Head-to-Toe Trauma: A Trauma Review

Activity Summary

Required reading for all learners: Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes

Once thought to be the specialty of the so-called knife-and-gun club, trauma has become increasingly complex and nuanced. Traumatic injuries require the nurse to look at the big picture and understand how underlying medical problems affect immediate trauma care. This mastery session provides the nurse with a review of trauma care, injury and violence prevention, triage protocols and trauma ethics.

Objectives

Distinguish between the primary and secondary survey in a trauma assessment.
Recognize and treat early symptoms of shock in the trauma patient.
Identify injury prevention strategies and implementation tools in the community.

Continuing Education Disclosure Statement

Criteria for Awarding Contact Hours

Learners must complete the entire activity and the associated evaluation AND read Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes. No partial credit will be awarded.

Accreditation

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 {contactHours} contact hours.

Disclosures

The Nurse Planner has determined that no individuals with the ability to control content of this activity have relevant relationships with ineligible companies.

Activities with pharmacotherapeutic credit are to assist the APRN in fulfilling their education requirements for licensure and certification renewals.

Refund Policy

Continuing Education Activities are nonrefundable.