I

BASIC EMERGENCY ISSUES

1

1

Legal Issues for Emergency Nurses

3

2

Workplace Violence and Disruptive Behavior   Polly Gerber Zimmermann

11

3

Mass Casualty Incidents   Sharon Saunderson Cohen

19

4

Patient Safety in the Emergency Department   Susan McDaniel Hohenhaus

37

5

Ethical Dilemmas in Emergency Nursing   Bernard Heilicser

43

6

Forensics   Jeanne Eckes-Roper

49

II

BASIC CLINICAL ISSUES

59

7

Triage   Nicki Cilboy

61

8

Airway Management   Julie V. O’Neal

77

9

Cardiopulmonary Arrest   Belinda B. Hammond

89

10

Intravenous Therapy   Lynn Hadaway

97

11

Care of the Patient with Pain   Diana Meyer

121

12

Substance Abuse   Leona Stout-Demps and Darken A, Williams

131

13

Alcohol Abuse   Dawn M. Williamson

137

14

Wound Management   Robert D. Herr

147

15

Procedural Sedation   Lauren Wheatley McCauley

161

16

Laboratory Specimens   Linda K. Cook and Polly Gerber Zimmermann

167

17

End-of-Life Issues for Emergency Nurses   Tina D. Cronin

175

III

COMMON NON-TRAUMATIC EMERGENCIES

183

18

Respiratory Emergencies   Robin Walsh

185

19

Cardiovascular Emergencies   Belinda B. Hammond

201

20

Shock   Shelley A. Colder

213

21

Sepsis   Bethany Chimento Jennings and Fiona Winterbottom

223

22

Infectious Diseases   William R. Short, Mary Kemper and Jeane Jackson

233

23

Hematologic and Immunologic Emergencies   C.J. Carringer and Belinda B. Hammond

245

24

Stroke   Rita D. Mintmier and Sharon L. Biby

255

25

Neurologic Emergencies   Robin Walsh

265

26

Facial, ENT, and Dental Emergencies   Darcy Egging

275

27

Ocular Emergencies   Darcy Egging

285

28

Abdominal Pain and Emergencies   Lisa Wolf and Polly Gerber Zimmermann

291

29

Metabolic Emergencies   Benjamin E. Marett

303

30

Toxicologic Emergencies   Randal Bryan Badillo, Kimberly Hovseth, and Scott Schaffer

319

31

Environmental Emergencies   S. Kay Sedtak

333

32

Bite and Sting Emergencies   S. Kay Sedlack

345

33

Genitourinary Emergencies   Susanne Quailich

353

34

Sexually Transmitted Infections   Darcy Egging

361

IV

TRAUMA

367

35

Assessment and Stabilization of the Trauma Patient   Jeff Solheim

369

36

Head Trauma   Jill C. McLaughtin

379

37

Spinal Cord and Neck Trauma   Faye P. Everson

395

38

Chest Trauma   Faye P. Everson

407

39

Abdominal Trauma   Catherine Harris

419

40

Musculoskeletal Trauma   Judith S. Halperti

427

41

Facial, Ocular, ENT, and Dental Trauma   Jeff Solheim

439

42

Burns   Kathleen A. Ribbens and Megan DeVries

453

43

Obstetric Trauma   Laura M. Criddle

463

44

Pediatric Trauma   Diana Ropelc

469

45

Geriatric Trauma   Laura M. Criddle

475

V

SPECIAL POPULATIONS

481

46

Obstetric Emergencies   Judith H. Poole and Joanne E. Thompson

483

47

Gynecologic Emergencies   Linda Kelly

497

48

Mental Health Emergencies   Anne P. Manton

505

49

Abuse and Neglect   Shelley Cohen

521

50

Intimate Partner Violence   Shelley Cohen

531

51

Sexual Assault   Barbara Weintraub

537

52

Pediatric Considerations in Emergency Nursing   Colleen Andreoni

547

53

Geriatric Considerations in Emergency Nursing   Karen L. Rice and Maria Albright

571

54

Considerations for the Patient with Morbid Obesity   Maria E. Albright and Valerie Aarne Grossman

593

Index

601