Trauma case review: survival following impalement
| Autor: | C. L. Lee, Sheila Paul |
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| Rok vydání: | 1994 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Groin business.industry General surgery Nursing assessment Poison control Skeletal structures General Medicine Emergency department Critical Care Nursing medicine.disease Case review Occupational safety and health medicine.anatomical_structure Injury prevention Medicine Medical emergency business |
| Zdroj: | Critical Care Nurse. 14:55-59 |
| ISSN: | 1940-8250 0279-5442 |
| DOI: | 10.4037/ccn1994.14.2.55 |
| Popis: | Prehospital care of patients with penetrating wounds must begin within minutes of the injury; definitive treatments should be initiated within an hour. Due to the advanced skills of the paramedics, nurses, doctors, and ancillary personnel, this patient arrived in the operating room within an hour of his accident. Fortunately, the impaled reinforcement rods missed the vital structures within the patient's thoracic and pleural cavities and spared his lower abdominal organs, vascular structures, and skeletal structures in his groin. This case study illustrates the importance of coordinated efforts in caring for this patient from the prehospital setting through the emergency department and operating room. |
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