Nurses' Role in the Joint Theater Trauma System

Abstract

Nurses' role within the Joint Theater Trauma System's trauma performance improvement program spans the entire trauma continuum. Nurses serve as trauma nurse coordinators at combat zone medical treatment facilities, flight nurses within the US Air Force Aeromedical Evacuation system, multidisciplinary trauma teams at overseas and stateside military and Veterans Affairs healthcare organizations, and members on trauma video teleconferences. Many of the trauma performance improvement initiatives that have occurred since the Joint Theater Trauma System inception have been led by nurses serving within the trauma continuum and resulted in successful outcomes for patients with polytrauma.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2008
Accession Number
ADA490480

Entities

People

  • Cathy M. Martin
  • Kathleen D. Martin
  • Rose M. Bolenbaucher
  • Stephen E. Fecura Jr.
  • Tracy Cotner-pouncy

Organizations

  • United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aeromedical Evacuation
  • Air Force
  • Analgesia
  • Brain Injuries
  • Burns
  • Casualties
  • Department Of Veterans Affairs
  • Evacuation
  • Feeding Methods
  • Health Services
  • Infection Control
  • Injury Prevention
  • Medical Personnel
  • Patient Care
  • Skin Diseases
  • Therapy

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Medical or Health Care Field.
  • Neurotrauma and Rehabilitation Medicine.