A Nurse's Survival Guide to Acute Medical Emergencies: A Nurse's Survival Guide to Acute Medical Emergencies

Daly RN RM RHV, Lynda

ISBN 10: 0443100489 / ISBN 13: 9780443100482

Editore: Churchill Livingstone, 2006

The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine. Codice articolo GOR004412440

Riassunto:

This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. It is an essential pocket guide for nurses coping with patients with acute medical conditions. It focuses on events within the first critical twenty-four hours of admission and provides an up-to-date, evidence-based guide to the management of these patients. The most common emergency medical conditions are described and explained in terms of the underlying disease mechanisms. The book also describes the assessment, observations and management in relation to disease processes and in line with the latest guidelines and protocols. Nursing care is related to the underlying disease.

Contenuti: An introduction to the recognition, assessment and immediate care of the critically ill medical patient. Cardiology. Respiratory medicine. Acute neurological problems. Gastroenterology. Diabetic complications. Thromboembolic disease. Deliberate self-harm, alcohol and substance misuse. The 'social admission'. Multisystem failure. Emerging problems: outbreaks and deliberate releases - SARS, toxins and biological agents

Dati bibliografici

Titolo: A Nurse's Survival Guide to Acute Medical ...
Casa editrice: Churchill Livingstone
Data di pubblicazione: 2006
Legatura: Paperback
Condizione: Good
Edizione: seconda edizione