Emergency and Trauma Care for Nurses and Paramedics 4e, 4th Edition

• 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

Instructor resources on Evolve:

• 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

SECTION ONE: OVERVIEW OF EMERGENCY CARE
1. Emergency nursing in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand
2. Paramedicine in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand
3. Clinical ethics for emergency healthcare
4. Emergency care and the law
5. Cultural considerations in emergency care
6. Patient safety and quality in emergency care
7. Research for emergency care
8. Patient and carer engagement and communication
SECTION 2: CLINICAL CONCEPTS AND SYSTEMS
9. Scene assessment, management and rescue
10. Physiology and pathophysiology for emergency care
11. Clinical reasoning, problem-solving and triage
12. Major incident preparedness and management
13. Patient assessment and essentials of care
14. Resuscitation
15. Stabilisation and transfer
16. Clinical skills
17. Minor injury and management
18. Pain management
19. Organ and tissue donation)
20. End of life
SECTION THREE: EMERGENCIES
21: Respiratory emergencies
22. Cardiovascular emergencies
23. Neurological emergencies
24. Gastrointestinal emergencies
25. Renal and genitourinary emergencies
26. Endocrine emergencies
27. Healthcare-associated infections and infectious diseases in emergency care
28. Environmental emergencies
29. Oncological and haematological emergencies
30. Toxicological emergencies
31. Dental, ear, nose and throat emergencies
32. Ocular emergencies and trauma
33. Gynaecological emergencies
34. Maternal emergencies
35. Paediatric emergencies
36. Mental health emergencies
37. People with disabilities
38. The older person
39. Violence, abuse and assault
40. Alcohol, tobacco and other drug use
SECTION FOUR: MAJOR TRAUMA
41. Epidemiology of injury
42. Major trauma initial assessment and management
43. Traumatic brain injury
44. Maxillofacial trauma
45. Thoracic and neck trauma
46. Abdominal and genitourinary trauma
47. Spinal Trauma
48. Major orthopaedic and neurovascular trauma
49. Burns trauma

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 and 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; Co-Deputy Chair, Paramedicine Accreditation Committee, AHPRA