Critical Care Considerations in Trauma Resuscitation

Trauma for critical care nurses

The lecture duration is 47min.

1 CPD Point, 1 CEU, 1 CME credit approval pending.
Accredited by CPDUK, CBRN and Provider Pending.

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Eugene Mondor
Critical Care Nurse Educator, Alberta, Canada
Lecture Summary

On any given day, Critical Care Nurses may be called upon to assist with or admit complex, critically injured polytrauma patients into the adult Critical Care Unit. It is essential that nurses possess a solid and accurate understanding of best practice trauma resuscitation principles. This session identifies current, evidence-based practice guidelines for Critical Care Nurses for the restoration of hemodynamic stability and avoidance of complications, following the admission of the adult polytrauma patient to Critical Care. The “ABCDE” approach to trauma patients, shock, oxygenation, ventilation, fluid resuscitation, coagulopathies, and damage-control surgery, is described and discussed.

Target Audience

Critical Care Nurses
Trainee Critical Care Doctors

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion of this activity, you should be able to:

  • Identify, using a systems-based perspective, the “ABCDE” approach to trauma resuscitation
  • Describe appropriate, evidence-based strategies for achieving stability in the multisystem trauma patient experiencing hemorrhagic shock
  • Recognise and articulate optimal endpoints in resuscitation of the polytrauma patient
  • Describe evolving, up-to-date trends in the management and care of the adult polytrauma patient to help facilitate optimal patient outcomes