Mass Casualty Incidents
Chapter 3 Mass Casualty Incidents Sharon Saunderson Cohen Worldwide, disasters have killed millions of people and many more have endured all kinds of illness and injury as a result of…
Environmental Emergencies
Chapter 31 Environmental Emergencies S. Kay Sedlak This chapter discusses specific emergencies that occur because of the body’s exposure to changes in or extremes of environmental conditions. The most common…
Spinal Cord and Neck Trauma
Chapter 37 Spinal Cord and Neck Trauma Faye P. Everson Spinal Cord Injuries Every year in the United States, 11,000 to 15,000 new spinal cord injuries (SCIs) occur.1 Motor vehicle…
Chest Trauma
Chapter 38 Chest Trauma Faye P. Everson Chest trauma, whether blunt or penetrating in nature, is a significant source of morbidity and mortality in the United States. Because the chest…
Wound Management
Chapter 14 Wound Management Robert D. Herr General Principles of Wound Management Wounds can be considered chronic, such as ulcers, or acute, such as wounds from recent trauma. The goals…
Abuse and Neglect
Chapter 49 Abuse and Neglect Shelley Cohen An attentive emergency nurse undresses the one year old for examination of symptoms related to a runny nose and cough. During her assessment,…
Care of the Patient with Pain
Chapter 11 Care of the Patient with Pain Diana Meyer Pain is a complex experience for patients. The International Association for the Study of Pain defines pain in the following…
Abdominal Pain and Emergencies
Chapter 28 Abdominal Pain and Emergencies Lisa Wolf, Polly Gerber Zimmermann Abdominal pain is present in about 6% of approximately 100 million emergency department visits and is one of the…
Abdominal Trauma
Chapter 39 Abdominal Trauma Catherine Harris Abdominal injuries account for 13% to 15% of traumatic deaths, making this the third leading cause of trauma mortality.1 Knowing the mechanism of injury,…
