Another routine case: gunshot trauma
Aris, B.; Bolton, R.
Seminars in Perioperative Nursing 3(4): 222-227
1994
ISSN/ISBN: 1056-8670 PMID: 7780411 Document Number: 427536
This case study describes the surgical repair of noncomplicated gunshot wounds in a young man. The preoperative assessment and surgical procedures, including bullet retrieval, is given. A systematic routine for handling emergency gunshot wound patients is shared as intraoperative nursing is described. Direct cost of this surgery to the operating room is explored.