title: Orthopedic trauma: critical care nursing issues.
abstract: Orthopedic trauma is frequently encountered by critical care nurses as trauma team members providing care to the severely injured. Through actual case examples, the role of the critical care nurse and orthopedic trauma management is reviewed. Focus is on unstable pelvic fractures, extremity fractures, compartment syndrome, rhabdomyolysis, mangled extremities, gunshot-wound fractures, and damage-control orthopedics.
authors.affiliation: Scripps Mercy Hospital, San Diego, California, USA. bongiovanni.michael@scrippshealth.org
authors.forename: Michael S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Bongiovanni
authors.forename: Susan L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Bradley
authors.forename: Dorothy M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Kelley
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001134:Arm Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D016529:Emergency Nursing; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005592:Fracture Fixation / Q000379:methods*; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007869:Leg Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D009985:Orthopedics; D010384:Pelvic Bones / Q000293:injuries*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D011859:Radiography; D018570:Risk Assessment; D015996:Survival Rate; D014193:Trauma Centers; D016896:Treatment Outcome