Emergency nursing involves providing immediate treatment to patients experiencing medical emergencies or injuries. Key principles of emergency nursing include establishing an airway, controlling hemorrhaging, monitoring circulation and neurological status, documenting findings, and starting cardiac monitoring. The scope of emergency nursing is to treat patients of all ages for a wide range of illnesses and injuries, from minor issues to heart attacks. General principles of emergency care involve early detection and response, on-scene care, transportation to definitive care facilities, and following triage and assessment approaches like ABCD, EFGHI, and AMPLE.

1. Emergency Nursing

2. Concept of Emergency Nursing
• The term emergency is used for those patients
who require immediate action to prevent
further deteriorations or stabilizing the
condition till the availability of the services
close to the patients.

3. Principles of emergency Nursing
• Establish a patent airway and provide
adequate ventilation.
• Control haemorrhage, prevent and manage
shock.
• Maintain and restore effective circulation
• Evaluate the neurological status of the client
• Carry out a rapid initial and ongoing physical
assessment

4. • Start cardiac monitoring
• Protect and clean wounds
• Identify significant medical history and
allergies
• Document the findings in medical records.

5. Scope of emergency Nursing
• To provide immediate action to treat the
patient
• For crisis intervention
• To treat emergency condition irrespective of
age group
• To treat a wide variety of illness or injury
situations, ranging from sore throat to a heart
attack

6. Principles of emergency management
and emergency medical services
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Early detection
Early reporting
Early response
Good on scene care
Care during transportation
Transport to definitive care

7. General principles of emergency
medical care
• Triage
• Primary survey using ABCD approach
– Airway, Breathing , Circulation and Disability
• Secondary survey using EFGHI approach
– Exposure to environment
– Full set of vital signs
– Give comfort measures
– History collection
– Inspect the posterior surface

8. • Secondary survey using AMPLE approach
– Allergy
– Medication history
– Past health history
– Last meal
– Events/ Environment preceding illness or injury

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