| Description |
xii, 398 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm |
| Contents |
Sect. I. The Scope of Pediatric Trauma -- 1. Pediatric Trauma: An Evolving Specialty / Mary C. Hoffman -- 2. Pediatric Injury Prevention / Bonnie A. Rice -- 3. Ethical Competencies for Pediatric Trauma Nursing Care / Denise Poirier Maguire -- Sect. II. Clinical Concepts -- 4. Children Are Different: Pediatric Differences and the Impact on Trauma / Lisa A. Rupp and Michael W. Day -- 5. Mechanism of Injury / Sally Jo Zuspan -- 6. Initial Resuscitation of the Pediatric Trauma Victim / Monica Artiles Liebman -- 7. Transporting the Critically Ill Child / S. Louise Bowen -- 8. Pediatric Trauma Rehabilitation / Teresa Beck and Naomi Higuchi -- 9. Impact of Trauma on Growth and Development / Ruth M. Lebet -- 10. The Injured Family / Franco A. Carnevale -- 11. Pain Management / Debbie Brinker -- 12. Nutritional Support of the Pediatric Trauma Patient / Jennifer Thorpe and Rosemary Eikov -- 13. Intentional Injuries / Sandra J. Czerwinski and Patricia A. Moloney-Harmon -- Sect. III. System Injuries -- 14. Traumatic Brain Injury in Children / Paula Vernon-Levett -- 15. Spinal Cord Injury / Regina Muir and Deborah A. Town -- 16. Thoracic Injury / Susan Nudelman Kamerling -- 17. Abdominal/Genitourinary Injury / Shari Simone -- 18. Pediatric Musculoskeletal Trauma / Kimberly J. Mason -- Sect. IV. Multisystem Issues -- 19. Thermal Injuries / Carolyn M. Perry -- 20. Submersion Injury / Rita Giordano -- 21. The Unborn Infant as Trauma Victim / Paula M. Timoney -- 22. Sequelae of Pediatric Trauma: Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome / Tara Trimarchi and Judy Trivits Verger -- 23. Psychosocial Aspects of Pediatric Trauma / Linda A. Lewandowski and Emily Frosch -- App. A. Interdisciplinary Admission Data Base -- App. B. Resources for Health Care Providers and Families |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Children -- Wounds and injuries -- Nursing.
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Pediatric nursing.
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Pediatric Nursing -- methods.
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Wounds and Injuries.
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Child.
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Wounds and Injuries -- nursing.
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| Author |
Moloney-Harmon, Pat.
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Czerwinski, Sandra J.
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| LC no. |
2002036461 |
| ISBN |
0721673724 |
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