Emergency and trauma care for nurses and paramedics / edited by Kate Curtis [and 4 others].

Includes bibliographical references and index.

SECTION I: Foundations of emergency care -- Emergency nursing in Australia and New Zealand -- Paramedicine in Australia and New Zealand -- Clinical ethics for emergency healthcare -- Emergency care and the law -- Cultural considerations in emergency care -- Patient safety and quality in emergency care -- Research for emergency care -- Patient career and engagement and communication -- SECTION 2: Clinical concepts and systems -- Scene assessment, management and rescue -- Physiology and pathophysiology for emergency care -- Clinical reasoning, problem-solving and triage -- Major incident preparedness and management -- Patient assessment and essential of care -- Resuscitation -- Stabilisation and transfer -- Clinical skills -- Minor injury and management -- Pain management -- Organ and tissue donation -- End of life -- SECTION 3: Emergencies -- Respiratory emergencies -- Cardiovascular emergencies -- Neurological emergencies -- Gastrointestinal emergencies -- Renal and genitourinary emergencies -- Endocrine emergencies -- Healthcare-associated infections and infectious diseases -- Environmental emergencies -- Oncological and haematological emergencies -- Toxicological emergencies -- Dental, ear, nose and throat emergencies -- Ocular emergencies and trauma -- Gynaecological emergencies -- Obstetric emergencies -- Pediatric emergencies -- Mental health emergencies -- People with disabilities -- The odler person -- Violence, abuse and assault -- Alcohol, tobacco and other drug use -- SECTION 4: Major trauma -- Epidemiology of injury -- Major trauma initial assessment and management -- Traumatic brain injury -- Maxillofacial trauma -- Thoracic and neck trauma -- Abdominal and genitourinary trauma -- Spinal trauma -- Major orthopaedic and neurovascular trauma -- Burns trauma.