Emergency and Trauma Care for Nurses and Paramedics 4e, 4th Edition
Includes Elsevier Adaptive Quizzing for Emergency and Trauma Care for Nurses and Paramedics 4e
Date of Publication: 02/2024
Emergency and Trauma Care for nurses and paramedics is a highly respected emergency care text for nursing and paramedicine students and clinicians in Australia and New Zealand. Now in its fourth edition, it provides the most up-to-date and comprehensive coverage of the spectrum of emergency and trauma care.
The text spans prehospital and hospital care, enabling students to understand the patient journey and equipping them for their role in a multidisciplinary team. Coverage includes assessment, triage and management of trauma, physiology of emergency care, and the recognition and management of specific body system emergencies, as well as the fundamentals of emergency care such as quality and safety, ethics, leadership, research and patient education.
Fully revised to reflect the dynamic and evolving nature of emergency and trauma care, this book is ideal for students, prehospital care providers, rural, remote and urban emergency and trauma care nurses, and other disaster management clinicians.
The text spans prehospital and hospital care, enabling students to understand the patient journey and equipping them for their role in a multidisciplinary team. Coverage includes assessment, triage and management of trauma, physiology of emergency care, and the recognition and management of specific body system emergencies, as well as the fundamentals of emergency care such as quality and safety, ethics, leadership, research and patient education.
Fully revised to reflect the dynamic and evolving nature of emergency and trauma care, this book is ideal for students, prehospital care providers, rural, remote and urban emergency and trauma care nurses, and other disaster management clinicians.
Emergency and Trauma Care for nurses and paramedics is a highly respected emergency care text for nursing and paramedicine students and clinicians in Australia and New Zealand. Now in its fourth edition, it provides the most up-to-date and comprehensive coverage of the spectrum of emergency and trauma care.
The text spans prehospital and hospital care, enabling students to understand the patient journey and equipping them for their role in a multidisciplinary team. Coverage includes assessment, triage and management of trauma, physiology of emergency care, and the recognition and management of specific body system emergencies, as well as the fundamentals of emergency care such as quality and safety, ethics, leadership, research and patient education.
Fully revised to reflect the dynamic and evolving nature of emergency and trauma care, this book is ideal for students, prehospital care providers, rural, remote and urban emergency and trauma care nurses, and other disaster management clinicians.
The text spans prehospital and hospital care, enabling students to understand the patient journey and equipping them for their role in a multidisciplinary team. Coverage includes assessment, triage and management of trauma, physiology of emergency care, and the recognition and management of specific body system emergencies, as well as the fundamentals of emergency care such as quality and safety, ethics, leadership, research and patient education.
Fully revised to reflect the dynamic and evolving nature of emergency and trauma care, this book is ideal for students, prehospital care providers, rural, remote and urban emergency and trauma care nurses, and other disaster management clinicians.
Key Features
- Endorsed by the College of Emergency Nursing Australasia
- Written by internationally recognised clinicians, researchers and leaders in emergency care
- Latest evidence-based research and practice across the emergency care continuum
- Case studies to consolidate knowledge apply theory to practice Practice tips highlight cultural considerations and communication issues
- Aligns to NSQHSS 2e, NMBA and PBA Standards
- Includes Elsevier Adaptive Quizzing for Emergency and Trauma Care for Nurses and Paramedics 4e
• Image collection
• PowerPoint slides
• Case study questions and answers
• Additional Case studies with answers and rationales
• Additional Paramedic Cases studies with answers and rationales
• Paramedic test bank
• Test bank
Instructor and Student resources on Evolve:
• Additional Case studies
• Additional Paramedic Case studies
• Videos
Author Information
By Kate Curtis, RN, GradDipCritCare, MNurs(Hons), PhD, FCENA, Professor Emergency and Trauma Care, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia; Director Emergency and Critical Care Research, Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District, Warrawong, NSW, Australia; Registered Nurse, Wollongong Hospital Emergency Department, Wollongong, NSW, Australia; Honorary Professorial Fellow, The George Institute for Global Health, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Clair Ramsden, RN, GradCertCardiol, MHCE, MHServMgt, Executive Director Clinical Services, Opal HealthCare, Australia; Ramon Z. Shaban, BSc(Med), BN, GradCertInfCon, PGDipPH&TM, MEd, MCommHealthPrac(Hons1), PhD, RN, FCENA, FACN, FACIPC, CICP-E, Clinical Chair of Communicable Diseases Control and Infection Prevention, Sydney Infectious Diseases Institute and Susan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia; Margaret Fry, RN, NP, BSc(Nurs), MEd, PhD, FCENA, Professor Emergency and Critical Care, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Northern Sydney Local Health District Nursing and Midwifery Directorate, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Adjunct Professor, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Senior Editor, Australasian Emergency Care, College of Emergency Nursing Australia, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Bill Lord, AM, BHlthSc(Pre-HospCare), GradDipCBL, MEd, PhD, FACPara, Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Paramedicine, Monash University, Frankston, Victoria, Australia; Adjunct Professor, Australian Catholic University, Faculty of Health Sciences, North Sydney, NSW, Australia; Director, Australasian College of Paramedicine, Sydney, NSW, Australia and Co-Deputy Chair, Paramedicine Accreditation Committee, AHPRA
