A Clinician's Survival Guide to Acute Medical Emergencies
2024
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4th edition
Churchill Livingstone (Verlag)
9780443112195 (ISBN)
Churchill Livingstone (Verlag)
9780443112195 (ISBN)
**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.
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
Information on COVID, SARS, Avian influenza and bio-terrorism
Updated NEWS 2 scoring and appropriate responses
Revised case histories to reflect current practice
The Clinician’s Survival Guide series (formerly A Nurse’s Survival Guide) brings you concise, accessible content, prepared by experts in a handy quick-reference format.
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.
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
Information on COVID, SARS, Avian influenza and bio-terrorism
Updated NEWS 2 scoring and appropriate responses
Revised case histories to reflect current practice
The Clinician’s Survival Guide series (formerly A Nurse’s Survival Guide) brings you concise, accessible content, prepared by experts in a handy quick-reference format.
Richard Harrison is Consultant Physician at Salisbury District Hospital, United Kingdom.
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
| Erscheinungsdatum | 11.02.2025 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | A Nurse's Survival Guide |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 700 g |
| Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege ► Fachpflege |
| ISBN-13 | 9780443112195 / 9780443112195 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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