 |
|
| SAUNDERS NURSING SURVIVAL GUIDE: CRITICAL CARE & EMERGENCY NURSING
| |
| | |
|
|
To order this title, and for more information, click here
Second Edition
By
Lori Schumacher, RN, MS, CCRN, Associate Professor, Medical College of Georgia School of Nursing, Augusta, GA
Cynthia Chernecky, PhD, RN, AOCN, FAAN, Professor, Department of Physiological and Technological Nursing, School of Nursing, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA
Included in series
Saunders Nursing Survival Guide,
Description
Part of the popular Saunders Nursing Survival Guide series, this book prepares you to manage the most common health care problems you'll
see in critical care, trauma, or emergency settings. Each chapter is organized from the most immediate and life-threatening conditions
to less emergent critical care conditions. Its lighthearted, cartoon-filled approach simplifies difficult concepts, covering each body
system in terms of current practice standards.
Contents
1. Review of Hemodynamics
2. Shock Trauma
a. Anaphylaxis and Anaphylactic Shock
b.
Cardiogenic Shock
c. Hypovolemic Shock
d. Neurogenic Shock
e. Septic Shock
3. Trauma and Emergency
Care
a. Rapid Sequence Intubation
b. Increased Intracranial Pressure
c. Traumatic Brain Injury
d.
Acute Hemmorrhage/Penetrating Trauma
e. Cardiac Tamponade
f. Hypothermia
g. Near Drowning
h. Overdose
i.
Disaster Preparedness
4. Cardiovascular System
a. Angina
b. Acute Coronary Syndrome
c. Heart
Failure
5. Respiratory System
a. Non-invasive Ventilation
b. Mechanical Ventilation
c. Pulmonary
Embolus
d. Acute Respiratory Distress
6. Nervous System
a. Seizure
b. Status Epilepticus
c.
Meningitis
d. Spinal Cord Injuries
e. Spinal Cord Compression
7. Gastrointestinal System
a.
Gastrointestinal Bleeding
b. Bowel Obstruction
c. Pancreatitis
d. Liver Failure
8. Renal System
a.
Acute Tubular Necrosis
b. Chronic Renal Failure
c. Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy
9. Endocrine System
a.
Hyperglycemia
b. Inappropriate Antidiuretic Hormone
c. Diabetes Insipidus
d. Cerebral Salt Wasting
10.
Hematolgic System
a. Thrombocytopenia
b. Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation
11. Integumentary
System
a. Burns
b. Necrotizing Fascitis
12. Multisystem
a. Code Management (New
ACLS Guidelines; Rapid Response Teams)
b. Multiorgan Dysfunction Syndrome
| Bibliographic details |
Paperback, 400 pages, publication date: JUN-2009
ISBN-13: 978-1-4160-6169-4
ISBN-10: 1-4160-6169-X
Imprint: SAUNDERS
|
029/241
Last update: 10 Sep 2009
|
|
| |
| | |
|
|
| |
Home | Elsevier Sites | Privacy Policy | Terms and Conditions | Feedback | Site Map | A Reed Elsevier Company