Title: Responding to trauma: Your priorities in the first hour | Article | NursingCenter
Headings: Responding to trauma: Your priorities in the first hour
Responding to trauma: Your priorities in the first hour
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Nursing2020 Critical Care
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Getting ready for your patient
Primary survey: Managing immediate threats
Secondary survey: Uncovering other serious threats
Next up: An eye on diagnostics
Providing definitive care
Meeting the standard of care
Adequate resuscitation? Watch for these indicators
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Content: They also place a 16-gauge intravenous (I.V.) catheter in his left forearm and begin an infusion of 0.9% sodium chloride solution. If Michael were on his way to your hospital's emergency department (ED) for treatment, would you be prepared to provide immediate and appropriate nursing care? In this article, I'll explain the primary and secondary assessment surveys you need to complete as soon as he arrives and discuss how your findings guide nursing and medical interventions. But first, let's review how to prepare for a trauma patient's arrival in the ED. Getting ready for your patient
Trauma team members must be prepared to deal with any type of injury. But learning details about the mechanism of injury can help them predict the types and combinations of injuries that he may have sustained-information that will help you and the other team members plan effective care. Mechanism of injury describes the circumstances and energy forces that produced the trauma, usually blunt or penetrating. Examples of blunt force trauma include injuries from motor-vehicle crashes, falls, assault, industrial incidents, blast force, and sports-related injuries. Penetrating trauma injuries include stab and gunshot wounds, impaled objects, and damage from projectiles. As the trauma team awaits Michael's arrival at the hospital, they review the information the paramedics provided by radio and discuss their concerns about his possible injuries based on his mechanism of injury.