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Management and Coordination of Postacute Medical Care for Electrical Trauma Survivors
Author(s) -
CHICO MARIA S.,
CAPELLISCHELLPFEFFER M.,
KELLEY KATHLEEN M.,
LEE RAPHAEL C.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1999.tb07968.x
Subject(s) - medicine , intervention (counseling) , multidisciplinary approach , multidisciplinary team , broad spectrum , medical care , intensive care medicine , physical therapy , medical emergency , emergency medicine , psychiatry , nursing , social science , sociology , chemistry , combinatorial chemistry
The clinical spectrum of electrical injury ranges from the absence of any external physical signs to severe multiple trauma. Reported neuropsychiatric sequelae can vary from vague complaints, which may seem unrelated to the injury in their occurrence over time or by their apparent severity, to sequelae consistent with brain injury accompanying an electrical trauma. In this report, a case study and discussion are presented on the management and coordination of postacute care of an electrical trauma survivor. Expertise and a multi‐disciplinary team are essential to cohesive patient care. Patient monitoring for progressive changes and prompt intervention are needed to address the potential difficulties experienced by trauma survivors as they rehabilitate to return to their work and their activities of daily living.