Emergency Nursing

Emergency department triage guide for nurses — ESI framework, high-risk presentations, triage assessment process, reassessment intervals, pediatric and mental health considerations, and NCLEX pearls.

Trauma assessment guide for nurses — ABCDE primary survey with life-threatening injuries and interventions, c-spine precautions, AMPLE history, systematic secondary survey, and NCLEX pearls.

Burn nursing care guide covering burn classification, Rule of Nines TBSA estimation, Parkland formula fluid resuscitation, inhalation injury, and wound care priorities.

Anaphylaxis management nursing guide covering recognition criteria, the epinephrine-first protocol, airway priorities, secondary medications, and biphasic monitoring.

Cardiac arrest nursing guide covering high-quality CPR, shockable vs non-shockable rhythms, ACLS medications, the Hs and Ts, and post-ROSC temperature management.

Toxicology nursing guide covering toxidrome recognition, specific antidotes, and acetaminophen toxicity staging with NAC treatment.

Heat-related emergencies nursing care: the spectrum from heat cramps to heat exhaustion to heat stroke, the mental-status discriminator, rapid cooling priorities, complications, and prevention.

Hypothermia stages by core temperature, the loss of shivering and the J (Osborn) wave, gentle handling to avoid arrhythmia, active vs passive rewarming and afterdrop, 'not dead until warm and dead,' and frostbite rewarming and tissue care.

Drowning and submersion injury nursing care: the hypoxia-driven injury, current terminology, lung and brain targets (ARDS, cerebral edema), C-spine and hypothermia considerations, the observation period, and prevention.

Bites and stings nursing care: snake envenomation and antivenom, black widow vs brown recluse spiders, bee/wasp anaphylaxis, tick-borne disease, marine stings, and animal/human bite infection and rabies.

ESI triage quick-reference chart — Emergency Severity Index levels 1 through 5 with patient severity, resource needs, example presentations, time-to-provider, reassessment intervals, and undertriage warnings.

Sepsis recognition quick-reference chart — SIRS, qSOFA, Sepsis-3 organ dysfunction, lactate thresholds, septic shock criteria, escalation triggers, and nursing actions for early identification.

Trauma assessment comparison chart — primary survey ABCDE life threats and interventions versus systematic secondary survey head-to-toe, AMPLE history, and key nursing distinctions.

Superficial, partial-thickness, and full-thickness burns compared by depth, appearance, sensation, blistering, healing time, and TBSA counting, with nursing priorities.

Opioid, anticholinergic, cholinergic, sympathomimetic, and sedative-hypnotic toxidromes compared by vital signs, pupils, mental status, skin, antidote, and nursing priority.

Anaphylaxis recognition criteria, treatment sequence (epinephrine first), epinephrine dosing by route and age, biphasic monitoring, and discharge criteria in one chart.

Core temperature, mental status (the key discriminator), skin, sweating, other signs, severity, and treatment — telling the urgent from the life-threatening at a glance.

Mild, moderate, and severe hypothermia by core temperature, shivering, mental status, cardiovascular findings, and rewarming approach — grading cold injury and matching the rewarming method.

Pit viper and coral snakes, black widow and brown recluse spiders, bee/wasp stings, and marine stings — venom effect, hallmark signs, the key intervention, and what to avoid, side by side.

Heat stroke, hypothermia, frostbite, drowning, carbon monoxide, snakebite, and sting anaphylaxis — the red-flag recognition and the immediate first action for each.