Principles of Basic Trauma NursingWestern Schools, 2005 - Medical |
Contents
Key Components of a Trauma Care System | 13 |
Initial Assessment of the Trauma Patient | 25 |
Adjuncts to the Primary Survey | 36 |
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abdominal airway arteries bag-valve mask Basic Trauma Nursing blast injury bleeding blood loss blood pressure blunt trauma body bone breath sounds burns cardiac cardiac tamponade catheters cause cavity cervical spine CHAPTER chest tube chest wall collisions compression contusion cranial damage death decreased emergency department endotracheal tube facial Figure flail chest fluid Glasgow Coma Scale head injury heart hematoma hemorrhage hypotension hypovolemia hypoxia identify impact initial assessment injured patients insertion intervention intubation lacerations level of consciousness lung mechanism of injury monitoring motor vehicle crash muscle MVCs neck nerve neurogenic shock occur organs oxygen pain Palpate pediatric pelvic fractures penetrating trauma perfusion Prehospital Principles of Basic pulmonary contusion pulse oximetry pulse pressure Reprinted with permission respiratory response result resuscitation severe shock skin spinal cord tachycardia tension pneumothorax thoracic tion tissue trachea trauma care system trauma center Trauma Life Support trauma patients triage ventilation vital signs wound