Emergency and Trauma Care for Nurses and Paramedics (4th Edition)

Emergency and Trauma Care for Nurses and Paramedics is a highly respected emergency care text for nursing and paramedicine students and clinicians in Australia and New Zealand. Now in its fourth edition, it provides the most up-to-date and comprehensive coverage of the spectrum of emergency and trauma care.

The text spans prehospital and hospital care, enabling students to understand the patient journey and equipping them for their role in a multidisciplinary team. Coverage includes assessment, triage, and management of trauma, the physiology of emergency care, and the recognition and management of specific body system emergencies. It also covers the fundamentals of emergency care, such as quality and safety, ethics, leadership, research, and patient education.

This book, fully revised to reflect the dynamic and evolving nature of emergency and trauma care, is ideal for students, prehospital care providers, rural, remote, and urban emergency and trauma care nurses, and other disaster management clinicians.

• Endorsed by the College of Emergency Nursing Australasia
• Written by internationally recognized clinicians, researchers, and leaders in emergency care
• Latest evidence-based research and practice across the emergency care continuum
• Case studies to consolidate knowledge and 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

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