A Nurse's Survival Guide to Acute Medical Emergencies

Richard N. Harrison, Lynda Daly (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

452 Seiten

2011 | 3rd Revised edition
Churchill Livingstone (Verlag)
978-0-7020-4044-3 (ISBN)

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A Nurse's Survival Guide to Acute Medical Emergencies Updated Edition

Richard N. Harrison

2018

Buch | Softcover

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A pocket guide for nurses caring for patients with acute medical conditions.

This is an indispensable pocket guide for nurses caring for patients with acute medical conditions.This book will help you to:

Care for patients within the critical first 24 hours of admission
Manage patients using the most up-to-date, evidence-based approach
Understand the most-common emergency medical conditions and their underlying disease mechanisms
Handle the patient's assessment, understand the observations and manage their disease
Easily obtain practical advice in a clear style
Explains 'what to tell the patient and relatives' in jargon-free language

Access information on SARS, avian influenza and bio-terrorism
Improved sections on Acute Coronary Syndromes, non-invasive ventilation, acute stroke care, acute kidney injury and emergency oxygen treatment.

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 abuse

9. The 'social admission'

10. Multisystem failure

11. Emerging problems: outbreaks and deliberate releases - SARS, toxins and biological agents

Erscheint lt. Verlag	31.5.2011
Reihe/Serie	A Nurse's Survival Guide
Zusatzinfo	Illustrated
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	123 x 186 mm
Themenwelt	Pflege ► Fachpflege ► Anästhesie / Intensivmedizin
ISBN-10	0-7020-4044-4 / 0702040444
ISBN-13	978-0-7020-4044-3 / 9780702040443
Zustand	Neuware