| Description |
xviii, 748 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. Emergency Medical Services / Annie Moy -- Ch. 2. Interfacility Transfer / Maureen A. Harrahill -- Ch. 3. Triage / Cheryl Lee Ramler and Nana Mohammed -- Ch. 4. Mass Casualty Management / Beverley Tipsord-Klinkhammer -- Ch. 5. Shock / Judy Selfridge-Thomas -- Ch. 6. Multiple Trauma / Christine A. Kosmos -- Ch. 7. Vascular Emergencies / Victora A. Fahey and Mary Carol Racelis -- Ch. 8. Maxillofacial Trauma and Ear, Nose, and Throat Emergencies / Laura M. Criddle -- Ch. 9. Ocular Emergencies / Valerie Novotny-Dinsdale -- Ch. 10. Cardiac Emergencies / June Howland-Gradman and Stephanie Kitt -- Ch. 11. Pulmonary Emergencies / Dineke J. Mackey -- Ch. 12. Gastrointestinal Emergencies / Valerie Novotny-Dinsdale and Lorna S. Andrews -- Ch. 13. Abdominal Trauma / Nanne M. Finis -- Ch. 14. Genitourinary Emergencies / Pamela Stinson Kidd -- Ch. 15. Emergencies in Gynecology and Obstetrics / Nancy Jo Reedy and Mary C. Brucker -- Ch. 16. Musculoskeletal Emergencies / Marianne Genge Jagmin -- Ch. 17. Neurologic Emergencies / Stephen L. Adams, Leila B. Camarista and Linda R. Chadwick -- Ch. 18. Head Trauma / Kathleen S. Oman and Thomas E. Drury -- Ch. 19. Spinal Trauma / Mary A. Jaworski and Kathryn M. Wirtz -- Ch. 20. Endocrine Emergencies / Paula Tanabe -- Ch. 21. Hematologic Emergencies / Ann Marie McDonnell Keenan and June Kaiser -- Ch. 22. Pediatric Medical Emergencies / Lisa Marie Bernardo and Kathleen Ann Schenkel -- Ch. 23. Pediatric Trauma / Lisa Marie Bernardo and Rosemarie Trunzo -- Ch. 24. Psychiatric Emergencies / June Kaiser and Mariamma J. Pyngolil -- Ch. 25. Family Violence / Daniel J. Sheridan -- Ch. 26. Poisoning and Drug Overdose / David N. Zull -- Ch. 27. Infectious Diseases / Dineke J. Mackey -- Ch. 28. Hypertension and Hypertensive Disorders / James Mathews -- Ch. 29. Environmental Emergencies / Jean A. Proehl -- Ch. 30. Burn Injuries / Karen Kernan Bryant -- Ch. 31. Surface Trauma / Linda V. Hackley -- Ch. 32. Oncologic Emergencies / Karen Smith Blesch -- Ch. 33. Long-Term Central Venous Catheters / Rita S. Wickham, Sandra Purl and Marnie McHale -- Ch. 34. Organ and Tissue Donation in the Emergency Department / Donna J. Rowland -- Ch. 35. Fiscal Considerations in a Competitive Environment / Donna L. Young -- Ch. 36. Quality Management in an Emergency Department / Rose M. Lach -- Ch. 37. Emergency Nursing Productivity Issues / Ruth E. Rea and Patsy L. Maloney -- Ch. 38. Legal and Legislative Considerations in Emergency Practice / Patricia A. Southard -- Ch. 39. Research in Emergency Nursing / Ruth E. Rea, Margaret A. Vancini and Sondra T. Perdue |
| Summary |
Provides nurse with well researched information on emergency care and gives up-to-date approaches to care systems and regulatory requirements. A comprehensive reference |
| Analysis |
Humans Emergency treatment |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Accidents -- Nursing.
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Emergency nursing.
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Emergencies -- nursing.
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Emergencies -- nursing.
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| Author |
Kitt, Stephanie.
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| LC no. |
94023208 |
| ISBN |
0721652042 |
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