EMERGENCY CARE AND MONITORING OF AN UNCONSCIOUS CHILD PATIENT
Miinalainen, Noora (2017)
Miinalainen, Noora
Centria-ammattikorkeakoulu
2017
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2017121120570
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2017121120570
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The subject of this thesis is emergency care and monitoring of an unconscious child patient. The aim of the study is to introduce the most common causes of unconsciousness in child patients and to demonstrate how to take care of an unconscious child patient. Consciousness and unconsciousness, care of unconscious patient, causes of unconsciousness and the special features of pediatric nursing are handled in the theory background. The study results can be used in different healthcare settings and the topic is always current since a person working in nursing care may face an unconscious patient despite the working environment.
The thesis was carried out as a literature review which examined 14 articles. The purpose of the study was to gather information about the care of unconsciousness child patient and its special features. The study used scientific databases and professional literature to make the results reliable. In addition, the results were limited to meet stringent criteria such as only articles written in English and Finnish were included.
The cause of the unconsciousness can be either traumatic or non-traumatic and may be divided into systematic and brain-related causes. Age of the child was one factor that affected the most common causes of unconsciousness. Clarifying the cause of unconsciousness and treatment occur simultaneously. It is important to take into account the age of the child, age-related anatomical and physiological changes, and family-oriented nursing when taking care of an unconscious child patient.
The thesis was carried out as a literature review which examined 14 articles. The purpose of the study was to gather information about the care of unconsciousness child patient and its special features. The study used scientific databases and professional literature to make the results reliable. In addition, the results were limited to meet stringent criteria such as only articles written in English and Finnish were included.
The cause of the unconsciousness can be either traumatic or non-traumatic and may be divided into systematic and brain-related causes. Age of the child was one factor that affected the most common causes of unconsciousness. Clarifying the cause of unconsciousness and treatment occur simultaneously. It is important to take into account the age of the child, age-related anatomical and physiological changes, and family-oriented nursing when taking care of an unconscious child patient.