Journal article
Trauma-Informed Care for Violently Injured Patients in the Emergency Department
Annals of emergency medicine, v 73(2)
Feb 2019
PMID: 30503381
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Abstract
Violent traumatic injury remains a common condition treated by emergency physicians. The medical management of these patients is well described and remains an area of focus for providers. However, violently injured patients disproportionately carry a history of physical and psychological trauma that frequently affects clinical care in the emergency department. The alteration of our clinical approach, taking into consideration how a patient's previous experiences influence how he or she may perceive and react to medical care, is a concept referred to as trauma-informed care. This approach is based on 4 pillars: knowledge of the effect of trauma, recognition of the signs and symptoms of trauma, avoidance of retraumatization, and the development of appropriate policies and procedures. Using this framework, we provide practical considerations for emergency physicians in the delivery of trauma-informed care for violently injured patients.
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- Title
- Trauma-Informed Care for Violently Injured Patients in the Emergency Department
- Creators
- Kyle R Fischer - Department of Emergency Medicine, and University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD. Electronic address: kfischer@som.umaryland.eduKatherine M Bakes - Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, COTheodore J Corbin - Department of Emergency Medicine, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PAJoel A Fein - Departments of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PAErica J Harris - Department of Emergency Medicine, Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PAThea L James - Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston Medical Center/Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MAMarlene D Melzer-Lange - Department of Emergency Medicine, the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
- Publication Details
- Annals of emergency medicine, v 73(2)
- Publisher
- Elsevier; United States
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Health Management and Policy
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000456007300019
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85057273190
- Other Identifier
- 991014878076704721
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- Emergency Medicine