A Nurse's Survival Guide to Acute Medical Emergencies Updated Edition: 3ed
Are you a nurse, a physician’s associate or a medical student in an acute or emergency unit?
This is your indispensable primer of acute medical care – a pocket guide to caring for patients with acute medical conditions.
A Nurse's Survival Guide to Acute Medical Emergencies Updated Edition: 3ed
Are you a nurse, a physician’s associate or a medical student in an acute or emergency unit?
This is your indispensable primer of acute medical care – a pocket guide to caring for patients with acute medical conditions.
This book will help you to:
- care for patients in the first critical 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 clear practical advice
- know what to tell the patient and relatives using jargon-free language
- access information on SARS, avian influenza and bio-terrorism
This updated edition:
- contains improved sections on stroke care, diabetes and sepsis,
- introduces the NEWS 2 observation chart
- has revised its case histories in line with current practice
- improved sections on stroke care, diabetes and sepsis,
- introduction of the NEWS 2 observation chart
- revised case histories in line with current practice
| Book | |
|---|---|
| Author | Harrison, Richard N. |
| Pages | 464 |
| Year | 2019 |
| ISBN | 9780702076664 |
| Publisher | Elsevier |
| Language | English |
| Uncategorized | |
| Edition | 3/e |
| Weight | 760 g |
| Dimensions | 15.88 x 23.5 x 1.91 cm |
| Binding | Paperback |