Assessment and Management of Pediatric Trauma
Module 1: Initial Stabilization and Transfer of Pediatric Trauma
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Patient- and Family-Centered Communication

  • Providers should also take into account the emotional components of injury and promote adaptive psychological recovery in the patient and family
  • Psychological responses of the patient and family following a traumatic injury are variable.
  • Seven phases - shock, denial, panic, protest and regression, oppositionalism, mourning, and readjustment may be seen in a overlapping pattern
Module 1: Initial Stabilization and Transfer of Pediatric Trauma