Flight Nursing

GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF PRACTICE * Role of the Flight Nurse * Flight Physiology * Extrication and Scene Management * Disaster Management and Triage * Communications * Safety and Survival * PATIENT CARE PRINCIPLES * Patient Assessment and Preparation for Transport * Airway and Ventilation Management * Shock and Coagulophathies * Patient Issues * TRAUMA * Multiple Trauma * Neurologic Trauma * Thoracic Trauma * Abdominal and Genitourinary Trauma * Orthopedic and Vascular Emergencies * Burns, Electrical, and Lightning Injuries * Maxillofacial, Anterior Neck, and Eye Trauma * Pediatric Trauma * MEDICAL EMERGENCIES * Neurologic Medical Emergencies * Cardiovascular Emergencies * Pulmonary Emergencies * Gastrointestinal Medical Emergencies * Renal Medical Emergencies * Metabolic and Acid-Base Emergencies * Infectious Diseases * Pediatric Medical Emergencies * ENVIRONMENTAL EMERGENCIES * Cold-Related Emergencies * Heat-Related Emergencies * Obstetric Emergencies * Toxicology * PERINATAL EMERGENCIES * Gynecologic Emergencies * Obstetric Emergencies * Care and Transport of the Neonate * MANAGEMENT * Risk Management in Air Medical Programs * Quality Management * Marketing the Air Medical Program * Stress Management