Trauma and Emergency Health Care Manual

This book entitled Trauma and emergency health care manual: a guide for nursing and medical students is a training tool used at School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) skills laboratory to train nursing and medical students on the basics of emergency health care and management. The expatiation on key emergency or first aid areas such as motor accidents, clothing and helmet removal, functions of a First aider, wounds and fracture management, sepsis and management of infections, resuscitation for both adults and children, poisons, stings and bites are essential for emergency practices in nursing and medical training in Ghana. Emergency care for nurses and medical doctors is a big challenge in the various health facilities in Ghana as almost on daily bases health professionals are confronted with one emergency situation or another due to road traffic or domestic accidents.

This book is meant to provide a fundamental learning tool for nursing and medical students who happen to be front line medical team members during emergencies.