Neurotrauma Management for the Severely Injured Polytrauma Patient
This text addresses many of the questions which occur when medical professionals of various disciplines interact and have different plans and interventions, each with its own valid scientific and/or experience-based ratio
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Neurotrauma Management for the Severely Injured Polytrauma Patient
James M. Ecklund Leon E. Moores •
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Neurotrauma Management for the Severely Injured Polytrauma Patient
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Editors James M. Ecklund Department of Neurosciences, Inova Fairfax Medical Campus Inova Neuroscience Institute Falls Church, VA USA
ISBN 978-3-319-40206-2 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-40208-6
Leon E. Moores Pediatric Neurosciences Inova Neuroscience Institute Falls Church, VA USA
ISBN 978-3-319-40208-6
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Foreword
Competing Demands We all deal with competing demands each and every day. You have a full clinic, and the CEO requests your presence at an “emergency” administrative meeting dealing with a safety issue. While slipping out of clinic for that meeting the ER pages you, and one of your patients is there having just had a seizure. Simultaneously, a nurse calls, and the family of one of your post-op patients has arrived and wants to talk with you. In the midst of this onslaught, your spouse calls and wants guidance on what the mechanic just relayed about the car. We each live versions of this scenario every day. Being needed at multiple places at the same time with the expectation that we will give our full attention to important matters creates tremendous stress. Throughout our training and careers we learn to handle this challenge. We prioritize these competing demands, adapt to the situation, and successfully deal with the issues. We survive by developing supportive teams including administrative assistants, NP’s, PA’s, or residents to help us effectively manage the demands. The simplicity in managing our personal demands is that we alon
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