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By Kate Curtis, RN, GradDipCritCare, MNurs(Hons), PhD, FCENA, Professor Emergency and Trauma Care, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia; Director Emergency and Critical Care Research, Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District, Warrawong, NSW, Australia; Registered Nurse, Wollongong Hospital Emergency Department, Wollongong, NSW, Australia; Honorary Professorial Fellow, The George Institute for Global Health, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Clair Ramsden, RN, GradCertCardiol, MHCE, MHServMgt, Executive Director Clinical Services, Opal HealthCare, Australia; Ramon Z. Shaban, BSc(Med), BN, GradCertInfCon, PGDipPH&TM, MEd, MCommHealthPrac(Hons1), PhD, RN, FCENA, FACN, FACIPC, CICP-E, Clinical Chair of Communicable Diseases Control and Infection Prevention, Sydney Infectious Diseases Institute and Susan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia; Margaret Fry, RN, NP, BSc(Nurs), MEd, PhD, FCENA, Professor Emergency and Critical Care, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Northern Sydney Local Health District Nursing and Midwifery Directorate, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Adjunct Professor, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Senior Editor, Australasian Emergency Care, College of Emergency Nursing Australia, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Julie Considine, RN, RM, GDipNurs(AcuteCare), GradCertHEd, MNurs, PhD, FACN, FCENA, Professor of Nursing, Deakin University – Eastern Health, Burwood, Victoria, Australia and Senior Editor, Australasian Emergency Care, College of Emergency Nursing Australasia, NSW, Australia
SECTION 1 Foundations of emergency care 1 Emergency nursing in Australia and New Zealand 2 Paramedicine in Australia and New Zealand 3 Clinical ethics for emergency healthcare 4 Emergency care and the law 5 Cultural considerations in emergency care 6 Patient Safety and quality in emergency care 7 Research for emergency care 8 Patient and Carer engagement and communication
SECTION 2 Clinical concepts and systems 9 Scene assessment, management and rescue 10 Applied Physiology and pathophysiology for emergency care 11 Clinical reasoning, problem solving and triage 12 Major incident preparedness management 13 Patient assessment and essential care 14 Resuscitation 15 Stabilisation and transfer 16 Clinical skills 17 Minor injury and management 18 Pain management 19 Organ and tissue donation 20 End of life
SECTION 3 Emergencies 21 Respiratory emergencies 22 Cardiovascular emergencies 23 Neurological emergencies 24 Gastrointestinal emergencies 25 Renal and genitourinary emergencies 26 Endocrine emergencies 27 Healthcare-associated infections and infectious diseases 28 Environmental emergencies 29 Oncology and haematology emergencies 30 Toxicological emergencies 31 Dental, ear, nose and throat emergencies 32 Ocular emergencies and trauma 33 Gynaecological emergencies 34 Obstetric emergencies 35 Paediatric emergencies 36 Mental health emergencies 37 People with disabilities 38 The older person 39 Violence, abuse and assault 40 Alcohol and other drugs
SECTION 4 Major trauma 41 Epidemiology of Injury 42 Major trauma initial assessment and management 43 Traumatic brain injury 44 Maxillofacial trauma 45 Thoracic and neck trauma 46 Abdominal trauma 47 Spinal trauma 48 Major orthopaedic and neurovascular trauma 49 Burns trauma
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