This study tool has been revised to keep up with contemporary issues and trends in emergency department management. It includes medical complications associated with trauma (rhabdomyolsis, multiple system organ failure, hypothermia, infections and coagulopathies) and strategies for their prevention, detection and management. There is also extensive coverage of life support and resuscitation practices.
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McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
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Höhe: 253 mm
Breite: 183 mm
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978-0-8385-0437-6 (9780838504376)
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Triage; aeromedical transport and flight nursing; assessment; adjuncts to physical assessment; nursing history and the interview; altered states of consciousness - assessment and management; pain control and conscious sedation; neurological assessment in the ED; chest assessment; airway management; shock state and fluid resuscitation; multisystems trauma; head, neck and maxillofacial trauma; chest trauma - blunt vs. penetrating; abdominal & GU trauma blunt vs. penetrating; musculoskeletal injuries; surface trauma; special consideration in trauma - paediatrics, geriatrics; medical complications of trauma; headaches, seizures and encephalopathies; E/ENT emergencies; pulmonary and respiratory emergencies; cardiovascular emergencies; blood dyscrasias; allergies and immune responses; abdominal and GI emergencies; genitourinary emergencies; obstetrics and gynaecological emergencies; medical emergencies of childhood; metabolic emergencies; substance abuse and toxicology; environmental emergencies; psychological and behavioural emergencies; legal/forensic considerations; communication and disaster management; emergency department management.
