Tertiary Trauma Survey: Nurses Performance and Poly-trauma Patients Outcome

Abstract

Abstract TertiaryTrauma Survey is an important tool for detection of missed injury and some trauma units have created their own protocol for tertiary trauma surveys to decrease the incidence of missed injuries in trauma patients. Aim of the study:This study aims to assess nurses' performance regarding tertiary Survey and Poly-trauma patients outcome. Research Design: Descriptive exploratory design was utilized.Subjects: A convenient sample of all available nurses (50 nurses) who are working in intensive care unit at emergency hospital affiliated to Ain Shams university Hospitals. The study included nurses from both genders. A purposeful sample composed of (50) adult patients from boths gender diagnosed as poly-trauma patients was recruited from the same unit.