Emergency and Trauma Care for Nurses and Paramedics
- 2nd Edition - September 15, 2015
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Authors: Kate Curtis, Clair Ramsden
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 7 2 9 5 - 8 3 4 6 - 6
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 7 2 9 5 - 8 4 5 9 - 3
The second edition of Emergency and Trauma Care for Nurses and Paramedics provides the most up-to-date and comprehensive coverage of clinical procedures and issues encounter… Read more
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Request a sales quoteThe second edition of Emergency and Trauma Care for Nurses and Paramedics provides the most up-to-date and comprehensive coverage of clinical procedures and issues encountered in contemporary emergency care in Australia and New Zealand.
Written by leading academics and clinicians, this fully revised and updated edition follows the patient’s journey from pre-hospital retrieval to definitive care. With a strong focus on multidisciplinary care, this evidence-based emergency and trauma resource will appeal to pre-hospital care providers, rural, remote and urban emergency nurses and allied health professionals, as well as disaster management and interfacility transport staff.
Essential concepts are covered in a logical order, commencing with:
- An introduction to emergency professions and professional issues
- Clinical and health systems
- Patient presentations ordered by body system as well as toxicology, envenomation, ocular, environmental emergencies and unique population groups
- Major trauma assessment and management and end-of-life care information and considerations.
Emergency and Trauma Care for Nurses and Paramedics 2e continues to be the pre-eminent resource for students preparing to enter the emergency environment and for clinicians seeking a greater understanding of multidisciplinary care from retrieval through to rehabilitation.
- A cultural safety approach is included throughout - addressing cultural diversity, beliefs and values and focusing on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and Mãori health
- Essentials outline the main points addressed in each chapter
- Practice tips throughout assist with communication skills, procedures and assessment
- Case studies are supported by questions and answers to encourage active learning
- New online resources available on Evolve, including over 30 new case studies with paramedic-specific questions.
Post-graduate Nursing qualifications with an emergency nursing specialisation
Undergraduate paramedic qualifications
Undergraduate double degree nursing and paramedicine qualifications
Undergraduate nursing qualifications with an emergency nursing unit of study
Section 1: Overview of Emergency Care Section 2: Systems and Clinical Fundamentals Section 3: Clinical Concepts and Systems Section 4: Emergencies Section 5: Major trauma Section 6: End of Life
- Edition: 2
- Published: September 15, 2015
- Imprint: Elsevier
- No. of pages: 1472
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN: 9780729583466
- eBook ISBN: 9780729584593
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Kate Curtis
Affiliations and expertise
Professor Emergency and Trauma Care, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia; Director Emergency and Critical Care Research, Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District, Warrawong, NSW, Australia; Registered Nurse, Wollongong Hospital Emergency Department, Wollongong, NSW, Australia; Honorary Professorial Fellow, The George Institute for Global Health, Sydney, NSW, AustraliaCR
Clair Ramsden
Affiliations and expertise
Executive Director Clinical Services, Opal HealthCare, Australia