Management and coordination of postacute medical care for electrical trauma survivors.
The clinical spectrum of electrical injury ranges from the absence of any external physical signs to severe multiple trauma. Reported neuropsychiatric sequelae can vary from vague complaints, which may seem unrelated to the injury in their occurrence over time or by their apparent severity, to sequelae consistent with brain injury accompanying an electrical trauma. In this report, a case study and discussion are presented on the management and coordination of post-acute care of an electrical trauma survivor. Expertise and a multidisciplinary team are essential to cohesive patient care. Patient monitoring for progressive changes and prompt intervention are needed to address the potential difficulties experienced by trauma survivors as they rehabilitate to return to their work and their activities of daily living.
Chico
M S
MS
Department of Surgery, University of Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA.
Capelli-Schellpfeffer
M
M
Kelley
K M
KM
Lee
R C
RC
D000328:Adult; D002058:Burns, Electric / Q000150:complications / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy