Irukandji syndrome: What nurses need to know

Nursing and Health Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 66-70

  Greenland, Pauline ^a   Hutchinson, Di ^a   Park, Tanya ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community education; Envenomation; Irukandji; Jellyfish; Nursing management

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CHLORPROMAZINE; FENTANYL; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; ISOPRENALINE; MAGNESIUM; MORPHINE; PETHIDINE; PHENTOLAMINE; ACETIC ACID; COELENTERATE VENOM;

ALGORITHM; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMMUNITY CARE; ENVENOMATION; FIRST AID; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; IRUKANDJI SYNDROME; JELLYFISH; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEUROTOXICITY; NURSING KNOWLEDGE; NURSING PRACTICE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; SAFETY; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; SYMPTOM; SYNDROME; ANIMAL; AUSTRALIA; BITES AND STINGS; CUBOZOA; DECISION TREE; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; INTRADERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SCYPHOZOA; SEASON;

ACETIC ACID; ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BENCHMARKING; BITES AND STINGS; CNIDARIAN VENOMS; CUBOZOA; DECISION TREES; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SCYPHOZOA; SEASONS; SYNDROME;

EID: 33645648798     PISSN: 14410745     EISSN: 14422018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2006.00255.x     Document Type: Article

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