ICU Best Practices for the Trauma Patient-Handout: ICU Best Practices for the Trauma Patient

Handout: ICU Best Practices for the Trauma Patient

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The document titled "ICU Best Practices for the Trauma Patient" discusses best practices and recommendations for the care of critically injured trauma patients in the ICU. The document highlights the importance of pain management and provides different tools for assessing and managing pain in trauma patients. It emphasizes the need for a multimodal approach to pain control and the importance of home medication reconciliation. The document also discusses the assessment and management of delirium in trauma patients. It emphasizes the use of validated tools for delirium assessment and identifies risk factors for delirium in trauma patients, such as mechanical ventilation and administration of sedatives and analgesics. The document suggests interventions and nonpharmacologic approaches to combat delirium and highlights the importance of collaboration among care providers. Lastly, the document discusses the definition and diagnosis of delirium and the use of medications, such as haloperidol and atypical antipsychotics, in its management. It concludes by emphasizing the importance of clear communication, standardized definitions, and data validation in assessing and managing complications in trauma patients.

Keywords

ICU Best Practices

Trauma Patient

Pain Management

Delirium Management

Assessing Pain

Home Medication Reconciliation

Multimodal Approach

Delirium Assessment

Risk Factors

Collaboration