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Nursing's Retention of Trauma Resuscitative Skills.

PB2007114763

Publication Date	2007
Personal Author	Driscoll, D. M.
Page Count	62
Abstract	The purpose of this research was to evaluate the ability of nursing staff to perform resuscitative actions for traumatic injury and determine the length of time these skills were retained. Trauma is the leading cause of death for people 1 to 44 years of age. In the United States, 200,000 people die from traumatic injury annually. Chances for injury increase with exposure to ordinance and vehicles on the battlefield. Rapid intervention reduces fatalities, disability, and rehabilitation. Readiness for the Army Medical Department is the ability to field heath care providers able to provide lifesaving care when and where it is needed. A prospective, quasi-experimental, multi-factorial trial to assess trauma resuscitative skills and test the basic requisite knowledge for the initiation of trauma interventions was the focus of this research project.
Keywords	Traumatic injury Resuscitative actions Nursing staff Skill retention Health care providers Lifesaving care Trauma interventions
Source Agency	TriService Nursing Research Program/Uniform Services Univ. of the Health Sciences
Corporate Authors	Combat Support Group (67th)(TAC), Bergstrom AFB, TX.; TriService Nursing Research Program, Bethesda, MD.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by the TriService Nursing Research Program, Bethesda, MD.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Final rept., July 1, 2001 to June 30, 2006
NTIS Issue Number	200726
Contract Number	MDA-905-01-1-TS03

Nursing's Retention of Trauma Resuscitative Skills.

Nursing's Retention of Trauma Resuscitative Skills.
PB2007114763

Publication Date	2007
Personal Author	Driscoll, D. M.
Page Count	62
Abstract	The purpose of this research was to evaluate the ability of nursing staff to perform resuscitative actions for traumatic injury and determine the length of time these skills were retained. Trauma is the leading cause of death for people 1 to 44 years of age. In the United States, 200,000 people die from traumatic injury annually. Chances for injury increase with exposure to ordinance and vehicles on the battlefield. Rapid intervention reduces fatalities, disability, and rehabilitation. Readiness for the Army Medical Department is the ability to field heath care providers able to provide lifesaving care when and where it is needed. A prospective, quasi-experimental, multi-factorial trial to assess trauma resuscitative skills and test the basic requisite knowledge for the initiation of trauma interventions was the focus of this research project.
Keywords	Traumatic injury Resuscitative actions Nursing staff Skill retention Health care providers Lifesaving care Trauma interventions
Source Agency	TriService Nursing Research Program/Uniform Services Univ. of the Health Sciences
Corporate Authors	Combat Support Group (67th)(TAC), Bergstrom AFB, TX.; TriService Nursing Research Program, Bethesda, MD.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by the TriService Nursing Research Program, Bethesda, MD.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Final rept., July 1, 2001 to June 30, 2006
NTIS Issue Number	200726
Contract Number	MDA-905-01-1-TS03