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NR 341 Week 7 Exam Three Study Guide (Chapters 19, 20, 6, 17, 13, 21, 18)
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NR 341 Week 7 Exam Three Study Guide (Chapters 19, 20, 6, 17, 13, 21, 18)Chapter 19 Trauma and Surgical Management
Introduction
Trauma demographics
Systems approach to trauma care
o Trauma system
Levels of trauma care
Trauma continuum
Injury prevention
Trauma team concept
Prehospital care and transport
Trauma triage
Disaster and mass casualty management
Mechanism of injury
o Blunt trauma
o Penetrating trauma
o Blast injuries
Emergency care phase
o Initial patient assessment
o Primary and secondary survey
Resuscitation phase
o Establishing airway patency
, o Maintaining effect breathing
o Maintaining circulation
o Diagnostic testing
o Adequacy of resuscitation
o Fluid resuscitation
o Assessment of neurological disabilities
o Exposure and environmental considerations
Assessment and management of specific organ injuries
o Thoracic injuries
Cardiac tamponade
Cardiac contusion
Aortic disruption
Tension pneumothorax
Hemothorax
Open pneumothorax
Pulmonary contusion
Rib fractures and flail chest
o Abdominal injuries
o Musculoskeletal injuries
Complications
Compartment syndrome
Rhabdomyolysis
Venous thromboembolism
, Fat embolism syndrome
Critical care phase
o Damage-control surgery
o Postoperative management
Special considerations and populations
o Alcohol and drug abuse
o Family and patient coping
Rehabilitation
Chapter 20 Burns
Introduction
Review of anatomy and physiology of the skin
o Effects of aging
Mechanisms of injury
o Thermal injury
o Chemical injury
o Electrical injury
o Inhalation injury
Carbon monoxide and cyanide poisoning
Injury above the glottis
Injury below the glottis
Burn classification and severity
o Depth of injury
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