Trauma Nurse Course Day 1 - 6/18/2026

• Describe the Pennsylvania Trauma Systems Foundation (PTSF) and its standards and accreditation process.
• Describe how institution-specific practices relate to the PTSF standards requirements.
• Describe the integration of pre-hospital care into the continuum of total trauma patient care.

• Define predictable clinical manifestations relative to mechanism of injury.
• Describe a systemic plan for completing a nursing assessment following multi-system trauma.

Various types and classification of shock will be presented.  Management of the type and class of shock will be reviewed with interactive questions.

• Identify types of shock, including the mechanism of compensatory, non-compensatory, and irreversible shock.
• Apply nursing principles to the management and treatment of shock in the injured patient.

Classification of substances and general management of the Intoxicated trauma patients will be discussed.  CWAR and RASS nursing assessment will be reviewed. Substance Abuse counseling for the care of the trauma patient will be presented Preservation of evidence forensic aspects for the traumatically injured patient will be presented.

• Identify interventions necessary to manage a trauma patient under the influence of intoxicants.
• List nursing interventions that preserve evidence in the trauma patient.

The Etiology and severity of a burn patient will be reviewed based upon American Burn Association guidelines.   Methods to calculate the Total body surface area and fluid resuscitation will be discussed based upon mechanism of burn tissue trauma. Differentiation of the pathophysiological response to burn injury in the adult, geriatric and pediatric population will be covered. Thermoregulation will be discussed in relation to the pathophysiology of burn tissue trauma.  Current advances in burn wound management from the acute stage of injury through scar tissue formation and remediation will be discussed and covered. Interactive cases will be utilize for TBSA and fluid calculations.

• Describe the management of the burn injured patient by the interdisciplinary trauma team.

• Describe the clinical examination, apnea testing and confirmatory tests for identifying brain death.
• Describe the optimal family approach process, incorporating three important factors that influence consent.
• Determine the appropriate process and timing to be used for making organ and tissue donation.

• Identify the trauma patient’s response to anesthetic agents in relation to the injury and to operative management.
• Describe 2 nursing interventions that would assist the anesthesiologist or nurse anesthetist in the conscious sedation procedure.

Relate nursing responsibilities and management for the trauma patient in the Post-Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU).

Identify 2 post-anesthesia complications and describe the appropriate action for each complication in a trauma patient.

Abuse of pediatric and human trafficking will be discussed.  Polling questions for the participants’ knowledge of various types of pediatric abuse will be completed via chat box. Nursing interventions and screening tools will be identified. A plan of care for the pediatric patient, and their family throughout the continuum will be presented.    Pediatric legal Issues including pediatric abuse reporting, documentation and utilization of Child life for pediatric patients, spiritual, cultural, and psychosocial issues will be discussed.

• Define 5 forms of maltreatment.
• Identify screening and reporting responsibilities in abuse situations.
• Discuss pediatric legal issues that occur in a pediatric trauma patient.
• List elements and injury patterns of pediatric human trafficking.

• Describe components of crisis intervention for the patient, family and caregiver.
• List elements and injury patterns of domestic violence and human trafficking