Table of Contents
List of tables
- Tables in Chapter 1
- Tables in Chapter 2
- Tables in Chapter 6
- Tables in Chapter 7
- Tables in Chapter 10
- Tables in Chapter 11
- Tables in Chapter 12
- Tables in Chapter 13
- Tables in Chapter 14
- Tables in Chapter 15
- Tables in Chapter 16
- Tables in Chapter 17
- Tables in Chapter 18
- Tables in Chapter 19
- Tables in Chapter 21
- Tables in Chapter 22
- Tables in Chapter 23
- Tables in Chapter 24
- Tables in Chapter 25
- Tables in Chapter 26
- Tables in Chapter 27
- Tables in Chapter 28
- Tables in Chapter 29
- Tables in Chapter 30
- Tables in Chapter 31
- Tables in Chapter 32
- Tables in Chapter 33
- Tables in Chapter 34
- Tables in Chapter 35
- Tables in Chapter 36
- Tables in Chapter 37
- Tables in Chapter 38
- Tables in Chapter 39
- Tables in Chapter 40
- Tables in Chapter 41
- Tables in Chapter 42
- Tables in Chapter 43
- Tables in Chapter 44
- Tables in Chapter 45
- Tables in Chapter 46
- Tables in Chapter 47
- Tables in Chapter 48
- Tables in Chapter 49
List of figures
- Figures in Chapter 2
- Figures in Chapter 6
- Figures in Chapter 7
- Figures in Chapter 9
- Figures in Chapter 10
- Figures in Chapter 11
- Figures in Chapter 12
- Figures in Chapter 13
- Figures in Chapter 14
- Figures in Chapter 15
- Figures in Chapter 16
- Figures in Chapter 17
- Figures in Chapter 18
- Figures in Chapter 19
- Figures in Chapter 21
- Figures in Chapter 22
- Figures in Chapter 23
- Figures in Chapter 24
- Figures in Chapter 25
- Figures in Chapter 26
- Figures in Chapter 27
- Figures in Chapter 28
- Figures in Chapter 29
- Figures in Chapter 30
- Figures in Chapter 31
- Figures in Chapter 32
- Figures in Chapter 33
- Figures in Chapter 34
- Figures in Chapter 35
- Figures in Chapter 37
- Figures in Chapter 38
- Figures in Chapter 40
- Figures in Chapter 41
- Figures in Chapter 42
- Figures in Chapter 43
- Figures in Chapter 44
- Figures in Chapter 45
- Figures in Chapter 46
- Figures in Chapter 47
- Figures in Chapter 48
- Figures in Chapter 49
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Emergency and Trauma Care for Nurses and Paramedics
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Kate Curtis
RN, GradDipCritCare, MNurs(Hons), PhD, FCENA
Professor Emergency and Trauma Care, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
Clinical Nurse Consultant Emergency, Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District, Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute, NSW, Australia
Honorary Professor, Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health, University of Wollongong, NSW, Australia
Honorary Professorial Fellow, The George Institute for Global Health, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Clair Ramsden
RN, GradCertCardiol, MHealthcareEthics, MHlthServMgt
Associate Professor, University of Technology Sydney, NSW, Australia
Executive Director Operations, Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District, NSW, Australia
Ramon Z. Shaban
RN, CICP-E, BSc(Med), BN, GradCertInfCon, PGDipPH&TM, MEd, MCommHealthPrac(Hons), PhD, FCENA, FACN
Professor and Clinical Chair of Infection Prevention and Disease Control, Susan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery and Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
Department of Infectious Diseases and Infection Control & Nursing, Midwifery and Clinical Governance Directorate, Western Sydney Local Health District, NSW, Australia
Editor-in-Chief, Australasian Emergency Care, College of Emergency Nursing Australia, NSW, Australia
Margaret Fry
RN, NP, BSc(Nurs), MEd, PhD, FCENA
Professor of Nursing, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Director Research and Practice Development
Northern Sydney Local Health District Nursing and Midwifery Directorate, Sydney NSW, Australia
Adjunct Professor, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Julie Considine
RN, RM, GDipNurs(AcuteCare), GradCertHEd, MNurs, PhD, FACN, FCENA
Professor of Nursing, Deakin University Eastern Health, Burwood, Victoria, Australia
Senior Editor, Australasian Emergency Care, College of Emergency Nursing Australasia, NSW, Australia
Director, Centre for Quality and Patient Safety Research Eastern Health Partnership, Box Hill, Victoria, Australia
Endorsed by the College of Emergency Nursing Australasia (CENA)
CENA is the peak professional association representing emergency nurses across Australasia.
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