A Nurse's Survival Guide to Acute Medical Emergencies
By- Richard Harrison, MD FRCP, Consultant Physician, The University Hospital of North Tees, Stockton on Tees, UK
- Lynda Daly, RN RM RHV, Community Practitioner, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland Community Trust, Guisborough, UK
Are you working in an acute or emergency unit?
This is an indispensable pocket guide to caring for patients with acute medical conditions.
Paperback, 452 Pages
Published: May 2011
Imprint: Churchill Livingstone
ISBN: 978-0-7020-4044-3
Contents
1. Introduction: Immediate assessment of the critically ill
2. Cardiology
3. Respiratory medicine
4. Acute neurological problems5. Gastroenterology
6. Diabetic complications7. Thromboembolic disease
8. Deliberate self-harm, alcohol and substance abuse9. The social admission
10. Multisystem failure11. Emerging problems: outbreaks and deliberate releases - SARS, toxins and biological agents
