Buch, Englisch, 336 Seiten, Format (B × H): 122 mm x 183 mm, Gewicht: 386 g
Buch, Englisch, 336 Seiten, Format (B × H): 122 mm x 183 mm, Gewicht: 386 g
ISBN: 978-1-4051-2055-5
Verlag: Wiley
Nursing Medical Emergency Patients is a practical guide to the nursing care and management of patients with medical emergencies involving system failure. Following an initial chapter on assessment, the authors adopt a system-by-system approach, with an emphasis on the clinical features of medical emergencies, their assessment, diagnosis and treatment.
Nursing Medical Emergency Patients is a vital resource for all nurses working with medical emergency patients, and provides an essential companion to both Monitoring the Critically Ill Patient and Treating the Critically Ill Patient.
- Accessible and reader friendly
- Integrates theory with practice
- Adopts an evidence based approach
- Includes chapter objectives, 'best practice' boxes and case studies
- Refers to National guidelines and key initiatives e.g. outreach teams
- Includes legal and ethical issues
Autoren/Hrsg.
Weitere Infos & Material
Contributors
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1 Overview of the treatment of medical emergencies
Philip Jevon
Chapter 2 Respiratory emergencies
Kate Deacon
Chapter 3 Cardiac emergencies
Melanie Humphreys
Chapter 4 Cardiovascular emergencies
Melanie Humphreys
Chapter 5 Shock
Beverley Ewens
Chapter 6 Neurological emergencies
Anthony Batson and Christine Thompson
Chapter 7 Acute renal failure
Sue Talbot
Chapter 8 Gastrointestinal emergencies
Beverley Ewens
Chapter 9 Endocrine emergencies
Philip Jevon
Chapter 10 Poisoning
James Bethel
Chapter 11 Critical care outreach service
Kate Deacon
Chapter 12 Ethical and legal issues
Fiona Foxall
Index
