Buch, Englisch, 200 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 463 g
Reihe: Scion Publishing
A practical guide for clinicians
Buch, Englisch, 200 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 463 g
Reihe: Scion Publishing
ISBN: 978-1-914961-01-4
Verlag: Scion Publishing Ltd - IPSUK
Covers the most common conditions seen in an out-of-hours primary care or urgent medical care setting.
Urgent and Out-of-Hours Primary Care provides practical guidance on the diagnosis and management of the acute medical conditions seen most commonly in an out-of-hours setting.
- Covers over 200 acute medical conditions commonly encountered when working in an urgent and primary care setting
- Colour photographs provide the reader with further important information on assessing patients presenting with acute medical conditions
- Key ‘red flag’ features are highlighted in boxes
- The latest guidance and prescribing information is provided
- Uses a consistent approach: each condition features discussions of presentation, assessment and management
- Offers practical guidance on how to use telephone triage, video consultations and home visits effectively
- Assumes access to basic diagnostic aids only
- Provides differential diagnoses by symptom
- Indicates when to refer to hospital and when to order an emergency ambulance
This book is aimed at GPs, GP trainees, doctors, medical students, nurses, paramedics, pharmacists and other healthcare professionals involved in providing urgent and out-of-hours primary care to patients.
Autoren/Hrsg.
Weitere Infos & Material
Index of conditions
Index of conditions by symptom
Preface
Abbreviations
Chapter 1: Medico-legal aspects of providing out-of-hours medical care
Chapter 2: Telephone consultations and telephone triage
Chapter 3: Video consultations
Chapter 4: Home visits
Chapter 5: Head injuries
Chapter 6: Acute injuries, bites and wounds
Chapter 7: Cardiovascular
Chapter 8: Respiratory
Chapter 9: Neurology
Chapter 10: Endocrinology
Chapter 11: Gastroenterology
Chapter 12: Ophthalmology
Chapter 13: Mental health
Chapter 14: Poisoning, overdose and foreign body ingestion
Chapter 15: ENT
Chapter 16: Musculoskeletal
Chapter 17: Women’s health
Chapter 18: Men’s health
Chapter 19: Paediatrics
Chapter 20: Cancer/palliative care
Chapter 21: Safeguarding and non-accidental injury
Chapter 22: Basic life support
Chapter 23: Confirmation of life extinct
Glossary
