創傷病患及家屬必須面對疾病的猝然發生，龐大的醫療費用、潛伏的合併症、身體 心像的改變等，常致身心俱疲，給予全方位的護理是創傷護士的責任，也是創傷科病房成立 的宗旨，雖然創傷護理是綜合護理；涵蓋一般外科、骨科、胸腔外科、神經外科、泌尿外科、 大腸直腸外科、復健科等之護理，但也有其發展的特性，本文將針對創傷機轉及護理做一深 入淺出的介紹。

　　　　　Trauma patients and families have to face the sudden onset of accident, expensive medical cost, incidious complications and body image changes and so on. All of these unexpected things may cause physical and/or psychological fatigue. One of the most important responsibilities for the trauma nurse is the ability to provide the best quality of nursing care. And this is the reason we need a professional trauma ward. Even though trauma nursing may be included in the nursing care of general surgery, orthopedic surgery, thoracic surgery, neurosurgery, genitourinary surgery, colorectal surgery and rehabilitation, it does have a unique characteristic and bright future. In this paper, we will discuss the mechanism of trauma and nursing in a simple but easily understood way.