Emergency and trauma care for nurses and paramedics. (2011)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Kate Curtis, Clair Ramsden, Bill Lord.
• Other Names: Curtis, Kate; Ramsden, Clair; Lord, Bill
• Contents: Section 1 Overview of emergency care Chapter 1: Emergency nursing and the practice environment Chapter 2: Pre-hospital care overview in Australia and New Zealand Section 2 Professional practice Chapter 3: Clinical ethics for emergency healthcare Chapter 4: Emergency care and the law Chapter 5: Cultural considerations in emergency care Chapter 6: Management and leadership Section 3 Systems and clinical fundamentals Chapter 7: Professional development Chapter 8: Research for emergency care Chapter 9: Patient education Chapter 10: Scene assessment, management and rescue Chapter 11: Pre-hospital clinical reasoning, triage and communication Chapter 12: Major incident preparedness management Chapter 13: Emergency nursing triage Chapter 14: Patient assessment and essentials of care Chapter 15: Resuscitation Chapter 16: Stabilisation and transfer Chapter17: Clinical skills Chapter18: Minor injury and management Chapter19: Pain management Chapter 20:Physiology for emergency care Section 4 Emergencies Chapter 21:Respiratory emergencies Chapter 22: Cardiovascular emergencies Chapter 23: Neurological emergencies Chapter 24:Gastrointestinal emergencies Chapter 25: Renal and genitourinary emergencies Chapter 26: Endocrine emergencies Chapter 27: Infectious and communicable diseases Chapter 28: Pandemics and environmental emergencies Chapter 29: Haematological emergencies Chapter 30: Toxicological emergencies Chapter 31: Envenomation Chapter 32: Dental, ear, nose and throat emergencies Chapter 33: Ocular emergencies and trauma Chapter 34: Gynaecological emergencies Section 5 Unique populations Chapter 35: Obstetric emergencies Chapter 36: Paediatric emergencies Chapter 37: Mental health emergencies Chapter 38: People with disabilities Chapter 39: The older person Chapter 40: Violence, abuse and assault Chapter 41: Alcohol, tobacco and other drug use Section 6 Major trauma Chapter 42: An overview of trauma Chapter 43: Mechanisms of injury Chapter 44: Major trauma initial assessment and management Chapter 45: Traumatic brain injury Chapter 46: Faciomaxillary trauma Chapter 47: Thoracic and neck trauma Chapter 48: Abdominal and genitourinary trauma Chapter 49: Spinal trauma Chapter 50: Major orthopaedic and neurovascular trauma Chapter 51: Blast injury Chapter 52: Burns trauma Section 7 End of life Chapter 53: Death and dying Chapter 54: Organ and tissue donation
• Publisher Details: Chatswood, NSW : Elsevier
• Publication Date: 2011
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxiii, 1494 pages)
• Subjects: 617.1; Wounds and injuries -- Treatment -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Traumatology -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; MEDICAL -- Surgery -- General; Traumatology; Wounds and injuries -- Treatment; Electronic books; Handbooks and manuals
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780729579827; 0729579824
• Related ISBNs: 9780729539821
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.