The Electronic Library of Trauma Lectures®

The Society of Trauma Nurses (STN) has granted the UC Davis Trauma Department permission to make The Electronic Library of Trauma Lectures® available to all UC Davis staff as self-study online modules. These trauma education modules are considered the pre-eminent industry resource on trauma nursing care and are designed to serve as a complete educational program for training nurses across the trauma continuum of care.

Section 1 - General Concepts

• Chapter 1 - The Trauma Team: From Prehospital through the ED - Speaker Notes
• Chapter 2 - Hospital Emergency Operations Response: Mass Casualty Response - Speaker Notes

Section 2 – Clinical Concepts

• Chapter 3 - Mechanism of Injury: Understanding the Kinematics of Trauma - Speaker Notes
• Chapter 4 - Hemorrhagic Shock - Speaker Notes

Section 3 - Single Systems

• Chapter 5 - Traumatic Brain Injuries - Speaker Notes
• Chapter 6 - Maxillofacial and Ocular Injuries - Speaker Notes
• Chapter 7 - Spinal Column and Spinal Cord Injuries - Speaker Notes
• Chapter 8 - Neck Trauma - Speaker Notes
• Chapter 9 - Thoracic Injuries - Speaker Notes
• Chapter 10 - Abdominal Injuries - Speaker Notes
• Chapter 11 - Genitourinary Injuries - Speaker Notes
• Chapter 12 - Musculoskeletal Injuries - Speaker Notes
• Chapter 13 - Soft Tissue Injuries - Speaker Notes

Section 4 - Unique Populations

• Chapter 14 - Pregnancy in Trauma - Speaker Notes
• Chapter 15 - General Concepts in Pediatric Trauma - Speaker Notes
• Chapter 16 - Geriatric Trauma - Speaker Notes
• Chapter 17 - Burn and Inhalation Injury - Speaker Notes
• Chapter 18 - General Principles in the Care of the Obese Trauma Patient - Speaker Notes

The Electronic Library of Trauma Lectures® are available in UC Learning Center (UC Davis login required). Please search for the course title, course #, "STN" or click on the lecture you would like to complete above. Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, provider number CEP 26, for 1.0 contact hours for each module.