Part 2 - Key Concepts for Trauma Care in the ICU and PCU

Webinar Summary

Mass casualty situations can occur at any time, and as trauma centers become overwhelmed, the injured may be directed to non-trauma facilities for treatment. As a nurse, are you prepared to care for these unexpected trauma patients?

Our three-part Trauma Care webinar series is designed to provide progressive and critical care nurses with the essential information needed to safely treat post-resuscitation trauma patients — even if you don’t routinely care for them. This second webinar in the series uses a body systems approach to to educate ICU and PCU nurses about the basics of trauma care:

Focus on the upper body: Traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury and upper torso trauma injuries
Body systems-based assessment, clinical management considerations, complications and associated mitigation strategies

Viewer questions are welcome and will be answered by the presenter in a Q&A document added to the Resources section of this webpage.

Objectives

Identify body systems assessment for traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injuries and upper torso trauma injuries.
List the clinical management considerations for traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injuries and upper torso trauma injuries.
Recognize body systems complications and mitigation strategies for traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injuries, and upper torso trauma injuries.

Presenter

John Gallagher, DNP, RN, CCNS, CCRN-K, TCRN, CHSE, RRT, FCCM

John Gallagher is a professor at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. Gallagher’s career includes positions as a staff nurse and CNS in diverse clinical settings, including trauma resuscitation and surgical ICU, the emergency department and the pulmonary step-down unit. He is also a registered respiratory therapist and former paramedic.

Continuing Education Disclosure Statement

Successful Completion

Learners must attend/view/read the entire activity, read Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes, and complete the associated evaluation to be awarded the contact hours or CERP. No partial credit will be awarded.

Accreditation

The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider number CEP 1036, for 1.00 contact hours.

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