[gwenith]

Hi I have just taken on the moderation for this forum - I have spent a number of years (more than I like to admit to ) working and teaching in general Intensive Care units as well as working for some time in a dedicated Neurosurgical Intensive Care. I have a certificate in Neurosurgical Nursing.

One of the things I like to set up for the forums is a thread listing online and general resources. I am starting this thread today. Please feel free to add any resources to the thread including any good readings and texts that you have come across.

Organisations

http://www.aann.org/ (nursing)

http://www.users.bigpond.com/annaexecutive/ (nurisng)

http://www.acccn.com.au(nursing)

http://www.neurosurgerytoday.org/ (medical)

http://www.neurosurgeon.org/ (medical)

http://www.aans.org/ (medical)

https://www.abns.org/includehtml.aspx?file=index.htm (medical)

http://www.wfubmc.edu/bgsm/surg-sci/ns/cbase.html (patient support)

http://www.braintumor.org/ (patient support)

Articles and Texts

http://www.neurosurgery-online.com/

Informative Sites

http://www.allhealthnet.com/Nursing/Neuro+Nursing/

http://neurosurgeon.com/

http://www.brain-surgery.com/

*** This site has Spanish translation ability***

http://www.neuroskills.com

Centers and Providers

This is a list of places offering this specialty. Inclusion of facilities here does not mean that we recommend these facilities they have been included merely as reference for those interested in doing neurosurgical nursing.

http://neurosurgery.mgh.harvard.edu/
http://www.med.nyu.edu/neurosurgery/
http://neurosun.medsch.ucla.edu/
http://www.llu.edu/lluhc/neurosurgery/scope.htm
http://www.mni.mcgill.ca/
http://www.neuroendoscopy.info/

[gwenith]

Spinal Injury Associations

http://www.spinalcord.org/


Paediatric Resources

http://www.chw.edu.au/prof/handbook/sect17.htm

[gwenith]

Interesting Articles

http://www.med.monash.edu.au/healths.../735.pdf<br />

Brain imaging

http://www.crd.ge.com/esl/cgsp/projects/medical/

[gwenith]

Patient Assessment

Intoduction to the GCS

http://www.ssgfx.com/CP2020/medtech/...ry/glasgow.htm

http://www.vnh.org/EWSurg/ch22/22His...NeuroEval.html

http://www.abihelp.org/GlasgowT.htm

Ranchos Los Amigos Scale

http://www.waiting.com/rancholosamigos.html

Patient/Family Support

http://www.waiting.com

http://www.abihelp.org

http://www.whis.nzl.org

Neurology link with a couple of articles written in Portugese - always worthwhile having links to sites with other languages.

http://www.medstudents.com.br/neuro/neuro.htm

[gwenith]

This is an excellent article called "Practical Issues in working with people with head injuries"

http://www.braininjuryservices.info/Package/issues.htm

Source for Spinal injuries and Assessment

http://som.flinders.edu.au/FUSA/ORTH...efracture.html

[gwenith]

Here is a support site for those with Arnold Chiari Malformation and Syringomyelia

http://www.asap4sm.com

Another site discussing these disorders

http://www.thejns-net.org/spine/issu...0920093_r.html

[gwenith]

Originally written as a patient handout leaflet this little beauty has some very nice explanations of skull fractures

http://www.nevdgp.org.au/neurosurger...SS/SKFRDIS.pdf

This site has some very nice CT pictures and x-rays along with explanations so is worth a look

http://www.thamburaj.com/skull_fractures.htm

Here is the site for the Adelaide Children's hospital Neurosurgical resource

http://www.health.adelaide.edu.au/paed-neuro/index.htm

This site has some pretty gruesome real-life pictures of brain injuries but is well worth visiting - just do it before you eat

http://www.portfolio.mvm.ed.ac.uk/st...oup62/head.htm

How could I have missed this site - it is the University of Glasgow

http://www.gla.ac.uk/departments/sur...trics/head.htm

A nice outline of problems associated with naso-orbital fractures

http://www.baoms.org.uk/ce/ce_noe.html

I haven't read all of this but it looks good - a discussion paper on head injury and acceleration

http://www.nocsae.org/nocsae/LIBRARY...elerations.htm

CT library

http://www.netmedicine.com/xray/ctscan/ct.htm

Tutorial on reading CT's

http://www.radiology.co.uk/srs-x/tut...auma/tutor.htm

another radiology site

http://www.radiology.co.uk/srs-x/cases/cases1.htm

[gwenith]

Coma Recover Association

http://www.comarecovery.org/pvs.shtm

rt-PA therapy for acute ischemic stroke

http://www.homestead.com/emguidemaps...tpaforcva.html

[gwenith]

Australia

http://www.health.gov.au/nhmrc/publications/pdf/e32.pdf

http://www.anzics.com.au/files/brai...an_donation.pdf

http://www.organ.redcross.org.au/f_brain.html

radio discsussion with Christian Barnard on Brain Death

http://www.abc.net.au/rn/science/mind/s746719.htm

Here is an international resources

http://www.changesurfer.com/BD/Brain.html

http://www.transweb.org/qa/asktw/an...braindeath.html

[cwazycwissyRN]

gwenith,
Our facility (OR) is looking at changing from stealth to brainlab for our guided imagery. Do you know any sites or info on the comparison of the two?
Thanks for the listings of the other sites!