Intensive Care Nursing/Trauma
Principles and practice of the management of the trauma patient. The speciality of the trauma nurse.
- Trauma
- Trauma Network and Systems
- Systematic Trauma Assessment
- Mechanism of Injury
- Head Trauma and Intracranial Pressure Management
- Spinal Management
- Thoracic Trauma
- Pelvic and Abdominal Trauma
- Musculoskeletal Trauma
- Shock- Care and Management
- Burns Management
Introduction
[edit | edit source]Patients presenting to the Intensive Care or the emergency department following a trauma require knowledge and skills that support a systematic and timely approach.
In this trauma section we will be exploring the concepts that underpin a rapid and systematic response to trauma presentations, including identification of major trauma; recognition of the role mechanism of injury plays in producing trauma and injury; the importance of the pre-hospital period; and the approach to the assessment and resuscitation of major trauma patients.
References
[edit | edit source]Curtis, K. & Ramsden, C., (2011) Emergency and Trauma Care for nurses and paramedics. Sydney:Mosby
Life In The FastLane (LITFL) http://lifeinthefastlane.com/
External links
[edit | edit source]- Anaesthesia, Trauma and Critical Care (ATACC) Manual
- Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS)
- Life In The FastLane
- YouTube Trauma Playlist