Burn Trauma : Management and Nursing Care
Bousfield,Chrissie B.
Burn Trauma : Management and Nursing Care - 2nd Edition - London Whurr Publisherd c2002 - xix, 295p.: col ill.; 24cm.
Includes Bibliographical references and Index
Pathophysiology of burns
Classification of burn trauma
Nursing children following burn trauma
Management in the first 48 hours following burn trauma
Ethical decision-making in burn care
Wound care
Management of the patient with an a inhalation injury
Management of pain for an individual following burn trauma
Early wound excision and grafting
Nutritional care for an individual following burn trauma
Rehabilitation
Social reintegration for an individual following burn trauma
Burns aftercare and scar management
Psychological care following burn trauma
Burns aftercare and scar management
Psychological care following burn trauma
Burn trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder
Staff support on the burns unit
Now in a completely revised and updated edition, this book will be a valuable resource for all grades of staff within the multi-disciplinary team caring for patients with burn injuries. It aims to increase the reader's understanding of the effects of burn trauma on the individual, and it outlines the management of care that will be required during the course of hospitalisation. The book considers the treatment needs of patients of all ages with different types of burn injury, in a variety of clinical environments. This text will prove to be helpful resource for those nurses undertaking diploma or degree level nurse education programmes and/or post-basic education relating to the speciality of burn care."--BOOK JACKET
1861562403
Burn Units
Wound Healing
RD96.4 / .B68 2002
Burn Trauma : Management and Nursing Care - 2nd Edition - London Whurr Publisherd c2002 - xix, 295p.: col ill.; 24cm.
Includes Bibliographical references and Index
Pathophysiology of burns
Classification of burn trauma
Nursing children following burn trauma
Management in the first 48 hours following burn trauma
Ethical decision-making in burn care
Wound care
Management of the patient with an a inhalation injury
Management of pain for an individual following burn trauma
Early wound excision and grafting
Nutritional care for an individual following burn trauma
Rehabilitation
Social reintegration for an individual following burn trauma
Burns aftercare and scar management
Psychological care following burn trauma
Burns aftercare and scar management
Psychological care following burn trauma
Burn trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder
Staff support on the burns unit
Now in a completely revised and updated edition, this book will be a valuable resource for all grades of staff within the multi-disciplinary team caring for patients with burn injuries. It aims to increase the reader's understanding of the effects of burn trauma on the individual, and it outlines the management of care that will be required during the course of hospitalisation. The book considers the treatment needs of patients of all ages with different types of burn injury, in a variety of clinical environments. This text will prove to be helpful resource for those nurses undertaking diploma or degree level nurse education programmes and/or post-basic education relating to the speciality of burn care."--BOOK JACKET
1861562403
Burn Units
Wound Healing
RD96.4 / .B68 2002