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Rehabilitative Care of a Patient Following Polytrauma

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Polytrauma injuries commonly lead to physical, cognitive, psychological, psychosocial and functional impairments in addition to disability. Therefore, the management of patients with polytrauma involves highly focused specialist care and an interprofessional team approach with extensive rehabilitation.

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The term polytrauma (or multi-trauma) has no universal classification or definition. However, it is generally used to refer to patients whose injuries affect several body regions, compromise physiology and may potentially cause dysfunction to uninjured organs.

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Sally Moyle
Clinical Nurse Specialist, Clinical Nurse Educator
Sally Moyle is a rehabilitation nurse educator with Epworth HealthCare. She has completed her masters of nursing (clinical nursing and teaching) and has experience in many nursing sectors including rehabilitation, orthopaedic, neurosurgery, emergency, aged care and general surgery. Sally is passionate about education in nursing in order to produce the best nurses possible.
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Yeni Sunarto
13 Mar 2023
Good resources to increase insight and awareness in looking after patients with traumas in rehabilitation setting
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Helen Simpson
10 Dec 2020
I found the information very interesting and i hope to use it in future with my nursing.
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Karen Innes
28 Dec 2020
Great information and resources about providing holistic, empowering and multi disciplinary support.
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Bina Baniya
22 Mar 2021
Informative
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Ellen Ashby
05 Jan 2021
Clear an d concise.
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Connie Flanagan
12 Dec 2020
Great
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Carolyn Walls
06 Dec 2021
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Kimberly Davidson
13 Dec 2020
Always good to utilize the multidisciplinary approach to getting a patient home sooner
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Evangeline Leon
11 Dec 2020
An excellent, information and reading of nursing update .
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Michelle Thompson
16 Aug 2021
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