Accident & Emergency: Theory into Practice is the comprehensive textbook for emergency nurses, covering the full range of emergency care issues, including trauma management and trauma care, the lifespan, psychological issues, physiology for practice, practice and professional issues. This book is about more than what a nurse should do; it is about why it should be done, leading to sustainable and safer practice.
The third edition of this ever-popular text expands its horizons to include contributions from emergency care professionals in New Zealand, Australia and the Republic of Ireland, as well as the United Kingdom.
1. Cover image - p. 1 2. Title page - p. 2 3. Table of Contents - p. 3 4. Series Page - p. 6 5. Copyright - p. 7 6. Contributors - p. 8 7. Preface - p. 9 8. Part 1: Trauma management - p. 10 9. Chapter 1: Pre-hospital care - p. 11 10. Chapter 2: Trauma life support - p. 15 11. Chapter 3: Major incidents - p. 25 12. Chapter 4: Transportation of the acutely ill patient - p. 31 13. Part 2: Trauma care - p. 41 14. Chapter 5: Head injuries - p. 42 15. Chapter 6: Skeletal injuries - p. 60 16. Chapter 7: Spinal injuries - p. 86 17. Chapter 8: Thoracic injuries - p. 93 18. Chapter 9: Abdominal injuries - p. 104 19. Chapter 10: Maxillofacial injuries - p. 116 20. Chapter 11: Burns - p. 125 21. Part 3: Psychological dimensions - p. 136 22. Chapter 12: Aggression - p. 137 23. Chapter 13: Stress and stress management - p. 144 24. Chapter 14: Care of the bereaved - p. 152 25. Chapter 15: Mental health emergencies - p. 162 26. Part 4: Life continuum - p. 177 27. Chapter 16: Infants - p. 178 28. Chapter 17: The pre-school child - p. 193 29. Chapter 18: Age 5 to puberty - p. 209 30. Chapter 19: Adolescence - p. 218 31. Chapter 20: Young adults - p. 226 32. Chapter 21: Middle years - p. 233 33. Chapter 22: Older people - p. 240 34. Part 5: Physiology for ED practice - p. 251 35. Chapter 23: Physiology for ED practice - p. 252 36. Chapter 24: Wound care - p. 260 37. Chapter 25: Pain and pain management - p. 277 38. Chapter 26: Local and regional anaesthesia - p. 283 39. Part 6: Emergency care - p. 291 40. Chapter 27: Cardiac emergencies - p. 292 41. Chapter 28: Medical emergencies - p. 310 42. Chapter 29: Surgical emergencies - p. 326 43. Chapter 30: Gynaecological and obstetric emergencies - p. 341 44. Chapter 31: Ophthalmic emergencies - p. 354 45. Chapter 32: Ear, nose and throat emergencies - p. 367 46. Part 7: Practice issues in emergency care - p. 376 47. Chapter 33: People with learning disabilities - p. 377 48. Chapter 34: Health promotion - p. 388 49. Chapter 35: Triage - p. 393 50. Part 8: Professional issues in the ED - p. 402 51. Chapter 36: Leadership - p. 403 52. Chapter 37: Clinical decision-making - p. 410 53. Chapter 38: Ethical issues - p. 417 54. Chapter 39: Law - p. 424 55. Chapter 40: Health and safety - p. 432 56. Chapter 41: Managing issues of culture and power in the ED - p. 439 57. Chapter 42: Creating patient flow - p. 445 58. Normal values - p. 454 59. Index - p. 455
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Accident & Emergency: Theory into Practice is the comprehensive textbook for emergency nurses, covering the full range of emergency care issues, including trauma management and trauma care, the lifespan, psychological issues, physiology for practice, practice and professional issues. This book is about more than what a nurse should do; it is about why it should be done, leading to sustainable and safer practice.
The third edition of this ever-popular text expands its horizons to include contributions from emergency care professionals in New Zealand, Australia and the Republic of Ireland, as well as the United Kingdom.
1. Cover image - p. 1 2. Title page - p. 2 3. Table of Contents - p. 3 4. Series Page - p. 6 5. Copyright - p. 7 6. Contributors - p. 8 7. Preface - p. 9 8. Part 1: Trauma management - p. 10 9. Chapter 1: Pre-hospital care - p. 11 10. Chapter 2: Trauma life support - p. 15 11. Chapter 3: Major incidents - p. 25 12. Chapter 4: Transportation of the acutely ill patient - p. 31 13. Part 2: Trauma care - p. 41 14. Chapter 5: Head injuries - p. 42 15. Chapter 6: Skeletal injuries - p. 60 16. Chapter 7: Spinal injuries - p. 86 17. Chapter 8: Thoracic injuries - p. 93 18. Chapter 9: Abdominal injuries - p. 104 19. Chapter 10: Maxillofacial injuries - p. 116 20. Chapter 11: Burns - p. 125 21. Part 3: Psychological dimensions - p. 136 22. Chapter 12: Aggression - p. 137 23. Chapter 13: Stress and stress management - p. 144 24. Chapter 14: Care of the bereaved - p. 152 25. Chapter 15: Mental health emergencies - p. 162 26. Part 4: Life continuum - p. 177 27. Chapter 16: Infants - p. 178 28. Chapter 17: The pre-school child - p. 193 29. Chapter 18: Age 5 to puberty - p. 209 30. Chapter 19: Adolescence - p. 218 31. Chapter 20: Young adults - p. 226 32. Chapter 21: Middle years - p. 233 33. Chapter 22: Older people - p. 240 34. Part 5: Physiology for ED practice - p. 251 35. Chapter 23: Physiology for ED practice - p. 252 36. Chapter 24: Wound care - p. 260 37. Chapter 25: Pain and pain management - p. 277 38. Chapter 26: Local and regional anaesthesia - p. 283 39. Part 6: Emergency care - p. 291 40. Chapter 27: Cardiac emergencies - p. 292 41. Chapter 28: Medical emergencies - p. 310 42. Chapter 29: Surgical emergencies - p. 326 43. Chapter 30: Gynaecological and obstetric emergencies - p. 341 44. Chapter 31: Ophthalmic emergencies - p. 354 45. Chapter 32: Ear, nose and throat emergencies - p. 367 46. Part 7: Practice issues in emergency care - p. 376 47. Chapter 33: People with learning disabilities - p. 377 48. Chapter 34: Health promotion - p. 388 49. Chapter 35: Triage - p. 393 50. Part 8: Professional issues in the ED - p. 402 51. Chapter 36: Leadership - p. 403 52. Chapter 37: Clinical decision-making - p. 410 53. Chapter 38: Ethical issues - p. 417 54. Chapter 39: Law - p. 424 55. Chapter 40: Health and safety - p. 432 56. Chapter 41: Managing issues of culture and power in the ED - p. 439 57. Chapter 42: Creating patient flow - p. 445 58. Normal values - p. 454 59. Index - p. 455
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