trauma patient; value: Ch. 29. Pediatric trauma; value: Ch. 30. Trauma in the elderly; value: Ch. 31. Burn injuries; value: Ch. 32. Substance abuse and trauma care; value: Ch. 33. The organ and tissue donor