Intensive Care Nursing/Trauma

Principles and practice of the management of the trauma patient. The speciality of the trauma nurse.


 * 1) /Trauma/
 * 2) /Trauma Network and Systems/
 * 3) /Systematic Trauma Assessment/
 * 4) /Mechanism of Injury/
 * 5) /Head Trauma and Intracranial Pressure Management/
 * 6) /Spinal Management/
 * 7) /Thoracic Trauma/
 * 8) /Pelvic and Abdominal Trauma/
 * 9) /Musculoskeletal Trauma /
 * 10) /Shock- Care and Management/
 * 11) /Burns Management/

Introduction
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.