title: Assessment of the patient who is neurologically impaired.
abstract: Care of the patient with emergent neurologic trauma incorporates assessment, diagnosis, and treatment by a multidisciplinary team. Establishing intravenous access and determining fluid requirements necessitates an advanced knowledge of infusion support and of fluid and electrolyte balance. When these factors are addressed in a systematic, continuous manner throughout all phases of the trauma care continuum, the patient with emergent neurologic trauma has the best opportunity for restoration of optimal neurologic function.
authors.affiliation: Emergency Services, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Hospital, Little Rock, Arkansas 72205, USA. RaupGlennH@uams.edu
authors.forename: Glenn
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Raup
mesh_terms: D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000451:nursing*; D016529:Emergency Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous / Q000451:nursing*; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods*