Assessment and management of the trauma patient.
Emergency nurses need to be able to assess and manage trauma patients wherever they work and regardless of the number of staff working with them. This article describes systematic nursing assessment of patients who have sustained traumatic injuries.
Accident and Emergency/trauma, City University, St Bartholomew's School of Nursing and Midwifery, London, UK. e.cole@city.ac.uk
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D016529:Emergency Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D004638:Emergency Treatment / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing*; D006801:Humans; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000451:nursing; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D014218:Triage / Q000379:methods*