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Care Of Patient With Spinal Cord Injury. Patients with respiratory failure require mechanical ventilation. This article discusses the pathophysiology of tsci medical and surgical management during the acute and subacute phases of injury and nursing care for patients with tsci. Maximizing respiratory function preventing injury to the spinal cord promote mobility and or independence prevent or minimize complications support psychological adjustment of patient and or so and providing information about the injury prognosis and treatment. To provide an overview of the management of patients with tsci.
Patients with spinal cord injury should be referred at the earliest opportunity to a specialist spinal injury unit. You may even be transferred to a regional spine injury center that has a team of neurosurgeons orthopedic surgeons spinal cord medicine specialists psychologists nurses therapists and social workers with expertise in spinal cord injury. The leading reason for spinal injury includes vehicular accidents falls acts of violence and sporting injuries. The degree of injury would determine the neurological deficit the patient is getting ready to face. Home for people with spinal cord injury and disease a 3 year program award from the craig h. This article focuses on the key long term problems of pressure ulcers bladder and bowel dysfunction and autonomic dysreflexia.
The physical emotional and financial impact of a traumatic spinal cord injury tsci can be devastating.
Maximizing respiratory function preventing injury to the spinal cord promote mobility and or independence prevent or minimize complications support psychological adjustment of patient and or so and providing information about the injury prognosis and treatment. Caring for patients with a traumatic spinal cord injury general purpose. Patients with respiratory failure require mechanical ventilation. The physical emotional and financial impact of a traumatic spinal cord injury tsci can be devastating. Disruption to these routines following admission to non specialist settings can have long term consequences. If your patient needs intubation take care to maintain spinal alignment by using a cervical collar manual inline traction or both.