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Module 4: Thoracic Injuries

Segment 16:The Care Continuum & Violence-Related Injuries


  • VAP prevention bundle/protocol
  • Pulmonary hygiene equipment and interventions (incentive spirometry, flutter valves, coughing, etc.)
  • Patient positioning and mobilization
  • Ambulating the mechanically ventilated patient
  • Setting patient goals (per shift, day, discharge)
  • Discharging the trauma patient (patient/family teaching, follow-up care, restrictions)
  • ACS Best Practices Guideline: Acute Pain Management in Trauma Patients
  • Pain assessment tools
  • Pain management (pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions)
  • Analgesic agents: Selection, indications, administration, and management
  • Patient controlled analgesia
  • Epidural analgesia and anesthesia
  • Regional anesthesia and nerve blocks (e.g., erector spinae plane block)
  • Forensic evidence collection
  • Managing patient belongings and valuables
  • TASER probe removal
  • Handling a patient's weapons and illicit substances
  • Care of the prisoner patient
  • Visitation policies
  • Patient and visitor violence screening
  • Employee workplace injuries management/workers' compensation claims
  • Employee exposure to body substances
  • Managing behavioral health emergencies
  • Suicide/self harm assessment and risk management
  • Critical incident management (CISD, etc.)
  • Community violence prevention programs