| Description |
xxvii, 881 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm |
| Contents |
Pt. I. General Concepts in Trauma Nursing. 1. Evolution of the Trauma Cycle / Mary Beachley. 2. Economic Issues in Trauma Care / Connie A. Jastremski. 3. Administrative Issues in Trauma Care / Eileen Whalen. 4. Performance Improvement in Trauma Care / Mary Kate FitzPatrick and Janet McMaster. 5. Legal Concerns in Trauma Nursing / Robert W. Heilig. 6. Ethics in Trauma Nursing / Joan M. Pryor-McCann. 7. Injury Prevention / Carolyn J. Fowler. 8. Prehospital Care of the Trauma Patient / Donna York Clark. 9. Nursing Practice Through the Cycle of Trauma / Kathryn Truter Von Rueden and Robbi Lynn Hartsock. 10. Trauma Rehabilitation / Karen Klender Heist -- Pt. II. Clinical Management Concepts. 11. Mechanism of Injury / John A. Weigelt and Jorie D. Klein. 12. Shock and Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome / Thomas C. Vary, Barbara McLean and Kathryn Truter Von Rueden. 13. Initial Management of Traumatic Shock / Thomas M. Scalea and Sharon A. Boswell. 14. Infection and Infection Control / Patricia B. Casper and Manjari Joshi. 15. Wound Healing / Mary Beth Flynn. 16. Metabolic and Nutritional Management of the Trauma Patient / Gena Stiver Stanek and Catherine J. Klein. 17. Analgesia, Sedation, and Neuromuscular Blockade in the Trauma Patient / T. Catherine Bower and Beth A. Vanderheyden. 18. Psychosocial Impact of Trauma / Jocelyn A. Farrar -- Pt. III. Single System Injuries. 19. Traumatic Brain Injuries / Karen A. McQuillan and Pamela H. Mitchell. 20. Maxillofacial Injuries / Bradley C. Robertson and Karen A. McQuillan. 21. Ocular Injuries / Sarah C. Smith. 22. Spinal Cord Injuries / Tammy A. Russo-McCourt. 23. Thoracic Injuries / Suzanne F. Sherwood and Robbi Lynn Hartsock. 24. Abdominal Injuries / Jean M. Montonye. 25. Genitourinary Injuries and Renal Management / Donna A. Nayduch. 26. Musculoskeletal Injuries / Colleen R. Walsh. 27. Soft Tissue Injuries / Navin Singh and Karen A. McQuillan -- Pt. IV. Unique Patient Populations. 28. The Pregnant Trauma Patient / Lynn Gerber Smith. 29. Pediatric Trauma / Patricia A. Moloney-Harmon. 30. Trauma in the Elderly / Sharon L. Atwell. 31. Burn Injuries / Mary Beth Flynn. 32. Substance Abuse and Trauma Care / Janet M. Beebe. 33. The Organ and Tissue Donor / Cheryl Edwards and Franki Chabalewski |
| Notes |
Previous ed.: / by Virginia D. Cardona. 1994 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Emergency nursing.
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Wounds and injuries -- Nursing.
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Emergencies.
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Nursing.
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Wounds and Injuries.
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Emergencies -- nursing.
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Wounds and Injuries -- nursing.
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| Author |
McQuillan, Karen A.
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Cardona, Virginia D.
Trauma nursing
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| LC no. |
2001042916 |
| ISBN |
0721684416 |
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