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Neurotrauma : Managing Patients with Head Injury.
Neurotrauma: Managing Patients with Head Injuries is a comprehensive, holistic, evidence-based approach to the primary, secondary and tertiary care of a person with neurotrauma. Using a patient-centred needs approach to enhance the quality of care of head injured patients, family and carers, this mu...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicester :
Wiley,
2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Preface; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Contributor Details; Abbreviations; List of Tables and Figures; Section 1: Foundations for practice; Introduction; Chapter 1: The Patient's Journey; Introduction; Care pathways: Policies and Guidelines; Integrated Care Pathways; Chapter 2: Philosophy; Introduction; Conclusion; Chapter 3: The Needs Approach Model; Introduction; What Is a Need?; Structure of the Needs Approach Model; Use of the Model; Assessing the Patient's Needs; Planning; Goal Setting; Implementation; Evaluation; Risk; The Miraculous Recovery.
- Nursing DiagnosisWhat is a nursing diagnosis?; Establishing relevant nursing diagnoses; Conclusion; Chapter 4: The Patient Matters; The Patient; Family and Carers; Conclusion; Chapter 5: Multidisciplinary Management; Introduction; Staffing; The physician; The nurse; Speech and Language Therapy Services; Chapter 6: Physiotherapy; Introduction; Respiratory Care; Positioning; Musculoskeletal Integrity and Neuromuscular Status; Summary; Rehabilitation and Motor Control Theories; Posture and Seating; Conclusion; Chapter 7: Neuropsychology; Introduction; What Is Clinical Neuropsychology?
- Who Is a Clinical Neuropsychologist?What Is the Role of the Clinical Neuropsychologist in the Management of TBI?; Neuropsychological Functions; Attention and information processing; Memory and learning; Language; Verbal skills; Perceptual and constructional skills; Executive functions; Neurobehavioural changes; Emotional changes; The Patient's Neuropsychological Journey; Post-traumatic amnesia (PTA); After PTA; Long-term neuropsychological changes; Additional Factors Influencing Neuropsychological Functioning; Medication; Seizures; Insomnia; Emotional states; Other issues and Considerations.
- Cognition and mental capacityMultidisciplinary team working; The family; Chapter 8: Social Considerations; The Role of the Social Worker; Social Issues; Personalisation and safeguarding: twin pillars of contemporary social support; Conclusion; Chapter 9: Occupational Therapy; Section 2: Pre-requisite Knowledge; Introduction; Chapter 10: Epidemiology; Introduction; Severity of Injury; Hospital Attendance; Incidence; Prevalence of Head Injury; Age Distribution; Gender Distribution; Race and Ethnicity; Mechanism of Injury; Seasonal Variation; Predisposition; Use of Alcohol; Head Injury Mortality.
- ConclusionChapter 11: Prevention of Head Injuries; Introduction; Recommendations; Road traffic Accidents (RTAs); Alcohol consumption; Speed limits; Car design; Road design; Action regarding the use of prescription, over the counter and illicit drugs; Prevention of Sports Injuries; Care of Older People; Interpersonal Violence; Conclusion; Chapter 12: Applied Anatomy and Physiology; Introduction; The Nervous System; The Scalp; Blood supply to the scalp; Venous drainage; The Skull; Anterior aspect of the skull; Superior aspect of the skull; Sutures of the skull; Posterior aspect of the skull.