Emergency and trauma care for nurses and paramedics /

Emergency and trauma care for nurses and paramedics / Kate Curtis (editor) ; Clair Ramsden (editor) ; Ramon Z. Shaban (editor) ; Julie Considine (editor) ; Margaret Fry (editor). - 3e, Third edition. - xvii, 1482 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 28 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

SECTION 1 Foundations of emergency care
1 Emergency nursing in Australia and New Zealand
2 Paramedicine in Australia and New Zealand
3 Clinical ethics for emergency healthcare
4 Emergency care and the law
5 Cultural considerations in emergency care
6 Patient Safety and quality in emergency care
7 Research for emergency care
8 Patient and Carer engagement and communication

SECTION 2 Clinical concepts and systems
9 Scene assessment, management and rescue
10 Applied Physiology and pathophysiology for emergency care
11 Clinical reasoning, problem solving and triage
12 Major incident preparedness management
13 Patient assessment and essential care
14 Resuscitation
15 Stabilisation and transfer
16 Clinical skills
17 Minor injury and management
18 Pain management
19 Organ and tissue donation
20 End of life

SECTION 3 Emergencies
21 Respiratory emergencies
22 Cardiovascular emergencies
23 Neurological emergencies
24 Gastrointestinal emergencies
25 Renal and genitourinary emergencies
26 Endocrine emergencies
27 Healthcare-associated infections and infectious diseases
28 Environmental emergencies
29 Oncology and haematology emergencies
30 Toxicological emergencies
31 Dental, ear, nose and throat emergencies
32 Ocular emergencies and trauma
33 Gynaecological emergencies
34 Obstetric emergencies
35 Paediatric emergencies
36 Mental health emergencies
37 People with disabilities
38 The older person
39 Violence, abuse and assault
40 Alcohol and other drugs

SECTION 4 Major trauma
41 Epidemiology of Injury
42 Major trauma initial assessment and management
43 Traumatic brain injury
44 Maxillofacial trauma
45 Thoracic and neck trauma
46 Abdominal trauma
47 Spinal trauma
48 Major orthopaedic and neurovascular trauma
49 Burns trauma

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