A Clinician’s Survival Guide to Acute Medical Emergencies
- 4 Edición - 10 de septiembre de 2024
- Última edición
- Autores: Richard Harrison, Lynda Daly
- Idioma: Inglés
**Selected for 2025 Doody’s Core Titles® with "Essential Purchase" designation in Emergency Care**A Clinician’s Survival Guide to Acute Medical Emergencies, Fourth Edition is a pri… Leer más
Descripción
Descripción
**Selected for 2025 Doody’s Core Titles® with "Essential Purchase" designation in Emergency Care**
A Clinician’s Survival Guide to Acute Medical Emergencies, Fourth Edition is a primer in acute emergency care aimed at nursing staff, senior medical students, Foundation Year doctors and physician assistants. This textbook outlines the observations, clinical management and interventions in the critical first 24 hours of admission, based on an understanding of the underlying disease mechanisms.
The new edition has been updated to cover the management of COVID, the most recent advances in the care of common medical emergencies and the latest iteration of the NEWS Guidance.
With a unique focus on the overlap between medical and nursing management in the Acute Medical Unit, this book is an ideal source for the entire acute medical team.
A Clinician’s Survival Guide to Acute Medical Emergencies, Fourth Edition is a primer in acute emergency care aimed at nursing staff, senior medical students, Foundation Year doctors and physician assistants. This textbook outlines the observations, clinical management and interventions in the critical first 24 hours of admission, based on an understanding of the underlying disease mechanisms.
The new edition has been updated to cover the management of COVID, the most recent advances in the care of common medical emergencies and the latest iteration of the NEWS Guidance.
With a unique focus on the overlap between medical and nursing management in the Acute Medical Unit, this book is an ideal source for the entire acute medical team.
Puntos claves
Puntos claves
- Clear, simple and accessible advice on caring for patients in the first 24 hours of admission
- Current, evidence-based guidance as a cornerstone to a team-based approach
- Covers all the common emergency conditions and their underlying disease mechanisms
- Explains the rationale of the assessment, observations and management
- Focuses specifically on effective communication with the patients and their relatives
De interès para
De interès para
Qualified nurses; newly registered nurses; emergency nurse practitioners; nurse assistants; nurse educators; nurse consultants/specialists; EMTs
Índice
Índice
1. Introduction: Immediate Assessment of the Critically Ill
2. Cardiology
3. Respiratory Medicine
4. Acute Neurological Problems
5. Gastroenterology
6. Diabetic Complications
7. Thromboembolic Disease
8. Deliberate Self-Harm, Alcohol and Substance Use Disorders
9. The 'Social Admission'
10. Multisystem Failure
11. Emerging Problems: Outbreaks and Deliberate Releases—SARS and COVID-19, Toxins and Biologic Agents
2. Cardiology
3. Respiratory Medicine
4. Acute Neurological Problems
5. Gastroenterology
6. Diabetic Complications
7. Thromboembolic Disease
8. Deliberate Self-Harm, Alcohol and Substance Use Disorders
9. The 'Social Admission'
10. Multisystem Failure
11. Emerging Problems: Outbreaks and Deliberate Releases—SARS and COVID-19, Toxins and Biologic Agents
Detalles del producto
Detalles del producto
- Edición: 4
- Última edición
- Publicado: 2 de enero de 2025
- Idioma: Inglés
Sobre los autores
Sobre los autores
RH
Richard Harrison
Richard Harrison is Consultant Physician at Salisbury District Hospital, United Kingdom.
Afiliaciones y experiencia
Consultant Physician, Salisbury District Hospital, UKLD
Lynda Daly
Afiliaciones y experiencia
Stockbridge, UK