Nursing Student Class Projects (Formerly MSN)
Academic Term
Summer 8-1-2017
Document Type
Project
Course Number
Nursing 5330
Professor’s Name
John Chovan PhD DNP RN CNP CNS
Keywords
Trauma, Coagulopathy, Protein C, Dried plasma, DIC
Subject Categories
Critical Care Nursing | Medicine and Health Sciences | Nursing
Abstract
Trauma is a leading cause of mortality and morbidity in the United States. For years patients have been resuscitated in a similar method without improvement in survival of the most severely injured cohort. While acidemia, hypoxia, and hypothermia have long been recognized as complicating factors in the care of trauma patients, it is only recently that research has led to a greater understanding of the pathophysiology of this deadly trio. Coagulopathy of trauma is a multi factorial process which is now being recognized as the proximate cause of death in many patients. This poster examines the pathophysiology and nursing interventions which can be used to better understand and treat severely injured trauma patients.
Recommended Citation
DeVore, Paul, "Traumatic Induced Coagulopathy" (2017). Nursing Student Class Projects (Formerly MSN). 215.
https://digitalcommons.otterbein.edu/stu_msn/215